Cards Win Two in Ft. Myers -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Softball Beats Buffalo and FGCU

Louisville has finally broken their streak of losing games to hosting teams after beating FGCU 3-2 in the later game yesterday. The Cards had three losses entering the weekend, with all three coming against the team playing host to these early season multi-team events. Louisville now comes into the second day of the Gulf Coast Classic with a 9-3 record overall. 

The Cards got to face Buffalo in the opener yesterday, and junior transfer Madi Reeves got the start. Reeves was good early, putting the Bulls down 1-2-3 in the first inning and working out of a jam in the second. An error put a runner on second to open the inning and a single saw runners on the corners with no outs. Reeves got a three-pitch strikeout and then the Louisville defense played a sacrifice bunt attempt extremely well to get the out at home. A ground out ended the inning. After stranding a runner in the first, Louisville managed to scratch a run across in the second and led 1-0. 

The Cards extended their lead to 2-0 in the top of the third by taking advantage of their speed at the top of the order. Back-to-back singles by Easton Lotus and Chelsea Mack put the pressure on to open the inning and, although the Buffalo pitcher worked around the threat for the most part, Lotus was able to get home. Then the wheels fell off for Louisville. Five straight singles opened the bottom of the third for Buffalo, with the fourth scouring two runs and the fifth reloading the bases with nobody out. Anna Wise came in to replace Reeves, and Louisville's defense rewarded her with back-to-back errors scoring three more runs. Another single scored Buffalo's sixth run of the inning, but a greedy attempt to pick up another run was thrown out at home. Wise finally managed to prevent the Bulls from hitting the ball with a strikeout for the second out and a groundout ended the inning. The Cards trailed 6-2. 

Fortunately for Louisville, Buffalo isn't actually very good this season, at least according to their record. The Bulls entered the game with a 3-8 record, and Louisville's offense finally took advantage. The Cards scored three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to retake the lead. They took two more in the sixth to push their advantage to four runs, and the defense and pitching managed to shape up to prevent Buffalo from scoring any more runs. In fact, the Bulls only picked up two more hits on Anna Wise, and Alyssa Zabala replaced her in the sixth and allowed just two walks over two innings while striking out three. 

Offensively, Louisville was led by Taylor Monroe, who went 3-3 and had four RBI. That was good, since Monroe was the offender on both of Louisville's third-inning errors. Bri Despines added two RBI, and Chelsea Mack and Madison Pickens joined Monroe with three hits apiece. Riley Janda scored three runs despite going 1-4 at the plate, and she had one of Louisville's four steals (Mack had the other three). Easton Lotus went 2-4 at the top of the order and also drew a walk, allowing her to score two runs. 

In the second game, offense took a back seat to pitching. Already warm from two innings in the first game, Alyssa Zabala took the circle in the second and nearly pitched a complete game. She didn't have the strikeout ball working as well in the second game, picking up just two, but FGCU wasn't getting much from putting the ball in play. Zabala went 6.2 innings and gave up just three hits and one walk. Unfortunately, one of those hits was a home run, and it came after one of the others in the fifth inning. That two-run homer tied the game, but Coach Holly Aprile left Zabala in and Alyssa rewarded her with strong pitching after. 

After picking up RBI singles in the third and fourth innings, it was small ball again for Louisville in the seventh that let them regain the lead. Jordan Williams opened the inning with a single and Lotus followed with one as well. Mack laid down a bunt to move both runners into scoring position, and Camryn Lookadoo sent a fly ball into center to bring Williams home on a sacrifice. Zabala got a ground out and a line out to open the bottom half, but she walked the potential last out of the game on a full-count. That brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the form of a batter who had already taken Zabala yard in the game. Aprile made the move to replace Zabala with Wise and Anna induced a ground ball back to the circle to end the game. 

Louisville moved to 9-3 with their two wins yesterday, and they'll play two more today. The Cards will face Wisconsin at 12:15 and UConn at the conclusion of that game (scheduled for 2:30). We'll see if Brooke Gray takes the circle today after having yesterday off. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Cards women swimmers in fourth place in ACC Tournament -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE.

 CARDS TRAIL VIRGINIA, STANFORD AND CALIFORNIA WITH TWO DAYS REMAINING IN ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

The ACC swim teams have descended on Atlanta are in full stroke and dive in the ACC Championships. Louisville women are in fourth place after five days of competiton. 

Virginia leads the way with 786 points, followed by Stanford (662), Cal (621) and then UofL at 507. There is more than 100 points difference between the fourth place totals and fifth place...so no one is likely to get past Lousivlle for at least a fourth place finish. 

It's really no disgrace at all to be behind powerhouse Virginia and two strong west coast schools and -- although Louisville women's swimming had no wins yesterday in events --- the splashing Cards are making a good showing with two days to go. 

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DUKE WBB KEEPS ROLLING IN 83-65 WIN OVER NCST

Toby Fournier went for 26 points and 12 rebounds in Duke's win at home over NCST . The Dule win streak extends to 17 straight game..Duke has not lost since falling to LSU back in early December. 

Duke jumped out to a 28-16 first quarter lead and improved that to 41-26 at the half. NC State would mount a third quarter rally to cut the Duke lead to 56-48 after three quarters, but ran out of gas late as the Blue Devils took the fourth quarter 27-17 to go to 20-6, 15-0 on the season. 

How is this relevant here? It means the Cards are still in second place in the ACC race...a game back of the Blue Devils. 

