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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Lax Wins at Vandy -- Softball Hosts Bellarmine -- ACC WBB Tournament -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Lacrosse Survives Late Surge to Defeat Vanderbilt



Despite a late run by Vanderbilt, Louisville Lacrosse was able to hang on for the win, 15-12. Kylea Dobson scored a career-high six goals to help the Cards get the win and improve to 3-2 on the year.

Nicole Perroni scored a season-high four goals while Kokoro Nakazawa logged a hat trick. Negai Nakazawa scored the other two goals for the Cards as only four different players recorded a goal for Louisville in the match.

Madi McKee had a strong showing with 12 draw controls and two assists. Perroni had two assists while Tiffany Natoli and Kokoro Nakazawa each recorded one assist.



The Cards raced out to a 3-0 lead three and a half minutes into the match before Vanderbilt got onto the board with a goal. Louisville commanded a 6-1 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Vandy went on a 3-0 run to start the second quarter before Louisville used a 3-0 spurt to push their lead back out. Vandy netted one more goal shortly before halftime, but Louisville held a 9-5 advantage.

While we don't know what was said in the locker room at the break, it must have been inspiring. Scott Teeter's squad raced out of the gate to start the second half, scoring three goals over a 10-minute span. Vanderbilt broke the run with a goal before Louisville scored a pair of goals in an eight second stretch to command a 14-6 lead heading into the final period.



Louisville made a substitution at goalkeeper for the fourth quarter with Sara Addeche coming out and Aubrey Bagenstose going in. The Commodores took advantage of the change as they used a pair of 3-0 runs split by a Louisville goal to rally. The final Vanderbilt goal came with 1:52 remaining in the match before Louisville held on to claim the win.

Addeche allowed six goals along with four saves in her 45:00 of play, earning her win number three this year.

Louisville comes home after a 1-1 road trip. The Cards hosts Cincinnati on Friday at 4:00 p.m. and then Pitt on Sunday at 4:00 p.m.


Softball Hosts Bellarmine




Fresh off a strong 4-1 weekend in Orlando, Louisville softball comes home for the first time this season when they take on crosstown rival Bellarmine. First pitch is slated for 5:00 p.m. and admission is free. The early start time will unfortunately draw a smaller-than-normal crowd.

Louisville enters the game with a 10-4 record on the year and are in the receiving votes category of the most recent Coaches Poll.

Bellarmine is 1-13 on the year with their lone win coming against Sacred Heart University. The Knights went 10-41 in their first year in Division I last year.

In their lone meeting (excluding exhibition games), the Cards defeated Bellarmine 8-1.

You can catch this one on ACCNX.


ACC Women's Basketball Tournament and ACC Pick Em

IMPORTANT NOTE. IF YOU USED THE ALLY FINANCIAL BRACKET TO FILL OUT THE CONTEST... THEY MESSED UP WEDNESDAY'S GAMES. IT SHOULD BE WAKE FOREST VS VIRGINIA, CLEMSON VS PITT and BOSTON COLLEGE VS GA TECH. 

WE NEED VIVIAN, JOE HILL, SONJA, NICK O, BEN JONES, CURTIS FRANKLIN and K.S. TO CHECK YOUR ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY GAMES AND LEAVE ANY CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE IN OUR COMMENTS SECTION.

THANK YOU.....PAULIE AND JARED







We are just one day away from the ACC Women's Basketball Tournament, with the first game starting at 1:00 p.m. om Wednesday. With the exception of the ACC Championship, which will be aired on ESPN, all games will be on ACC Network.

Louisville will play on Friday at 11:00 a.m. and will face either 5-seed Florida Sate, 12-seed Wake Forest, or 13-seed Virginia.




While Paulie will not be able to make the trip down this year we have an alternative in the works that will hopefully be announced soon.

With the ACC Tournament being back, it means that the Cardinal Couple ACC Pick Em is back as well. We've already started receiving entries and there is still time to get yours submitted. You can add your picks on here or send them via email at eupherjared@gmail.com. Any entries sent via email will be put in the comments section as well so everyone can follow along. The cutoff time for entries is noon ET on Wednesday.

A $25 Cracker Barrel Gift Card prize for the winner and a $15 Taco Bell gift card for the runner up !




WE'D LIKE TO THANK CRACKER BARREL AND TACO BELL FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP !!


Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!
Jared

16 comments:

  1. The Real Joe Hill2/28/2023 9:12 AM

    Paulie,
    I'm still OK with Wake advancing and I'll switch to Georgia Tech advancing over Boston College. So, first round winners are Wake Forest, Clemson and Georgia Tech. It makes sense that the Tournament sponsor would get it wrong, right? LOL.

    Talked to Watson about entering.He's been cranky lately. We'll see.

