SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
-Volleyball triumphs over Belmont -- awaits NCAA pairing and assignment.
-Women's Basketball 6-0 and facing a tough week ahead.
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As expected, the UofL volleyball team will play their first and second rounds games in the KFC YUM! Center on Thursday and Friday. First round opponent is Belmont University...who the Cards defeated last Friday. The other two teams that will play in the YUM! are Tennessee and Michigan. The winners will face off Friday night.
Louisville is in the Berkeley (CA) region, which means they'd travel there if they are successful in winning two on their home court. We'll have more on this tomorrow....including times, hopefully.
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It's now a matter of "wait and see" as the team awaits the NCAA Volleyball Selection Show, which will be aired on ESPNU Sunday @ 4:00 p.m. Anne Kordes and the squad will be throwing a selection watch party at Bearno's By The Bridge (near the KFC YUM! Center) at 3:30 p.m.
Lasagna with Lola. Rigatoni with Rucker. Meatballs with Mattingly. Sounds like a great time. We're huge Bearno's fans here at Cardinal Couple and recommend the Mama Bearno's pizza if you go...
It's no secret that the Cards have bid to host 1st. and 2nd. round matches at the KFC YUM! Center, beginning Thursday, November 29th. and ending Friday, November 30th. They're going to get that request, in our opinion...so here's the skinny on tickets.
All-session tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Monday and can be purchased at the Louisville Athletic Ticket Office at (502) 852-5151, online at GoCards.com or in person at the Student Activities Center ticket office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Jeff Walz's WBB squad is 6-0 and preparing for a road trip to UT-Martin after winning three games in three days in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in the Hardwood For Hope Tournament. Three games for the Cards in a seven day stretch...they host EKU on Wednesday and arch-rival UK on Sunday.
You can guarantee that Skyhawk fans will pack SkyHawk Arena, on the UT-Martin campus for this one. A great early season test for Walz's squad in a hostile on-the-road environment awaits.
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FROM THE "TELL YOUR STATISTICS TO SHUT-UP" DEPARTMENT
Here's how the numbers stack up so far for the Lady Cards this season.
Points per game - Shoni Schimmel 13.0
Rebounds per game - Sara Hammond 8.7
Steals - Bria Smith 11
Assists - Shoni Schimmel 20
Three-Point Shooting % - Nita Slaughter .421 (8-19)
Overall Shooting % - Sherrone Vails .650 (13-20)
Free Throws % - Nita Slaughter 1.000 (2-2)
Minutes played - Shoni 171 (28.5 per game)
High point total (game) - Sara Hammond 20 (vs. Texas A&M)
TV will be available for the Monday night matchup against UT-Martin on the OVC Network. We recommend you turn down the sound and listen to Matt Andrews and Adrienne Johnson's call on WKRD 790 AM, if possible. Depending on where the two are set up...you can hear Jeff Walz join the broadcast (he doesn't even need a microphone!) with his instructions, teaching points and observations from the sidelines...along with his award-winning post game show with Matt.
OVC Network link below:
Louisville vs. UTM
Tipoff is 8:00 p.m. E.S.T.
Have a great Sunday, everybody and GO CARDS!
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Kentucky should be a great game at the YUM next week but I hope we can get some decent refs. The officiating at UK last year was a joke. Shoni picked up 3 fouls in like the first 5 minutes. UK is pretty small but their strategy is basically hold, slap, and hack because the refs can't call everything.
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty TO prone like us. They turn it over 20+ times and not against very good competition.
I fully expect UT-Martin to be a battle. The good signs is we look like a much better road team compared to last year though.
The biggest problem for us against UK will be lack of a PG. Jude & Shelby do fine against average defenses but they don't handle in your face pressure like UK likes to bring. They will also try and wear down Shoni this way like A&M did. We had trouble in the 2nd half because Shoni was gassed.
ReplyDeleteThe first and second round seeding is great news for the Cards fans! Hopefully, UofL wil get a big turnout both nights. Headed to California is a bit of a disappointment for the regionals. I was hoping for West Lafayette. Good luck Volleyball Cards!
ReplyDeleteIf the UT-M game is streaming on the internet, could someone please post a link - just as CC did for the Austin-Peay game. That was very helpful.
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PDX Phil
You can find it at:
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Paulie
Thanks for posting the link for tonight's b-ball game. It is not always easy for everyone to chase down connections - particularily when a local station decides to broadcast a home game which we want to tape while at the game.
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