Louisville WBB returns to action on Feb 22nd (my and George Washington's birthday) to host Virginia. 

paulie

WBB front line could be the key to Cards NCAA success. -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 ZIEGLER, ELIF, ANAYA, MBUGNA, ISLA, PUTRA AND RANDOLPH MAY BE THE POWERHOUSE FRONT LINE OF THE ACC

An old basketball coach I knew used to tell me..."You can't teach height..but you sure can develop it." and that applies to the 2025-26 University of Louisville WBB squad. One 6'4", three 6'3" two 6'2" and one 6'0" WBB Cards present a formidable challenge to any opponent's front line. They are interchangable, all talented and on the same wave length for this 24-4 Cards Squad..who have the best overall record in the league. Laura, "E", Anaya, Grace, Isla, Yeve and Mac..on an expressway to NCAA Toournament success. 

The Cards have three more games in conference before the ACC Tournament gets underway. Louisville is pretty much assured of finishing either first or second in the ACC regular season, depending on how Duke ends against NC State, Clenson, FSU and UNC.  The seven Cards front liners mentioned have 52 of the Cards 82 points the Cards are averaging so far this season and show no signs of slowing down on the glass. 

The roster is unselfish and effective. Opponents can only guess which Cardinals are going to have big games against them, and that...in itself..is the most dangerous weapon Louisville has. Guard Players A and B heavily and C and D torch you. No one in the conference can match up in a women-to-women defense against Louisville..except maybe Duke..and this squad loves to find the open player, crash the boards and "feed the hot hands". 

The Cards are ranked at #8 in both the AP and coaches poll...higher thatn Duke in both... and you can bet your bottom dollar that UofL is craving a re-match against the Blue Devils...who beat them by a mere point in Louisville on Feb 5th. A game the Cards had a great chance to win..but fell just short. ...having a chance to tie it at the end with two free throws but making just one. . 

Odds are, the two will meet in the finals of the ACC Tournament. You know that Jeff Walz and staff have studied that narrow loss to Duke and has a master plan to get a revenge win against Kara Lawson. This potential rematch will be "must see WBB" and let's hope that "it's in the cards" fpr a Louisville win in the rematch.

paulie

CARDS SOFTBALL RUN RULES BELLARMINE 10-2 -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 CARDS HIT EARLY AND OFTEN IN THE BATTLE OF EASTERN PARKWAY

On a picture perfect night for softball on the Belknap campus. Louisville Softball touched Bellarmine for six runs in the first two innings and got the 10-2 win in the Battle of Eastern Parkway -- softball style. 

Bri Despines drove in Chelsea Mack and Easton Lotus with a first inning single to get the Cards on the board and a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Bellarmine responded with a Kendall Gaddie home run in the top of the second to cut the Cards lead in half...but Louisville struck back with four second inning runs...Easton Lotus' two RBI triple being the big hit in the inning. It was 6-1 and UofL was definitely in control of the contest. 

The Knights would be held scoreless in the top half of the thrd and fourth innings, and the Cards would add three runs in the the bottom of the fourth, to build a 9-1 lead. 

(Photo courtesy of Bellarmine)

Bellarmine did get their second home run of the contest in the top of the fifth inning to make it 9-2 but Louisville would get the run rule game ender in the bottom of the fifth...with Chelsea Mack singling home Jordan Williams for the 10-2 final score.

And, so..the Cards improve to a 4-2 mark on the season. Jayden Gohs gets the win to go 1-0 on the season in three innings of work. Ryann Sanders pitched two innings of relief. 

Next up, Louisville heads to Fort Myers, FL for another early season tournament...facing Buffalo in their opener on Friday, Feb 20th. 

paulie

The Week Ahead for Louisville Women's Athletics -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Packed Schedule as Spring Ramps Up

Louisville women's athletics has a busy week ahead as the winter sports season hits its climax and the spring sports season gets rolling. Six sports are in action this week with only the track and field team having the week off. 

Women's golf and swimming will both be first in action today, as each of those teams continue multi-day events. The golf team is finishing up the Moon Golf Invitational in Melbourne, Florida today, and the Cards stand tied for 13th of 17 teams after yesterday's rounds. Louisville is just three shots off of 11th place and will get the final round underway at 9am this morning. Swimming and diving are getting into the third day of the ACC Championships, with the event scheduled to run all the way through Saturday. There are plenty of events on deck for that, so you can keep up with Louisville Swim and Dive on social media or check in with live stats here or live streaming via ESPN. Louisville finished third as a team in last season's ACC tournament, and seven ACC teams are in this season's top 25. Today's events get underway at 9:30. 

Softball will begin a loaded week with their home opener this afternoon as they host Bellarmine. It should be an unseasonably warm day, with highs forecast in the 60s today, so it should be more pleasant than people may have expected going into a mid-February matchup. This game was originally slated to be played next week, so the weather is a nice surprise for the rescheduled event. The Cards are 6-3 so far this season, with all three losses coming to the hosting opponents at their two weekend events. Louisville faces a Bellarmine squad that is just 1-8 in their first season under a new head coach. The Cards will look to extend their win streak to three games going into the weekend, where they'll travel once more. Tonight's game will be at 6:30 on ACCNX. After today, Louisville will go on the road again, this time to Fort Myers, FL for an event hosted by Florida Gulf Coast University. Louisville will play Buffalo and FGCU on Friday afternoon, Wisconsin and UConn on Saturday, and close the weekend with a Sunday morning rematch against Buffalo. 

