ACC Awards Curry, Roberts, LAX at Vandy, ACC WBB Tournament and Cardinal Couple Pick Em -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 CURRY, ROBERTS ALL-ACC

The ACC announced yesterday that Jayda Curry was named to the first team All-ACC, Taj Roberts to the second team and Roberts was also named to the All-Freshman squad. 

Curry joins three FSU Seminoles on the squad -- Ta'Niya Latson, Makayla Timpson and O'Mariah Gordon, plus Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, Sonja Citron and Olivia Miles, NC State had three also in Aziaha James, Saniya Rivers and Zoe Brooks . Virginia's Kymora Johnson, North Carolina's Alyssa Ustby, Pittsburgh's Khadija Faye, Georgia Tech's Kara Dunn, and Duke's Toby Fouriner also made the first team squad. 

Roberts and five others made up the All-Freshman team. She joins Fouriner, Georgia Tech's Dani Carnegie, Tilda Trygger from NC State,Lanie Grant from North Carolina, and Notre Dame's Kate Koval  

 

On the second team -- along with Roberts  -- are Haley Cavinder (Miami), .Joanna Krimili (Cal), AshlonJackson (Duke), Liaua King (Notre Dame), Maria Gakdeng (UNC), Tonie Morgan (Ga Tech), Reniya Kelly (UNC), Nunu Agara (Stanford), and Nya Robertson (SMU) 

Congratulations to the Cards players named and to all the players making the lists. We wonder why Olivia Cochran and Nyla Harris weren't selected to either the first or second team All ACC...but, with 18 teams voting, it looks like the anti-Louisville prejudice has gotten stronger in the league. 

Wes Moore won ACC Coach of the Year honors in a landslide over Niele Ivey of Notre Dame. 

LAX TRAVELS TO VANDY

Louisville Lacrosse steps out of conference play to travel to Vandy today to face the Commodores. Louisville goes into the contest 3-3, coming off a home loss to #2 North Carolina. 

The Cards have won the last three meetings between them and the 'dores...Vandy last played and lost to visiting Ohio State. The Cards have also beaten by the Buckeyes this year.  

Sophomore Reese Whitman leads Louisville in scoring with 10 goals, 

It's a 1:00 p.m. game (ET) and will be available on ESPN+

ACC WBB TOURNEY BEGINS TODAY

Three games kick off the ACC WBB Tournament today in Greensboro. 

Wednesday action: 

#13 seed Syracuse starts the action when they face #12 seed Boston College at 1 p.m. today. The two schools met just three days ago to end their regular seasons -- Syracuse getting a 25 point win over the Eagles in the Dome. A different venue probably won't help BC that much -- look for the 'Cuse to move on to Thursday

#15 Pitt faces #10 Virginia in the 3:30 game. Pitt barely got in the tournament, edging out Miami by one game. The Panthers fell two weeks ago to the Cavs by 13. A neutral court probably won't make it any better for the Pitt squad, we see Virginia moving on to Thursday. 

#14 Clemson vs #11 Stanford. Stanford isn't nearly as good as the power house squads they had a few years ago...and Clemson is just flat pitiful under first year coach Shawn Poppie...but the Tigers did beat Stanford this year, in Clemson...by five.. On a neutral site? Your guess is as good as any in the 6:30 p.m. closer for Day One. I went with Stanford. 

For the Cardinal Couple ACC Pick 'Em, you have until noon today to get your picks in.  enter them in the comments section. Also pick a final total score and don't forget to put your name. 

The Real Joe Hill sent these to us yesterday:

Syracuse, Virginia, Stanford UNC, GT, Cal. Louisville ,FSU, NCST, Cal, Louisville, FSU, Louisville, Louisville. Points 139.

Good luck and have a fun tournament !!

paulie