Cardinal Couple: Two WBB Cards Named To Pre-season All-ACC Team -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Two WBB Cards Named To Pre-season All-ACC Team -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

ROBERTS & ZIEGLER GARNER PRE-SEASON HONORS

You know basketball season is getting close when the preseason teams and awards start to get posted and we have good news today about two of the student-athletes on Jeff Walz's 2025-26 Louisville WBB squad.

Since yesterday was National Dessert Day, what could be a sweeter treat than having Tajianna Roberts and Laura Ziegler named to the 2025 All-ACC pre-season team?

Hannah Hildago

They join top vote-getter Hannah Hildago (Notre Dame), Nunu Agara (Stanford), Zoe Brooks (North Carolina State), Kymora Johnson (Virginia), Toby Fournier (Duke), Ashlon Jackson (Duke), Khamil Pierre (NC State) and Reniya Kelly (UNC) on the ACC first team.

One bit of news that isn't exactly frosting on the cake or Creme Brulee is the news that the government shutdown might affect the Cards planned trip to Germany to face UConn on a Air Force base.

Jeff Walz: "Our first game, as you know, is on our Air force base... if we (the government) open back up. We're closed right now -- our country"

Taj Roberts on the potential trip: "I'm really looking forward to going. I think Walz really makes a point to help us enjoy life as a whole....and understand that after basketball, there is going to be life. We got to go to Paris. It was really fun. Now, Germany. I'm sure we'll do a lot of cool things out there and be able to play at the highest level. UConn, they won the National Championship last year..so we are coming out with a bang and I am really excited for it.'

Other options include moving the game to either the KFC YUM! Center or even a UConn site.

In the pre-season team rankings...Duke has gathered the most votes...with 40 of the 70 possible. Following them, in order, are NC State (25), North Carolina, Louisville, Notre Dame, Stanford, Virginia, Miami, FSU, Virginia Tech, Clemson, California, Syracuse, SMU, Georgia Tech, Pitt. Boston College and Wake Forest.

Being picked fourth overall in such a strong conference is encouraging, especially with such a young team and transfer-laden squad.

We will keep you up on all the latest UofL WBB news here at Cardinal Couple.

paulie

1 comment:

Anonymous10/15/2025 3:43 PM
UConn didn't mention anything about playing in one of their two arena if Germany fell through. Just how big is the gym on that Air Force base in Germany.
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