Lacrosse will play a pair of games this week as well, as they look to pick up their first victory of the 2026 campaign. The Cards lost a heartbreaker in the opener, going down in double OT to Ohio State, and fell at the hands of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Saturday. Louisville will look to bounce back with a home match against Kent State tomorrow at noon and they'll play another road ACC match on Saturday. This week, Scott Teeter's squad will face North Carolina. 

Women's tennis will have two matches at home this week, as ACC play fully ramps up. The Cards are 6-1 so far this season with their lone loss coming last Friday against Notre Dame. Louisville is 0-1 in conference as a result, but they'll bring two Florida teams to Bass-Rudd this weekend to try to fix that. The Cards face Florida State on Friday and Miami on Sunday. 

Louisville women's basketball has a mid-week bye this week, giving their opponents a chance to catch up in league play. The Cards have won three straight since losing to Duke, and that head-to-head matchup is currently the difference between the top two teams in the ACC. Duke is 14-0, while Louisville sits at 14-1. Duke plays NC State on Thursday, but chances are running out for the Blue Devils to take a loss. After the Wolfpack, they'll play at Clemson, host FSU, then finish the season on the road at rival UNC. Louisville gets a mid-week break but they'll take on Virginia at the Yum! Center on Sunday. The Cards finish the season with a significant test of their own, going on the road to Georgia Tech on Thursday the 26th before hosting Notre Dame on March 1st. The Cards and Irish will square off at 4PM on ESPN2, and they'll be the second to last tip-off of the ACC regular season. The Cards can lock up a double-bye in the ACC tournament with one more win. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

CARDS WBB PULLS AWAY FROM FSU 88-65 -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 BALANCED SCORING LEADS THE WAY FOR UOFL WBB IN WIN OVER NOLES

Louisville WBB got off to a hot start and never really let up the gas in a convincing win over FSU Sunday evening in the KFC YUM! Center. The Cards jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first two and one half minutes..thanks to a Laura Ziegler three and rebound bucket and led by 11 in the first quarter before ending the first ten minutes session with a Skylar Jones layup for a 19-10 lead.

The Cards built the lead halfway through the second quarter to 27-14 after two Reyna Scott free throws and took a 34-20 lead into the halftime ocker room...only three Cards scored in the second 10 minutes...Imani Berry with six points, Reyna Scott with five and Grace Mbugna with four. 

Louisville pushed the lead out to 19 in the third quarter three minutes into the third quarter with a Reyna Scott layup with three minutes gone in the half to make it 46-27. A Laura Ziegler layup at the 4:13 mark gave the Cards a 20 point lead at 52-32. Rhee quarter ended with the Cards still ccomfortbly ahead at 61-39 after  Berry three with 22 seconds left. 

The Cards builtthe lead to 81-50 when Grace Mbugna tipped one in with 4:33 to play. FSU did outscore the Cards 15-7 the rest of the way..but Walz had pretty much replaced the starters in the final part of the fourth quarter. Anaya Hardy did score the Cards final three baskets for the 88-65 win. 

I NEVER SAW THIS MOVIE..WAS IT ANY GOOD? 

THE FRED REPORT

FREE THROWS -- The Cards shot 10-18 from the charity stripe. That's not quite 60% and nowhere near the mandated 70% we need to award a letter..so..no letter. Wonder who will be shooting a bunch of free throws next practice?  Maybe Elif (0-3) and Skylar (2-4)? 

REBOUNDS -- The Cards held a 46-37 edge on the hrbbing of missed shots and that's good enough for a CAPITAL "R"  Laura Ziegler had eight for UofL and Mac Randolph had seven. 

EFFORT/EXECUTION -- The Cards shot 59.4% from the floor and had only 11 turnovers. That's worthy of a CAPITAL "E"

DEFENSE --  Allowing less that 70 points and forcing 16 turnover over is OK..but FSU just isn't that great this year. I see a small case "d" here

FINAL FRED TALLY _-R-E-d

The log term view? Keep winning and hopes Duke slips up a couple of times, so the cards can win the regular season title. Anything ncan happen. 

paulie

 

paulie

Fun in South Carolina ...Softball takes two on Saturday -- SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 SUCCESSFUL SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY

Riley Janda

Holly Aprile has a lot of talent on this 2025-26 Louisville Softball squad and the pitching staff is loaded. The Cards got a 4-0 win over Kennesaw State and a 5-3 win against Boston University in their final day of action in the Carolina Classic in Columbia, South Carolina. 

The Cards finish 3-1 in the Palmetto State this weekend and Madi Reeves and Anna Wise got their first wins of the season yesterday. 

Easton Lotus, the lovely fifth yr .senior for the Cards

A 4-0 shutout in the opener against Kennesaw State...with three runs in the first and a Riley Janda home run in the fifth . Madi Reeves pitched the shutout and allowed just seven hits over the seven innings. 

The Cards started game two with a first inning run when Easton Lotus scored on a Madison Pickens triple. Louisville got RBI's from Pickens, "Ri" Despines, Camryn Lookadoo and Katie Thatcher in the fourth to complete the scoring. 

The Cards return home to face Bellarmine on Feb 17th. 

Softball Splits Friday Again -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Cards Beat BU, Fall to SCar

In their second weekend of the season, Louisville softball once again saw themselves taking on the hosting team in the second game of the first day. The Cards faced Boston University and took a 3-0 win in the first game but things got squirrelly in the second. Louisville held close to South Carolina early in the game before an explosive fifth inning ended the game early with a 9-1 run rule. 

