CARDINALS VB HONORS -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 KALYSSA BLACKSHEAR ACC FRESHMAN OF YEAR, THE "THREE C'S" NAMED TO ACC FIRST TEAM

A good showing for the VolleyCards in the annual ACC Volleyball awards. Kalyssa Blackshear has been a huge performer for the Cards with 305 kills so far this season. Out of Lomita, CA, Kalyssa is a 6'5" hitter for the Cards. Lomita is about 20 miles south of Los Angeles.

Blackshear has also been named to the USA Volleyball U19 National Team. 

The Cards also landed Cara Cresse, Chloe Chicoine and Nayelis Cabello on the ACC First team. Olivia Babcock (Pitt) was named ACC Player of the Year. 

The Cards will open NCAA Tournament play at home, against Loyola, Chicago on Friday Dec 5th. They are the #2 seed in the Nebraska bracket. 

paulie

  

NCAA VB Tournament Breakdown — TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 

NCAA Volleyball Tournament Breakdown: Louisville’s Path to the Championship, ACC Teams, Possible Upsets and Dark Horses

As Daryl mentioned yesterday, Louisville volleyball is back in the NCAA Tournament. This time, the 2-seeded Cardinals will only be at home for the first two rounds as opposed to last year when Louisville never left the 502 the entire postseason.

Louisville is one of seven ACC teams in this year’s tournament, two shy of last year’s ACC showing. This tournament features 1-seed Pitt, 2-seed Louisville, 2-seed Stanford, 2-seed SMU, 5-seed Miami, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina. 

Three teams from Kentucky are dancing: 1-seed Kentucky, 2-seed Louisville, and Western Kentucky. All three programs have been strong volleyball programs for well over a decade. The Cards and Hilltoppers could meet in the second round, but Kentucky is on the opposite side of the bracket.

Nebraska Regional

Photo courtesy of NCAA

This is a tough regional. Texas A&M can easily run with anybody and might have been deserving of a 2-seed over Louisville. Outside of a loss to TCU, the Aggies’ other three losses came to 1- and 2-seeds in the tournament. Miami could be a 5-seed that gets out of opening weekend. The Canes have one of the best outside hitters in the country and their only questionable loss was to Cal.

While I like Western Kentucky as an unseeded team, I don’t think they can beat Louisville, who swept them in late September. There aren’t any unseeded teams I think can make much noise on this.

Nebraska has looked like the best team in the country all season. I still think they are. I think they go this whole regional and won’t drop more than two sets at most.

Texas Regional

Photo courtesy of NCAA

This is another tough regional. While I am not sold on Indiana as the 4-seed, I think 2-seed Stanford and 3-seed Wisconsin are both very good. I don’t think Penn State is worthy of a seed, but they are matched up with a South Florida team who wasn’t able to beat a tournament team all season.

North Carolina could be an unseeded team to make a little noise early on. The Tar Heels, like the rest of the ACC, fell victim to the power of Pitt, Louisville, Stanford, and Miami, but they did take down SMU. Three of the Tar Heels’ losses were in a four-game stretch.

Outside of dropping two to Kentucky, the Longhorns’ only other loss came to Texas A&M. They have had some calls in other matches including against Louisville, Stanford, and Tennessee. I think the Longhorns sneak out of this regional but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Wisconsin or Stanford work some magic.

Pittsburgh Regional

Photo courtesy of Pitt Athletics

Pittsburgh seems to have the easiest region. Outside of SMU, I don’t see much threat from anyone else. Both Purdue and Minnesota have storied programs but have had consistency issues the last couple years.

Florida as an unseeded team could be a sneaky dark horse, provided they can get past SMU. The Gators’ record doesn’t look good but they have a handful of ranked wins including taking down Pitt. They also took Kentucky to five sets, one of just a couple SEC teams to do so.

With home court advantage and having Olivia Babcock, I think Pitt gets out of this regional.

Kentucky Regional

Photo courtesy of NCAA

Kentucky doesn’t have a cakewalk but I also don’t think they have an overly difficult region either. Arizona State hasn’t impressed me to be a 2-seed, especially with them getting destroyed by Pitt and Texas. The Big 12 is down some in volleyball with a few solid teams such as BYU and Colorado, but the Sun Devils didn’t face much challenge in conference play. Creighton is dangerous as a 3-seed. They have not lost since mid-September and all of their losses are to seeded teams. They took Nebraska to the wire and got big wins against Kansas and San Diego, but they play in a weak Big East conference. USC and Tennessee are seeded teams that could make some noise.

