Cards WBB #6 seed in Baton Rouge to start NCAA WBB Tourney -- Sofrball Defeats Ill 5-4 -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 

CARDS TO OPEN AS A #6 SEED IN ALBANY REGION AGAINST MTSU 

Louisville Women's basketball will begin their 2024 NCAA Tournament agains a familar foe in MTSU and the action will take place in Baton Rouge. The winner gets the winner of #3 LSU vs. #14 seed Rice. Game day for UofL is Friday.and tipoff time and TV channel designation .will come at a laterr date. ...

The Cards are n a tough regional where LSU was dropped to a #3 seed, One has to wonder why UCLA got a #2 seed instead of LSU, but the NCAA has their reasons....they have a great lead in with Hailey Van Lih's new team against her old team...provided Louisville can get by MTSU. The Blue Raiders defeated Louisville 67-49 in the 2022-23 regular season in Murfreesboro

Louisville has three players back from that loss last year, in Olivia Cochran, Nyla Harris and Merissah Russell. Cochran had 14 pts to lead the Cards in scoring. 

We'll have much more on this NCAA WBB first rounder from our columists as the game gets closer. 

CARDINAL COUPLE NCAA WBB BRACKET CHALLENGE

The bracket selectins are open! Commish Jared would like your picks in an hour before the first game and reminds you that the play-in games DO NOT count as points toward your total. He would also like to remind you to add a final score. Winner gets their choice of a $25 Gift Cards to Cracker Barrel or Wagner's . iI 's a free entry, too! 

Here is the bracket: https://www.cbssports.com/womens-college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket/printable-women/

ESPN HAS A PRETTY GOOD BRACKET CHALLENGE TOO:  Access it HERE 

LEAVE YOUR PICKS IN ANY OF THE COMMENTS SECTIONS HERE AT THE SITE. 

Any bracket or contest questions can be sent to the comments section or directly to Paulie or Jared.. And, no, we don't know the winners, either, but we love to think we do.

GOOD LUCK !!!!!

SOFTBALL DEFEATS ILLINOIS 5-4 IN CARDINAL CLASSIC FINAL GAME

Alyssa Zabala went 6-2/3rd innings and Riley Frizzell banged a solo homer in the bottom of the 5th inning tmgive the Cards a lead they would never relinquish.  

Illinois jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the second inning, but the Cards would cut that in half in the bottom of the inning. 

Illinois last lead came at 3-1 in the top of the fourth but the Cards roaded back to lead 4-3 in the bottom of the inning, a two out, two RBI single by Daisy Hess. 

Illinois would tie it up inthe top of the fifth, but the Cards would regain the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Riley Frizzell parked a bomb to right field that almost hit Arthur Street  

Gabby Holloway pitched a third of an inning in the top of the seventh to preserve the 5-4 lead and Cardinals win....

PHOTOS BY JARED ANDERSON

PAULIE