Alyssa Zabala took the win in game one, as the Cards gave her a cushion in the top of the first inning. Chelsea Mack singled out of the second spot in the lineup and immediately stole second. Making the most of her cleanup spot, Bri Despines batted a single into the outfield to score Mack and give Louisville the 1-0 lead. From there, Zabala took the reins and didn't let go. She pitched a complete game and scattered four hits across them. Zabala struck out six and walked just one batter. Of their five baserunners, the Terriers put two on in two innings, meaning Zabala was more or less nails in the other five. 

Despines earned her second RBI in the sixth inning with a double to score Madison Pickens, who had reached on an error. The Cards opened the seventh inning with an out, but Jordan Williams tripled with one out. That turned over the order, and Easton Lotus laid down a single toward third. It was fielded by the catcher, holding Williams at third, but Lotus beat out the throw for a single. As Mack worked her at-bat, the Terriers tried to pick off Lotus on a steal attempt, which was a bold choice with a runner at third, and it went exactly as you might expect: Lotus got the steal anyway, and Williams took the opportunity to come home. That set the final score of 3-0. 

The Cards opened the second game similarly, with Lotus reaching base to open the game, Mack walking, and Despines doubling Lotus in for a Louisville lead. Brooke Gray took the circle for Louisville and got off to a good start by getting two quick outs, but a four-pitch walk was followed by a double and the score was tied. Gray ended the inning and the teams went on tied. 

Louisville threatened briefly in the third with a Lotus double and a two-out walk from Pickens, but Despines couldn't regain the lead for the Cards. In the bottom half, Gray got a quick pop-out but back-to-back first-pitch singles chased her from the circle. Anna Wise entered for Louisville and managed to end the threat. Gray finished with three hits and one walk in 2.1 innings. She had just one earned run but she didn't pick up any strikeouts. 

Louisville once again got a double and a walk in the fourth but were once again unable to take the lead in the game. Wise returned to the circle and gave up a leadoff single. She got the first out on an infield ground ball, but the runner advanced to second. A walk put runners on first and second, and an unsuccessful fielder's choice loaded the bases with one out. A sacrifice bunt scored the go ahead run, and another single made it 3-1. Finally, South Carolina grounded straight to Lotus at second base and the inning ended. 

Louisville responded with three-up, three-down, which set the stage for an unfortunate fifth inning. Things went immediately wrong after a full-count walk and a single that was challenged and failed. The Cards made a pitching change and gave up a double steal. A sacrifice liner to left was followed by a two-run homer. Louisville went on to see an illegal pitch and, though they picked up a second out, South Carolina went on to end the game with the bases still loaded. 

The Cards returned to the field at 10am this morning against Kennesaw State, and they'll face BU again this afternoon before returning home. Tomorrow's game against Kennesaw State has already been canceled. Louisville will face Bellarmine on Tuesday and then hit the road for the Gulf Coast Classic next weekend. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

WBB unloads on Wake Forest 86-67 -- SB heads to Carolina Classic -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

FRIDAYS WITH DARYL

Good morning and happy weekend eve!

Its also Friday the 13th, Galentines Day and Valentines Day Eve!  Happy holiday to those who celebrate! 

WBB


Louisville 86  Wake Forest 67

For the Cards, 12 players scored, 8 had 6 or more points, they had 11 3 pointers, 25 assists and 41 points came from the bench.

The first few minutes were probably the worst for them in this one as they started 1-4 shooting from the field and had 3 turnovers in the but then none for the remainder of the quarter.  After that, the Cards went 4-6 from 3 in the quarter Elif Imari and Robert’s had 2 threes. Cards go on a 9-0 run and hold WF to just 6 points going into the final minute of the quarter. 


A deflection from Elif leads to a steal for the cards and they take tit to the other end and put together a sequence Robert’s hits the 3 on the assist from Ziegler.  Elif scores at the buzzer on the feed down low from Reyna Scott to close out the half and it is all smiles from the Cardinals bench.

Louisville went on a 15-1 run to close out the half, had 15 assists on 17 made buckets and held the Deacs to just 9 points in both of the first two quarters.


43-18 at half



Wake Forest finally got their feet under them coming out of the halftime break, they shot 57% in the third quarter going 8-14 from the field.    Grace Oliver had 8 of her 15 points in the 3q, where the cards outscored WF 27-21.

Wake forest ends the game on a 15-2 run but it was beyond out of reach at that point. Walz had called off the dogs and gave an opportunity for some bench players to get some playing time in an ACC game.  

FRED REPORT

Free throws -- 7 for 9...a solid 78% CAPITAL "F"

Rebounds -- 31-28 Cards. They get get rebounded on the offensive end, though. Small case "r"

Effort/Execution -- 25-15 assist advantage make this a CAPITAL "E" already. Louisville also went 44% from three point range.

Defense --  14-3 edge in steals make this a CAPITAL "D" without looking any further. 

FINAO FRED TALLY -- F-r-E-D




Softball

Cards bus Softball loading up for Colombia, SC

UofL softball is continuing its early spring schedule and heading down to Columbia, South Carolina for the Carolina Classic hosted by the South Carolina Gamecocks. 

First up, the Cards will face Boston University this morning at 11am and will face the hosting South Carolina at 4pm. They will play both squads again on Saturday before rounding out the weekend with a matchup with Kennesaw State Sunday at 12pm.





Louisville vs Boston University

Series history 2-1 Cards lead – last matchup was 5/17/2014 where the Cards lost 8-3 in Tuscan, Arizona. That was back in the Maryssa Becker days of program history.