I don’t think any unseeded teams will have much luck in this region other than maybe Georgia Tech upsetting 8-seed UCLA, but there could be some battles and upsets when seeded teams face each other. I think either Tennessee or Creighton has a good shot at taking down Arizona State.

Kentucky has had an excellent season highlighted by wins over Texas, Texas A&M, Louisville, and SMU. Outside of Nebraska, they have looked nearly unstoppable and last lost in early September. The only team I could see maybe challenging them is Creighton but this is a region that Kentucky should come out on top.

Having all 1-seeds advancing this year isn’t too surprising. While there continues to be more parity year after year, there has been a noticeable difference between the top four or five teams vs the rest of the ranked teams vs everyone else. I think we see Nebraska take down Kentucky to complete the undefeated season.

Photo by Jared

I think Louisville cruises through the first two rounds, sneaks by Texas A&M barely, and then falls to the Huskers in the Elite Eight.

We plan to have in-person coverage of the opening two rounds at L&N Arena this weekend.

Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!

Jared

WBB crushes Bellarmine 100-37 -- VB 2-seed in NCAA tourney -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Good Monday morning readers, and hello December!!!! 

Its the last day of classes and students are preparing for finals the rest of the week.  Winter commencement is scheduled for Friday 12/12. 

I, myself, am mentally preparing for the winter break and taking the opportunity to relax and reset for another new year.   And wow, how has it already been 11 months since the wedding?   Sheesh.   

Time just flies because I think about how this time last year, Louisville volleyball was hosting Penn St for the national championship.  And the Cards suffered hopefully their last loss of the year this past Saturday vs Stanford. 

Another Volleyball post season is upon us so let's jump on in... 

Volleyball Selection Show

The CARDS are dancing once again!!

Photo: Jared Anderson

Your UofL Cards drew a 2-seed in the Nebraska region (shocker).  Louisville will host the first and second round with Loyola University Chicago 30 min following the first match which is WKU and Marquette at 4pm at L&N FCU Arena.  

Your top 4 1-seeds are Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Kentucky and Texas.  

Check out the full volleyball bracket HERE



WBB

Final  Bellarmine 37 - Louisville 100

Photo: Jared Anderson

Louisville swept the MTE this weekend as the Cards picked up 3 wins to move to 7-2 on the season.   Imari Berry lead all scorers as she came off the bench to have 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and a block. 

End of 1Q  30-6  Cards

FG %
12-21 57.1% Cards
2-19 10.5% Knights
Reb.  17-9 Cards
3-pt %
2-7 28.6% Cards
0-8 0% Knights


End of 2Q  28-7  Cards


FG %
11-22 50% Cards
2-17 11.8% Knights
Reb.  19-8 Cards
3-pt %
4-12 33.3% Cards
0-8 0% Knights

Photo: Jared Anderson

HALF   58-13  Cards



End of 3Q  23-16  Cards

FG %
7-17 41.2% Cards  
6-17 35.3% Knights
Reb.  14-8 Cards
3-pt %
4-8 50% Cards
4-7 57.1% Knights


End of 4Q  19-8 Cards

FG %
8-14 57.1% Cards
3-10 30%  Knights
Reb.  8-5 Cards

3-pt %
3-7 42.9% Cards
0-4 0% Knights


FINAL 100-37

Photo: Jared Anderson

FRED REPORT

Freddie Prinze Jr

FREE THROWS --  Louisville managed to make 11-15 from the free throw line for a good enough 73% to earn a letter by our ratings, however, I still think this area needs much improvement when it comes to bigger moments so I'll give it a lower case f 

REBOUNDING --  UofL nearly doubled up Bellarmine on the boards grabbing 58 compared to 30. Cards' Anaya Hardy lead all with 10.  CAPITAL R 


EFFORT/EXECUTION --  12 Cardinals played in this game with Reagan Bender and Anaya Hardy getting the most minutes on the floor in this one but not much together.   Reagan has been showing glimpses of being a 3 point spark when the Cards need some offense (not so much in this game) but she did get the start against the neighboring Knights.    CAPITAL E

DEFENSE -- Louisville held Bellarmine to 13 points in the first half and 37 in total.  They forced 9 steals and had 4 blocks.  BU was 0-16 in the first half from beyond 3 point range.  CAPITAL D



FINAL FRED TALLY: f_R_E_D

UP NEXT

Louisville vs South Carolina

ACC/SEC Challenge

Thursday December 4th

7:00PM ESPN

If you're going to this one, check your ticket to find what section you are sitting in and wear your sections respective colors to fit the STRIPE OUT theme!   

