Cards SB wins marathon contest vs. Irish 4-3 -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 LOOKADOO SINGLES HOME GAME WINNER

Louisville Softball went 14 innings with Notre Dame Sunday afternoon at Ulmer Stadium before they broke a 3-3 tie when pinch hitter Camryn Lookadoo brought home shortstop Taylor Monroe to win it for the Cards in the bottom of the 14th inning. 

"Look at you, Lookadoo !!"

Lookadoo, a sophomore that played at UK last season, hit a drive to left center that Monroe was easily able to score on and capture the victory thriller for Holly Aprile's Cards. A lot of credit for this win also goes to the Cards fourth pitcher of the contest, sophomore Lindsey Mullen, who pitched 6.1 innings of no runs allowed and only two hits  given up.. 

The Cards drew first blood in this one in the second inning when catcher Bri Despines scored on a Monroe sacrifice fly. 

Louisville allowed a ND run in the top of the fourth inning on a Rachel Allen four bagger but UofL countered in the bottom of the fourth with a run when Monroe drove home Despines. 

Notre Dame tied it up in the top of the fifth with a home run from Kaia Cortez

The Irish grabbed a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth inning, when Caroline O'Brien singled and scored Jane Kronenberger . Louisville kept the contest going... though, when they drove home Chelsea Mack on a Char Lorenz double. 

The Cards go to 16-7 with the win and 2-1 in the ACC while Notre Dame drops to 10-11 and 1-2.

POST GAME LINDSEY MULLEN

POST GAME CARMYN LOOKADOO

(Photos of the game and celebration by Jared Anderson) 

CURTIS FRANKLIN WINS CARDINAL COUPLE ACC TOURNAMENT PICK 'EM

Curtis Franklin

It was a three-way tie for first place in the annual Pick 'Em contest, with Franklin,  Case Hoskins and Kenny S. all going 10-4 ...so we went to a tiebreaker -- total number of points scored in the final game.  Curtis had 127...so he was the closest to the final total of 138. Case had 162 to get second closest to the 76-62 Duke win over NC State, 

Only one contestant had Duke winning it all...your fearless leader Paulie. Eight contestants were a game back at 9-5..so, it was a real race to the wire. 

I contacted Curtis to notify him on the win....his words: 

" I am really happy I won this thing, after entering it for so many years. I felt good about my picks and despite having a NCST vs. Notre Dame final in my bracket, I built up enough early wins to hold off the challengers. Thanks to Paulie and Case for running this tournament!!" 

Curtis recently moved back from Iowa to take a job in New Albany, but  "I never stopped reading you guys and remained a Cards fan".

paulie