The Terriers are 3-2 coming off a 20-16 loss to Buffalo in Orlando last weekend. They did beat #16 Duke the day before that, 2-1.  Thats a big win. 

Junior Kylie Doherty and senior Kasey Ricard have earned Patriot League weekly awards, as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. Doherty collected her second career Player of the Week award with the help of a clutch sixth-inning go-ahead homer against #16 Duke, and Ricard claimed her 14th Pitcher of the Week honor by holding the Blue Devils, Maryland and CSU Bakersfield to just one combined (unearned) run.




Louisville vs South Carolina


Series history 0-2 Gamecocks lead – last matchup was 2/23/2018 where the Cards fell 3-5. Caitlin Ferguson and Sidney Melton both went 2-3 with an RBI each in that clash.

South Carolina is 3-2 on the season with both losses to #19 Virginia Tech. They also run ruled Syracuse 15-2.

Holly Aprile served as an assistant coach for the Gamecocks from 1996-2003 under Hall of Fame head coach Joyce Compton.

The Gamecocks rank among the top-10 in doubles, doubles per game, scoring, total runs, and walks. SC has had 5 pitchers start in the circle for them so far this season.

As Always, 

Go Cards

~Daryl 

WBB vs Wake Forest Preview -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Wake up CARDNATION, its GAMEDAY!  

WBB

#9 Louisville vs Wake Forest Preview



Demon Deacs are 13-12 on the season and 3-10 in the conference.


Wake Forest is coming off an 84-56 loss to UNC. The Tarheels shot better than 48% from the field against WF.

The Deacs are averaging 66 PPG. Since joining the ACC, Louisville is 12-1 against Wake. The Cards won 81-76 in the 2025 matchup. Only 4 players who saw minutes in that matchup are still on the UofL roster. Taj Roberts had 17 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal in the game.

Sophomore forward Grace Oliver is leading the offense for Wake averaging 13.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and shoots 38% from three point range. leads the ACC and ranks 15th nationally with a 58.9% field goal percentage. Mary Carter is sixth in the ACC with 52 three-pointers and eighth in the league with 2.1 three-pointers made per game. Freshman Milan Brown is leading the rebounding efforts averaging 6.4 per game.


The game is set to tip off at 7pm at the KFC Yum! Center or on the ACCNX.

Louisville has 5 games left in the regular season, 4 of them at home.

As Always, 
Go Cards

~Daryl 

WBB heads into final five games of ACC slate -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

CARDS WBB ONE GAME BACK OF DUKE WITH FIVE TO GO IN REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE GAMES

You can count the remaining regular season ACC tests for Louisville WBB on one hand now...as most of the teams have reached the mark of over a dozen ACC games played. At 12-1 in conference, Louisville is behind Duke by one game. If the ACC WBB Tournament was played tomorrow, 

#10-#15 seeds play on the Wednesday opening round. If that was starting tomorrow, it would be #15 Wake Forest vs. #10 California, Other Wednesday games would be #14 Florida State against #11 Georgia Tech and #13 Stanford and #12 Miami facing off. The winners of the first round would go on to face the winner of Clemson vs. Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia or Virginia Tech on Thursday Your top four seeds are Duke, UofL, NC State and UNC and they would first see action Friday. I doubt it will go down in this sequence, but...it's as good a guess as any 3/4th of the way through the season .  

SMU, Pitt and Boston College would not make the ACC Tournament if today's standings were the final standings. 

Of course, we all know that things can go thru a dramatic upheaval in the final handful of conference games. 

Duke is on a 15 game win streak. UNC on a seven game win streak.

The Cards end conference regular season play against Wake Forest, FSU, Virginia, at Georgia Tech and Notre Dame. That's the current #6 , #15, #5, #11 and #8 seeds. four out of five at home bode well for the Cards. Duke has UNC, NC St., at Clemson, FSU and at UNC.

 I like the Cards schedule better, Louisville could battle their way back to a tie for the conference lead and if they can go undefeated the rest of the way and Duke lose two...say to UNC once and always tough NCSt.... the Cards could take the title. 

A lot of balls to bounce yet. 

Daryl will be covering my Thursday article ...as I will be in Cleveland at the Cleveland Clinic undergoing kidney evaluation. FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED FOR BEST OF LUCK. 

paulie

Lacrosse Opens Season at Home -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Teeter's Squad Hosts Ohio State

Louisville lacrosse is off to the races this week in their season opener, which is no surprise based on past seasons, but the unusual part this year is that they won't open with their traditional Colorado opponents. This year, Louisville will open the season at home, and they'll take on the Buckeyes of Ohio State. Louisville and OSU meet regularly, with the home team winning the last two matchups. Ohio State leads the all-time series 8-4, and they beat the Cards 9-6 360 days ago. 

The Cards are 14-4 all-time in home openers, which is quite the impressive mark. They're 11-7 in overall season openers and they won last season's opener over the #15 ranked Denver Pioneers. The Cards finished last year 7-10 with a disappointing 1-8 ACC mark. Louisville seemed on the verge of a breakthrough in 2024 when they posted their best ACC record under Scott Teeter with three wins. Last season was a step back in that regard, and we'll be looking for the Cards to get back to a higher win total this season. 

Louisville is making a fair number of replacements, with perhaps the most critical of those being Ashley Osborne. Osborne was a sixth year senior defender who reached a program-record 82 games played last season. She had a team-high 25 ground balls last year in a season that saw her become the 8th player in program history to amass 100 career ground balls. The Cards graduated a total of eight seniors, which also included goalkeeper J Pleck. Pleck's 258 career saves were fifth all-time in the program. 