If you're in an even section wear WHITE and 

if youre in an odd section wear BLACK

Get tickets HERE!!!!

As always
Go Cards!
~Daryl

WBB wins over ETSU, VolleyCards fall to Stanford -- SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 WBB ROMPS EAST TENNESSSEE 88-50

The Louisville women's basketball squad got a very convincing win Saturday over ETSU at Bellarmine after a rather sub-par first quarter. ETSU led 14-12 halfway through the first quarter, but Louisville was able to finally wake up and go up 22-18 on two Imari Berry free throws left in the opening quarter. . Berry would go on to get 17 points in the contest,leading Louisville in scoring... one of the Cards in double figures in the game. Laura Ziegler had 16 and Elif Istanbulloglu finished with15 for Jeff's Walz's squad...who improved their record to 6-2. 

The Cards nearly matched that first qurter total in the second quarter, with 22 points...but the UofL defense was much more stingy...allowing just 11 ETSU points. The Cards went to the intermission with a 45-29 lead. 

Ten UofL student-athletes saw at least 12 minutes in the UofL victory.

The third quarter was Louisville highest scoring quarter...with 25 points and, once again...the defense did their job and limited ETSU to just 11 points. Up 70-40 after the quarters, Walz was able to look at a lot of different combinations on the floor in the final 10 minutes and the Cards won the battle of the fourth quarter 18-10.

(Chimp J.Fred Muggs...can you name the TV show he was on?)

THE FRED REPORT

F -- Free Throws -- 18-25 is 72% and s. Berry gets the thumbs up or her 6-6 marksmanship from the charity stripe. Anaya Hady needs to work on her touch with a 2-6 effort. 72% is over the mandated 70% we look for here to award a letter...so we give an "f"..but not a upper case F, since they barely got pat 70%. Score: f. 

R -- Rebouning -- The Cards were the kings of the boards with a 48-25 commanding advantage on board worl. Kudos to four Cards who grabbed six each. Glad to award a capital R here for the rebounding edge and the team effort in grabbing them. Score: R

E -- Effort/Execution -- UofL had 19 assists on 30 baskets, a not-so-bad 12 turnovers, 48.4% shooting on the night and was 10-21 from three-point win. Combine all that with the 38 ponit win and I can easily award a capital "E" 

D -- Defense --ETSU is not  VERY GOOD BSKETBALL TEAM -- DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THNMING THEY ARE -- but holding them to 32.7%  shooting, 50 points and just two fast breaks and two second chance points the entire game is pretty strong stuff. No problem in awarding a capital "D" 

FINAL FRED TALLY:  f-R-E-D

The Cards return to the KFC YUM! Center tomorrow to face Bellarmine. It's a 2 p.m. contest and on ACCNX if you can't attend. 

#7 VOLLEYCARDS FALL IN FIVE SETS TO #5 STANFORD

A heroic effort that fell just short for Dan Meske's VolleyCards yesterday in the LNFCUA to #5 Stanford. The 25-17, 16-25, 22-25, 26-24, 12-15 loss was a thrill-a minute on campus...but in this top ten battle, the Cardinal defeated the Cardinals. 

Despite middle Cara Cresse reaching a milestone with 500 career blocks...the Louisville squad could not pull off the win in front of a packed LNFCU arena. 

The Louisville squad goes to 24-6, 16-4 on the season in a match where Chloe Chicoine had 17 kills and the the Louisville squad won the first set in seeminly easy 25-17 fashion...the wheels fell off the cards the attack the rest of the way and Stanford is yoru ACC champ

In the past two matches, the VolleyCards have run into a candidate of ACC (if not national) P.O.Y. in Olivia Babcock (Pitt) and Elia Rubin. (Stanford). 

I've no doubt that the Cards will receive a decent NCAA Tournament seed tomorrow, though and probably get to host a couple early tournament games. It's at 6 p.m. and you can watch it on ESPN. 

(Volleyball photos from UofL)

paulie

Cards Crush Panthers -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Elif Scores Career High in 91-38 Win

A three-pointer by Tiny Lewis cut the Eastern Illinois deficit to one at 13-12 with 3:27 remaining in the first quarter. The Panthers had held close to Louisville for the first portion of the opening stanza, but that would be the end of that. Louisville closed the first on an 8-0 run to win the quarter by nine and won each subsequent quarter by no fewer than 13 points. Louisville's offense was largely consistent quarter-to-quarter (21, 26, 22, 22), while the defense held EIU to fewer points each quarter (12, 11, 9, 6). All in all, it was an expected thumping, as the loss moved Eastern Illinois to 0-6 on the season and the win took the Cards to 5-2. 

