Cards WBB hosts Va. Tech -- SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

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13-3 (3-0) Louisville women's basketball puts their unbeaten conference record on the line when a dangerous Va. Tech team comes to town for a 4 p.m. match up in the KFC YUM! Center and on the ACC Network. 

Louisville has completed a six pack (of wins) recently and faces an opponent that that never really been an easy pushover for the Red and Black. The overall series between these two is 24-21 in favor of the Cards...not many Cards fans will ever forget the powerhouse Liz Kitley. 

Kitley is no longer playing for the Hokies (thank goodness...) but is back on campus as an "Assistant to the head coach for External Operations" Yeah, sounds like one of those made up title to me as well...ok...kinda like a Director of Media Relations. I mean, seriously, I never knew the "media" ever needed any "direction" ..but I guess VT head coach Megan Duffy likes the company and Va. Tech has managed to survive the loss of Kenny Brooks to that school in Fayette County that wears blue and white. If Kitley comes to the game, she'll be easy to spot, of course...extremely beautiful and 6'5" 

Kitley got her degree in 2003 in human Nutrition, Food and Exercise. I wonder  what those finals were like....Eating the right foods while running?  

But let's get on to learning about the 2025-26 squad from Blacksburg. They re 11-4 coming into the Louisville game, unranked in the national polls and have wins over Towson, Gardiner-Webb, Loyola Marymount, Coastal Carolina, Abbott and Costello (just kidding on that one!!), Niagara, Florida, Presbyterian. Oregon St.  ETSU, FSU, and Radford  Losses have come to James Madison, BYU, Duke and ...most recently...Miami on New Years Day. 

Carys Baker

VT has three players in double figure scoring for the season....Carys Baker (13.7), Carleigh Wenzel (13.0) and Mel Daley (11.6)

It's National Spaghetti Day here in the states...so make sure and pay due diligence by carbing up.  I like mine with those tiny meatballs, garlic bread and maybe a small side salad with ranch dressing. I gotta watch my phosphorus and potassium levels...so light on the red sauce, please...for me. My old buddy Sonny Lentini was "a red sauce" man, his dad was a "white sauce" man...and his daughters are still...beautiful. Enough on that, Paulie. I still miss Lentini's food. 

We'll recap this ball game tomorrow...it is too crazy to "want a bowl" at 8:45 a.m.? 

We go into double figures...ten days..of the prejudicial banning of Cardinal Couple representatives from covering UofL sports from media seats. Maybe we'll hear something once classes start again. one thing is for sure, they can't censor our website. In better days, Sonya and I covered all the home games, attended both visiting and home coaches post-game pressers and had a photographer. Do you want Jared Anderson photos back on this site?  Let UofL know. Maybe let Amy Calabrese know...she is the deputy athletic director/senior women's administrator.

She might even be able to get you a free trip down Jeff's Walz's slide. 

paulie