The Cards had a freshmen battle at the backup position last season between Hanna John and Haley Richards. John transferred out of the program, so Richards will look to win the spot over fellow sophomore Campbell Murray, who transferred from Mercer, and senior Aubrey Bagenstose, who has been a career Cardinal but has not seen action in a game since 2023. Richards had seven saves in five games last season. 

 

Louisville does return three of their top six scorers from last season and a pair of defenders who started all 17 games. Cate Kangas and Olivia Scroggie will continue to hold down the defense, while Rian Adkins and Reese Whiteman lead the offensive attack. Whiteman was the team leader in goals (26) and points (32) last year, while Adkins was third on the team with 23 points. 

Louisville and Ohio State will get underway at noon today, and admission to the Louisville Lacrosse Stadium is free. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

SB wraps up first weekend -- WBB bounces back at Cuse -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Good morning all,




Im looking forward to some temps in the 50s this week hopefully melt some of the ugly piles of snow around town, especially the ones currently blocking places to park in front of my house.

WBB



Louisville    84    Syracuse  65

Laura Ziegler was unstoppable and scored 22 points on 10-13 shooting from the field.  As a team, the Cardinals shot 54% from the field.     

Recap

Louisville opened the game looking like they had something to prove after the midweek misstep with Duke.    After a quarter, Laura Ziegler scored a layup underneath on the feed from Imari Berry.  The Cards led 28-6 after 1 quarter, Syracuse shooting 0% and only scored from free throw attempts. 

But the Cuse would not be discouraged as they would respond loudly in quarter number two.  After being down by as many as 22,they engineered a 16-2 run by Syracuse and Darius going 6-6 from the field in that frame alone.   At one point, the Orange made 7 shots in a row and finished the quarter shooting 73%.  Cuse outscored UofL 30-16 in the quarter.  

Louisville led 44-36 at the halftime break.  

Cards lose it out of bounds but get it right back in the opening minute of the third.  Anaya Hardy got the foul called but she missed both at the line.  Orange scored 3 buckets in a row before Ziegler quieted the crowd and makes it 61-54 with 90 seconds to go in third quarter.

After a Syracuse airball and shot clock violation, Taj Robert’s went full length of floor and made it 9 pt game again and Louisville pushed it back to a double digit 11 point lead and the end of the third quarter.

Each time Cuse got a big bucket, The Cards responded with one of their own.  

After a 3 min scoring drought for Cuse put the Cards up by 15...there was really no looking back. 


Softball

 

Louisville  5   FIU   8 
 

The Cards are 3-2 on the season after the first weekend of the 2026 season.  Louisville fell to hosting FIU in both matchups this weekend, losing 8-5 Sunday afternoon.    

Brooke Gray took the loss in the circle after giving up 2 runs on two batters faced. Anna Wise got the start and gave up 5 hits in 3.1 innings pitched.   The Cardinals pitching staff gave up 8 runs on a total 9 hits, walked 6 and only struck out 4 batters face.  

Offensively, Madison Pickens and Katie Thatcher had 2 RBIs each and Chelsea Mack and Camryn Lookadoo each had 2 hits for Louisville. 

Recap

After securing a 4-2 lead in the top of the 4th, the Panthers responded with 4 in the bottom frame and the Cards could not rally from behind to even the series.   

In a game that saw 4 Cardinal pitchers, there were two pitching changes made in the bottom of the 4th.  

As Always, 
Go Cards 
~Daryl 

Softball takes two Saturday and WBB faces Syracuse today -- SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 CARDS SOFTBALL WINS BOTH GAMES IN FEISBURG TOURNEY SATURDAY

An oldie but goodie photo of Louisville Softball

A tale of two different ballgames for the softball Cards in the FIU Invitational in Miami on  Saturday, also known as the Felsburg Invitational.  

Why is it called the Felsburg Invitational for softball?

Michael Felsburg was a former FIU track and field and cross country star that graduated with honors and then went into the Marine Corps but was killed in Iran in 2004.

The Cards faced Texas A&M - Corpus Christi in the morning opener and went on a hitting and scoring rampage...scoring 13 runs and getting off to a 7-0 start before a wild sixth inning that saw TAMCC score five runs and the Cards respond with six runs for an 13-5 eventual victory. Two Cards drove in five runs each in Jordan Williams and Riley Janda and Alyssa Zabala (my favorite softball Cardinal...who is also a Miami native) got the win with a scoreless four inning performance to start the game. Madi Reeves handled the relief chores.  

In the second contest, Brooke Gray threw four shutout innings with only two hits allowed before giving way to Jayden Gohs who had three scoreless innings relief in the 4-0 win over Lehigh. 

The Cards scored a run in the first , two in the third inning and one more in the fifth to take the "W" It's good to see the Cards bats so lively this early in the softball season.  Head UofL softball coach Holly Aprile has some very efficient and smart players who head to the plate in Easton Lotus, Chelsea Mack, Jordan Williams, Madison Pickens, Camryn Lookadoo and Riley Zanda...just to name a few.

Louisville (3-1) will end their stay in the Felsburg with a return game against FIU, who gave them their only loss in the tourney. That one starts AT 11:30 A.M. and will be on ESPN+ again..

WBB GOES ON THE ROAD TO FACE SYRACUSE 

It'll be an early start for Louisville WBB in Syracuse on Super Bowl Sunday...with a noon start time. The contest will be shown on the CW.  The contest will take place in the JMA Wireless Dome (how many names had this thing had?) Old guys like me still refer to it as the Carrier Dome. 