After the first six minutes or so, Louisville was never really troubled in this one. It might even be fair to say that they weren't particularly troubled at the beginning, despite the surprisingly close score. Once the Cards settled in, they had it fairly well under control. Walz was able to clear the bench and play 12 players, and, for the second time this season, every player that saw the floor scored a point. What's more, every player scored a field goal. The Cards were led by Taj Roberts, who scored 13, while Elif Istanbulluoglu and Mackenly Randolph tied at second with 12. The 12 points were a career high for Elif, who added six rebounds, an assist, two blocks, and two steals. The total was also Randolph's season high, and it missed her career high by one point (13 against Duke last season). 

Reagan Bender also had a nice night. Her career high is also 13, and she only scored eight in last night's game, but she added five rebounds, four assists, and five steals. The phrasing ends up coming off as a bit of a joke, but being halfway to a quadruple-double is nothing to scoff at. Bender did all this in a career-high night in minutes, as she led the team with 24. In addition to minutes, last night set career highs in field goal attempts, makes, rebounds, assists, and steals. Anaya Hardy had another double-double in 21 minutes, putting up 12 rebounds to go along with 11 points. She also had two steals. 

All in all, there isn't a whole lot more to say. Eastern Illinois is not a good team, so winning by 50+ points shouldn't be a great surprise. Getting a solid performance from everyone is quite nice, though, and you look for that in games like last night's. That said, the team wasn't as locked in as they could have been, which we'll cover up next in The FRED Report, but they still had an enjoyable Black Friday and will be set up for another big day today. 

The FRED Report

F-Free Throws: If there was one spot Louisville came up short (other than turnovers), it was free throws. The Cards got to the line quite a bit, earning 25 attempts, but they hit on just 17 of those. Louisville had no perfect quarters, and Taj Roberts went 0-2 at the stripe. Those last two stats are just icing on the bad cake, since a 68% qualifies for no letter all on its own. 

R-Rebounds: Louisville may not have had the tallest player on the floor (EIU had someone at 6'10"), but the Cards were the bigger and more physical team on average. They showed it, cleaning up 46 rebounds, compared to 34 for the Panthers. Louisville had 20 offensive rebounds and scored 19 second chance points. They held EIU to just nine o-boards. Capital 'R'. 

E-Effort/Execution: The final point total is nice. It's hard to score 91 points, though maybe not incredibly difficult when the opponent gives you as many chances as EIU did. Still, Louisville shot 46% from the floor and 35% from three. They assisted on 20 of their 33 makes. The big issue here is the turnovers. Louisville had 15, and I can't give a capital letter for that. Lowercase 'e'. 

D-Defense: Louisville's defense, as I mentioned earlier, got stingier as the game went on. They allowed just 38 points, fewer than ten per quarter, and they picked up 17 steals. They also had three blocks and forced a total of 31 turnovers. Yeah, I'm gonna go with a capital 'D'.

If you're going to have an off night at the free throw line, it's best to do it when you win by a million points, I suppose, but the turnovers were unfortunate. Louisville finishes with a final tally of _-R-e-D. Daryl will love that, since her favorite Louisville chant is "Go Big Red." (Sarcasm very much intended.) The Cards will be back in action today when they take on East Tennessee State. Today's game will be at 3:30, and it will be held in Knights Hall on Bellarmine's campus. Because it's at Bellarmine and not hosted by UofL, this game will be on ESPN+ instead of ACCNX. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

WBB faces Eastern Illinois today -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

FRIDAYS WITH DARYL 

Good morning everyone and hello Black Friday!   Its been a nice holiday weekend so far, the Cards WBB squad is set to face three opponents around town these next 3 days as UofL and Bellarmine are cohosting the Louisville MTE event for UofL, Bellarmine, Eastern Illinois and East Tennessee.  

Basketball

EIU at Louisville 

 KFC Yum! Center 

Friday 11/28 at 7:00pm 

Photo: Jared Anderson

UofL is 4-2 on the season and 1-0 in the ACC.   EIU is 0-5 on the season coming off a 54-60 loss to Central Michigan last Saturday.  Before that, they lost to #22 Michigan State 101-53.  Louisville leads the series with the Panthers 4-0. 

