FRIDAYS WITH DARYL
On the TWELFTH day of December , my true love gave to me?! Another blanket of snow covering the city of Louisville this morning. And honestly, I do enjoy it.. it's pretty to look at but not fun to be out in. Surprisingly, UofL did not cancel operations this time.... GRRRR.
Like I commented after last week's storm that happened the night before finals, this time it came the day of winter commencement. Congratulations to the Class of 2025!!
Also on today's slate is a big Sweet 16 matchup for the Volleyball squad with the #3 seed Texas A&M Aggies. This one will be held in the overall #1 seed region of Lincoln Nebraska.
About the Aggies
A&M is 25-4 on the season. Their last loss came in the SEC tournament to the #3 Texas Longhorns who had been lingering around the top 3 all season. The Aggies did beat the #2 Longhorns back on Halloween at home when they got up 2-0 and ultimately won in 5 sets. They beat Campbell and TCU to advance to face the Cardinals in the Sweet 16. Two of their losses came back to back at TCU and against SMU at the beginning of September.
Prior to their loss in the SEC tournament, the Aggies had not dropped a set since 11/2.
Louisville is 2-5 against the Aggies all time however the Cardinals captured the most recent matchup taking a five-set victory on their home court in 2019. Texas A&M holds the advantage in four of the seven team statical categories leading in kills per set, assists per set, hitting percentage and aces per set, while the Cardinals hold the advantage in opponent hitting percentage, blocks per set and digs per set.Ifenna Cos-Okpalla has logged five or more blocks in her last three games and is 11 blocks away from ranking third on the programs all-time block list.
Around the NCAA
UK beat Cal Poly to match up with Creighton who beat Arizona State, on Saturday 12/13
Pittsburgh beat Minnesota in 3 sets to face Purdue who beat SMU 3-1.
Go Cards
~Daryl
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