Felicia Leggett Jack

A worthy foe, these Orange...19-4 overall and 9-3 in the ACC. The Cards enter the contest at #8 in the nation and sport a 21-4 ,11-1 record. 

Louisville enters the contest after the one-point loss to Duke in the KFC YUM! Center. The Cards are second in the ACC standings and Duke is tied for third.

It will be interesting to see how the Cards bounce back from their only conference loss as they take to the road to face a very challenging Syracuse squad. Felicia Leggett-Jack is the Orange head coach,  

Softball 1-1 After Day One -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Louisville Opens Season With Split

The Cards took to the sunny climes of Florida for the beginning of the softball season, as they do annually, and began their 2026 campaign with a victory. The joy of a 7-4 win over Stony Brook was a bit short lived, though, as they fell at the hands of the hosting FIU Panthers 5-7 in the later game. Louisville will get a chance for payback against FIU tomorrow morning, but they have a pair of games today first. The Cards take on Corpus Christi at 11:30 this morning and will face Lehigh this evening at 4:30. 

In the first game, Louisville fell behind in the second inning 1-0, but turned their fortunes around with a four-run third. They tacked on a single run in the fifth and their final two in the sixth before needing to hold on to their lead against a three-run seventh inning for Stony Brook. Brooke Gray got the start in game one and pitched four innings of one-run ball. She gave up three hits and hit one batter but tallied three strikeouts and no walks. Two of the three hits came in the second inning to set up the sacrifice fly that scored her only earned run, but it was a decent start for the junior. 

Offensively in game one, Louisville was led by Madison Pickens, who has moved into the third spot in the lineup, as she had two triples. One resulted in an RBI and a little-league home run as she scored on a throwing error by the left fielder, and the other saw her batted in for the Cards' fifth run of the game. Taylor Monroe also had a pair of hits, and Riley Janda had Louisville's only home run. Small ball and speed will likely reign again for Louisville, as the Cards had three stolen bases (Easton Lotus, Chelsea Mack, Bri Despines). 

In game two, the Cards jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first, but FIU responded immediately to take the lead by the end of the inning. The Cards got back-to-back solo homers from Pickens and Despines in the inning, but Alyssa Zabala had a nightmare start in her season opener. Zabala gave up four straight hits and an error put a fifth straight batter on base before Zabala was replaced by Anna Wise. Alyssa will surely be back to her normal form sooner rather than later, but she's sitting on the dreaded "infinity" ERA at the moment. 

Anna Wise settled in and got out of the inning with some defensive help, but Louisville trailed 3-2. The sophomore transfer from Ohio University pitched well as the quasi starter after that, going five innings before she ran into trouble. In the meantime, Louisville scored in the fifth on a Camryn Lookadoo double to tie the game. Things unraveled a bit for Wise in the sixth inning, but it was the defense that ultimately let this one slip away. Wise opened the inning with a popup, but a pair of singles followed. A fly out left runners on first and second with two outs. 

Easy enough, you might think, but not quite. A ground ball back to the pitcher was unable to be converted to the final out, and the bases were loaded. It was a tough call for Holly Aprile to put a freshman in a tie game with the bases loaded, but she trusted her gut. It didn't quite work out. Jayden Gohs took over in the circle and walked in the go-ahead run. Unfortunately, the defense made a bad situation worse when Taylor Monroe sailed a throw from short that could have ended the inning and instead scored a pair of unearned runs. A double added one more unearned run and the Cards trailed 7-3 with one more trip to the plate. 

To their credit, the Cards put up a valiant effort in the seventh. Katie Thatcher walked to open the inning, and Lookadoo singled to try to start a rally. FIU made a pitching change, which looked to be the right call as Easton Lotus struck out, but Chelsea Mack laid down a bunt that scored two runs on an errant throw. Mack advanced all the way to third and with a runner in scoring position, one out, and the heart of the order due up, Louisville wasn't quite out of it yet. Their hopes were dashed in fairly short order, though, as Pickens and Despines both lined out to end the game. 

There's a long season ahead, and Louisville gets back into it today. There's plenty of good and bad to take from the opening day of games, so we'll just see what the Cards do with the rest of their weekend. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

WBB falls to Duke 59-58 -- SB opens season in FL -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

FRIDAYS WITH DARYL

Good morning and welcome to the weekend. I've been chasing around cardinal birds on campus this week getting some shots for our new space on campus.  Thought I could share a couple here :D

This is 'Miller' in front of Grawmeyer Hall

WBB

Have I told y'all how much I hate the color blue? 


Louisville 58  Duke 59 


Mackenley Randolph scored first point at ft line with almost 4 min off clock. Cards 0-8 to start game while Duke was 7-7.  Louisville got it's first couple of buckets from Reyna Scott with 4:30 min left- Cards go on 7-0 run to make it 16-8.  Fornier for Duke scored 11 in the first quarter.  Duke shot 71% in the first quarter and the Cards shot 18%.


7-0 run for Cards made it 27-20 Duke which felt less daunting.  Blue Devils went scoreless for 3 min but UofL gained almost no ground 34-25.  Ziegler snuck in for the put up and in and then Duke hit the lucky 3 at the buzzer to make it a 10 pt. game at the half.  Not a great sign. 