Junior guard Ava Stoller leads the Panthers offensively averaging 14 points per game.  Redshirt sophomore and 6'10 Abbie Boulitier leads the rebounding efforts with more than 6.5 bounds per game.

As a team, the Panthers average 61.6 ppg and are giving up 83.2 to their opponents.   The average less than 6 three pointers per game and have been pulling down more than 32 rebounds a game.   Theyre also turning the ball over more than 18 times a game.   

As Always, 

Go Cards! 

~Daryl 

Cards Fall in Pittsburgh -- THANKSGIVING CARDINAL COUPLE

HAPPY TURKEY DAY

Many people consider Thanksgiving to be the day to finally take stock of what they've been grateful for over the last year, and there's nothing wrong with that. That said, my wife and I have recently begun trying to bring that thankfulness into more of our everyday lives. It's not some groundbreaking or revolutionary idea, but trying to verbalize three things we're grateful for each day has had noticeable impacts on our moods. 

The idea is pretty simple: every evening before bed, we just say three things we're grateful for that day. They don't have to be unique. They don't have to be profound. They just have to be something. I've found that it not only helps me remember the positives from even the toughest days, but it also helps me stay more positive throughout the day as I'm looking for those moments of gratefulness so I don't just repeat the same thing every night. 

So while everyone will rightfully look at the big picture items from the year that they're grateful for when sitting around the table, try to keep your eyes open to the smaller stuff as well. In today's (seemingly constantly negative) news cycle era, it's easy to lose sight of what's right in front of you. 

Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. 

Volleyball Swept at Pitt

Louisville volleyball saw their hopes at a share of the ACC title all but disappear last night at the Petersen Events Center. The Cards can still beat Stanford on Saturday night to finish the conference season 17-3, but they'll need help for Pitt to fall to the same record. The Panthers play on the road at Georgia Tech, so there's a chance. If tiebreakers come into play, we can look at those later. 

Last night's final set score of 3-0 looks bad, but doesn't necessarily tell the whole story. Louisville had strong opportunities in the match, but the nearly 8,000 strong (mostly Pitt fans) on hand to watch the top-ten matchup pushed the Panthers in critical moments. Louisville ultimately fell by just eight total points in a 25-23, 25-22, 25-22 sweep. 

As I mentioned, the Cards could have been on top early and had multiple chances to extend the match. Louisville led 23-19 in the first set, 22-20 in the second, and 22-21 in the third. It just wasn't meant to be. The Cards finished with a .173 hitting percentage and were outblocked 10-6. Louisville committed five service errors with just four aces while Pitt committed the same number of errors but picked up seven aces. Many of those came in critical spots. 

Similar to the first matchup between the two teams, Louisville was unable to slow down Olivia Babcock, who finished with 22 kills and just three errors for a .404 hitting percentage. If the two teams meet again in the postseason, the Cards have to make someone else beat them. 

On offense, Louisville had three players in double-digit kills as Payton Petersen led the way with 13, Chloe Chicoine had 12, and Cara Cresse finished with 10. Petersen added 12 digs to earn a double-double, and Kamden Schrand led the team with 15 digs. Cresse had a strong night overall, as she had two solo blocks, two block assists, and two aces, leading the team in all of those categories. 

The Cards are back in action Saturday night in the season finale. First serve against the Stanford Cardinal is at 7PM, and this huge matchup has somehow been relegated to ACC Network Extra. The match will be in L&N Federal Credit Union Arena. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

VolleyCards head to Pitt -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 CARDS LOOK TO ATONE FOR EARLY SEASON LOSS TO PITT 

There is a three-way tie at the top of the ACC Volleyball standings...and Louisville and Pitt are two of the squads in that tie...along with Stanford...at 16-4. And, the Cards and Pitt are 24-4 overall, while Stanford is 25-4. So, when the VolleyCards face Pitt tonight in the Fitzgerald Field House...there will be just two teams tied for first place. providing Stanford can handle Ga. Tech in Atlanta tonight. The Ramblisn Wreck is 11-7 in ACC play. 

Yes, it's conceivable that the Cards could be #1 in the conference if they defeat Pitt and Stanford loses to Ga. Tech...but let's not forget that Pitt came into Louisville and defeated Louisville back on Oct 19th . in the LNFCU. 

The Cards are 21-19 against Pitt since 1981..but keep in mind that Pitt has won four out of the five last meetings between the two schools. The two foes took a break in the rivalry from 1984-1991.

