THREE HOME RUNS LEAD CARDS PAST PITT
The start was less than hoped for in this one...Pitt touching Maryssa Becker for two singles and a three-run blast from Carly Thea that put the Cards in an early hole.
Shelby McCombs relieved the Louisville ace in the third inning and allowed an additional run in the fourth on a solo fence clearer by Maggie Seville.
The Cards bats woke up in the top of the fourth when Whitney Arion doubled, came home on McCombs double and McCombs got the free ride on Kristina Dillard's first home run of the season to cut the Panther lead to one. Louisville took control in the top of the seventh with a six-run eruption. After a Becker walk and Arion single, McCombs drilled a shot over the fence to make it 6-4 UofL. The Cards continued to circle the bases...Kayla Soles getting a walk and Brittany Sims singling to set up a three-run "touch 'em all" by Hailey Smith.
The Cards finish the regular season at 30-16 and 16-7 in their inaugural season in the ACC. They'll head to Blacksburg, VA for the ACC Tournament as a #4 seed where they'll face NC State Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
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LACROSSE RECEIVES AT-LARGE BID TO NCAA TOURNAMENT
Louisville Lacrosse is one of seven ACC schools to get bids to the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament.
On the selection show last night, the Cards discovered that they will be headed to a familiar venue...Evanston, IL...to begin play against the Northwestern Wildcats on Friday, May 8th. Winner of that one gets the winner of the Ohio State vs. Notre Dame contest. The Cards are in Maryland's bracket in the 26 team format. Louisville began the 2014 NCAA Tournament in Evanston and advanced to the second round with a double overtime win over Ohio State before losing to Northwestern.
Congratulations to Lou LAX for their second straight NCAA bid!
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Big congrats to the Lacrosse club on their NCAA bid. Looks like they have a decent shot at taking down Northwestern based on how tough they played them during the season. Good Luck Ladies!
ReplyDeleteWill be a tough opening game. LAX needs to find someone who can do what Faye Brust was doing (basically everything) before she went out on the knee injury. Also, more consistent defense and goalkeeping will need to arise if the Cards are looking to make a extended run in the NCAA Tournament. If the Cards can get to the third round....chances are #1 Maryland will be waiting for them.
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A chance, yes. It will be hard, though.
DeleteNW put us out of the tourney last year, less that 36 hours after a hard fought overtime game against Ohio State (and look who may be waiting for us if we beat NW...sheesh). They are always a very good team, so beating them is always a tall order.
We also are (probably) without the services of Faye Brust who was playing when we tangled with them earlier in the season, so that will likely make it a bigger challenge as well.
No Lacrosse expert here but it looks like Hannah Koloski has stepped in and is providing a scoring punch. Time for the Minnesota sophomore to put her claim on the fortunes of this team. .
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