    The Real Joe Hill

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  2. Sonja is switching to Virginia beating Wake Forest. She hates the match-up, though.

    paulie

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  3. Some interesting tournament participant stats:

    -- Louisville has the best shooting % of all the ACC squads.
    -- FSU gave up more offensive rebounds than anyone in the league
    -- Va Tech is on a eight-game winning streak
    -- Duke has forced more opponent turnovers than anyone else in ACC
    -- Notre Dame "might" be without starting guard Olivia Miles and Dara Mabrey is out for the season. Still, they win...hmmm

    paulie


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    1. Waiting for the last minute to submit my picks.
      Have a feeling this ain't going to be a "pick the higher seed" tournament 🤪

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  4. Greetings from Tallahassee and Seminole Sally !

    I will try your contest again this year. My grandpa LOVES Cracker Barrel, so if you let me win, I promise to give the card to him.

    FIRST ROUND: VA, CLEMSON, BC
    SECOND ROUND: FSU, SYRACUSE, CLEMSON, MIAMI
    QUARTERS: FSU, ND, DUKE, MIAMI
    SEMIS: FSU, MIAMI
    CHMPS: FSU
    109 points total in final game

    See ya in Greensboro !
    Seminole Sally

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  5. Hello Friends !
    Arthur Here !

    Greetings from Greer!

    Sadly, we WILL NOT be attending the ACC WBB Tournament in Greensboro this year. Bea's health just isn't up to it, She's trying to get me to go with another couple, or our son, but it just wouldn't be as fun without her. First one we've missed since they moved it to Conway, South Carolina a few years ago for that one year. Before that, we've attended since 2000 in Greensboro and three years in Charlotte (1997, 98 and 99).

    Tough to miss, obviously

    But, we WILL take part in the Pick Em !


    ARTHUR'S ENTRIES

    WEDS: VA, Clemson, GT
    THURS: FSU, Syracuse, UNC, Miami
    FRIDAY: Louisville, Notre Dame, UNC, Va Tech
    SATURDAY: Louisville, Virginia Tech,
    SUNDAY: LOUISVILLE !!!!!
    80-70 WALZ WINS !!!

    BEA dictated these picks to me...

    WEDS: WAKE, CLEMSON, BC
    THURS: FSU, NCST, CLEMSON, VA TECH
    FRI: LOUISVILLE, NCST, CLEMSON, VA TECH
    SAT: LOUISVILLE, CLEMSON
    SUN: CLEMSON
    Points 124

    Have fun if you go, we'll be watching on cable !

    Your Friend
    #1 Clemson Fan
    Arthur
    Greer, SC

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  6. I'll take Virginia, CC crew...

    Nick O

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  7. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here...
    Ol' Paulie done studied himself up into a colossal headache
    trying to find some winners and I do believe I have "the perfect bracket" (Or at least anything better than Jared can come up with...)

    PAULIE PICKS

    Virginia, Clemson, BC, FSU, NCST, UNC, Miami, Lou, ND, Duke, Va.Tech, Duke, Lou, Lou -- 133 points

    paulie

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  8. Curtis Franklin2/28/2023 1:49 PM

    I'll change picks to Virginia and Georgia Tech.

    Curtis "Be Kind" Franklin

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  9. My Picks:

    Wake, Clemson, BC
    FSU, NCST, UNC, Miami
    UofL, ND, Duke, VT
    UofL, Duke
    Duke
    122

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  10. David Watson2/28/2023 6:11 PM

    Hey HO !
    It's Dave-O !

    Tournament time already? Seems like I was just getting ready for the UK vs UofL ja couple days ago. Time flies by in the mountains...I suppose.

    Here's the Watson Wrap...guaranteed to get you nothing...absolutely nothing. And don't ask again..

    WEDS -- VA, Clemson, BC
    THURS -- FSU, NCST, UNC, Miami
    FRI -- Lou, ND, UNC, VT
    SAT -- ND, VT
    SUN -- ND
    Total points final game -- 105

    Dave O

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  11. Blue Lou entry:

    Virginia, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech
    FSU, Syracuse, UNC, Miami
    Louisville, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia Tech
    Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
    Notre Dame

    147 total points

    Blue Lou

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  12. Ok, the "Hopefully Better Than a Coin Flip" bracket

    Wed:
    Wake, Clemson, BC

    Thurs:
    FSU, Syracuse, UNC, Miami

    Fri:
    UofL, ND, Duke, VT

    Sat:
    UofL, Duke

    Sun:
    UofL

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    1. HOW, ABOUT A TOTAL POINTS IN FINAL GAME, THERE, CHIEF?

      The C.C. Rules Committee (Blinky, Bobo, Coco, Dimples, Sluuger, Sluggo II, Royce and Murph the SurfI)

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    2. Oops, let's say 127

      Delete
  13. Hello There!

    WBB superfan Ken Barber (especially the Irish) here. Saw your contest while cruising the net and thought I'd give it a try.

    WEDS: Virginia, Pitt, GaTech
    THURS: FSU, Syr, UNC, Miami
    FRI: Louisville, Notre Dame, UNC, Va Tech
    SAT ;; Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
    SUN: NOTRE DAME
    Total Points: 117

    If I win ,I'll contact you with my mailing address. '

    Ken Barber

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