It'll be Dan Meske's second time facing the Panthers. Dan Fisher, Pitt's head coach, took over the Engineers program in 2013. 

The Cards will need to find a way to contain Pitt's Olivia Babcock. who has amassed 513 kills this season. Babcock had a eye-popping 41 kills against the Cards in the squads previous met this year...which went five sets at 20-25, 25-19, 25-20, 17-25, 11-15. 

Louisville four losses this season have been to Pitt, Texas, Kentucky and SMU. Pitt's four losses came against Nebraska, Florida, Miami and Stanford. 

This one will be a 7 p.m. contest and shown on the ACC NETWORK. 

WE'LL HAVE A FULL RECAP IN THE THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE. 

(Jared Anderson photos)

PAULIE

Cresse Drafted in 2025 MLV Draft -- NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Cresse Drafted by Indy Ignite in First Round

Cara Cresse was drafted by the Indy Ignite with the fifth overall pick in the 2025 Major League Volleyball (MLV) Draft. Cresse joins former Cards Anna DeBeer and Elena Scott on the Ignite..

Cresse, a multi-time All-American middle blocker is on pace for another year of All-ACC and All-American honors. She ranks second in the country in blocks per set and ranks in the top 15 nationally in hitting percentage. She ranks fourth on the team in kills and has seen action in every match this year.

Only one Louisville player was taken in the 32-person draft, but the ACC was heavily represented with 25% of the picks hailing from the conference. Pitt and SMU each had two players drafted. Florida State, Miami, and Stanford each had one player drafted. 

Last season, Cardinal Couple was denied credentials multiple times by the Indy Ignite. We hope to have better success in the 2026 season... especially with three former Cards on their roster.

NCAA Women's Soccer Elite Eight

While Louisville women's soccer season has come to an end, the ACC still has strong representation. Nine ACC teams made the tournament and all nine advanced to the second round. 1-seeds Notre Dame and Virginia both suffered heartbreakers, allowing a last second goal and falling in a shootout, respectively. 1-seed Stanford, 2-seed Duke, and 3-seed Florida State remain.

The ACC continues to have strong representation in the NCAA women's soccer tournament, proving once again why they have a strong case as the best women's soccer conference. The ACC could also make that argument with the men's soccer tournament (nine teams in the 48-team field) and field hockey (five teams in the 18-team field).

Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!

Jared

VB Sweeps Clemson 3-0 -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Good morning readers, 

We are heading into the Thanksgiving holiday week so the 'Xmas tree doesnt go up till after Thanksgiving' crowd can give it a rest already.   We're going for another real tree this year and Lulu is looking forward to helping me do that this week  :D 

As far as work goes, we're pretty much at that point where its gonna have to wait for the new year... ha ha.  If my boss is reading this, i'm just kidding. 

Jared and I made it out to the Yum Center on Saturday for the unfortunate loss to that blue team we don't like.  It was a nice day to head downtown now that we are both feeling healthy again.   We left the arena feeling a little nauseated though...  

It's a short work week so let's get to a short recap of the VolleyCARDS who secured another dub !!

Volleyball

Photo: Jared Anderson

Louisville managed to earn a 25-16, 25-12, 25-21 sweep at Clemson on Sunday afternoon.   They are on a 10 match winning streak and move to 22-4 on the season, 16-2 in the ACC. 

Photo: Jared Anderson

Against the Tigers, Payton Petersen had 13 kills, hitting .393 with 13 digs and two blocks.   Cara Cresse added seven kills and a match-high nine blocks. Kalyssa Blackshear hit .400 with seven kills and three digs. Setter Nayelis Cabello had three kills, 35 assists and five blocks.  Clemson totaled 2 blocks in the match and committed 24 errors.

The Tigers were able to secure a single point lead on the Cardinals but it was very short lived as they gave it right back to UofL with 2 back to back errors committed early in the third set.   Louisville maintained the lead the remainder of the way.  

Photo: Jared Anderson

UP NEXT

Louisville at Pittsburgh 

Wednesday 11/26 at 7pm 

ESPN

Quick hits

The Cards lost to Pitt at L&N Arena back on 10/19 2-3. In that match, Chloe Chicoine led the Louisville offense with 16 kills, adding nine digs, two assists and one block.
Louisville wraps up its last week of the regular season at L&N Arena this Saturday vs Stanford.  




As Always, 
Go Cards

~Daryl