Louisville comes out second half and scored immediately but the Blue Devils respond quickly.  An Elif three pointer in front of the UofL bench makes it a 3 pt ball game Cards on a 7-0 run 41-38.  4+ min scoring drought for Duke but 3 turnovers in row for Cards and all the sudden Duke up by 8 again with 3 min left.  


Full defensive possession with one min left in 3rd quarter to get the ball 46-43. Elif makes it underneath.  Ball off Duke at the baseline and Cards get the ball with 15 seconds left in the frame. 7 turnovers by Duke in the 3 quarter alone. Reyna took the 3 pt. shot attempt but it was off.


Cards tie it up on a Reyna Scott drive to the basket and one and it's 46 all.  Ziegler steals it and Cards looked for first lead when she makes it and its a 49-46 Louisville lead.  UofL outshooting Duke 22-9 in 2nd half.  Dunk retakes 50-49 lead with 6:30 left in the game


Laura goes 0-2 in one offensive possession but she really had some great looks they just didn't fall in.  The rims were not forgiving for Louisville against Duke.  Offensive foul by Duke's Fornier on Elif and Cards get the ball back.  The crowd is roaring.  


But... a 7-0 Duke run over 3 min makes it 54-49 with the Cards scoreless for more than 4 min and that quiets much of the fan base. 

The story here was as follows. 

Elif 1-2 at line and Duke hits 3 to make it a 7 pt Duke lead again.  Taj 1-2 at line.  Skylar 1-2 at line. and then another scoring drought where the Cards went scoreless from the field for more than 4 minutes.  But will someone come to the Cards rescue to close it out? A familiar superhero?

Imari Berry hits 3 to make it 57-55 with about 2 min left.   Duke responds Cards score quickly and Duke calls timeout with 66 seconds left and a 2 pt advantage. 


Cards get the steal and push it forward to Berry for the layup but the shot misses but they do get the foul call.  After sinking the first.. she misses the second FT with 1 second on the clock.   And that’s all she wrote for this one.  

I'll just say this... I would love to see this Duke team in the ACC tournament.   




Softball

The Cardinals are flying south for some warmer weather. They’ve got a forecast averaging about 70 degrees Fahrenheit for the weekend ahead.

Louisville has not lost a game vs any team in the Felsberg Invitational field; FIU, Lehigh, Stony Brook and TX A&M CC. They will play 5 games over the 3 days.


It is Holly Aprile’s 8th season at helm. The Cardinals return 15 of their 21 players from the 2025 season including 7 starters. The senior class is lead by Easton Lotus, Chelsea Mack, Bri Despines, and Alyssa Zabala . The Cards’ pitching staff features a blend of experience and youth. Zabala leads the group, joined by transfers Madi Reeves (Miami Ohio) and Anna Wise (Ohio), both of whom bring multiple complete games and all-conference credentials from the MAC. Freshman Jayden Gohs adds immediate impact potential after being named to the Softball America Freshman Watchlist, while Brooke Gray and Ryann Sanders provide additional depth.


Louisville opens tournament play Friday, Feb. 6, against Stony Brook at 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by a matchup with host FIU at 7 p.m. ET. The Cardinals return to action Saturday with games against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11:30 a.m. ET) and Lehigh (4:30 p.m. ET), before closing the weekend Sunday against FIU at 11:30 a.m. ET.

As Always, 

Go Cards 

~Daryl 

Cards WBB faces Duke tonight in the KFC YUM! Center -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 11-0 IN ACC SQUADS DUEL FOR CONFERENCE LEAD

(photo by Clarissa Li) 

it's the highlight game of the ACC schedule so far this year, when Kara Lawson brings her Duke squad to Louisville for a nationally televised game on ESPN tonight at 7 p.m. 

Duke comes in on a 13 game win streak and the Cards have a 14 game win streak. Duke has one of the best player in the league in forward Toby Fournier, a Canadian, and the Cards have an incredibly balanced team that plays as a unit so well and efficiently. Taj Roberts recently was named to the mid-season Anne Meyers Drysdale Award List for best guard in DI basketbal. she's one of 10 named as mid-season finalists. l 

Jeff Walz talks about the upcoming game Here .

The Cards are 9-6 against Duke all time but lost the matchup in Durham last year 61-48. Mac Randolph (13 pts..) and Olivia Cochran (11 points) led Louisville in scoring...Duke was led by four players in double figures...Oluchi Okananwa (3 points) Reigan Richardson (12 points). Ashton Jackson (11 points) and Fournier (10 points). Jackson and Fournier are still on the squad...Okananwa transferred to Maryland and Richardson was waived by the Minnesota Lynx in training camp.

UofL has a $7 ticket promotion for the game. Tickets available at box office. 

The Cards are #6 in the nation and Duke is #17, according to AP Poll. Seven out of ten Duke writers pick the Cards to win this one (Read here)

We'll cover it and Daryl will have the recap Friday.

pauiie

ACC -- WBB WEEK OF 2/2/26 -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 ACC STANDINGS

2-9 ain't that fine for the Demon Deacons squad. 

With the majority of the ACC WBB schools having 11 games under their belt... we are almost 2/3rds of the way through the conference schedule   Let's take a look today at the league standings. 

Louisville (11-0, 21-3) and Duke (11-0, 16-6) are atop the pack. These two will match up tomorrow in the KFC YUM! Center and it should be a good one to watch  .Louisville is on a 14 game win streak and Duke is on a 13 game win streak. Jeff Walz wants you in the seats and would like a full bottom bowl. It's an ESPN broadcast and tips at 7 p.m.

Next in the standings are Virginia Tech, Syracuse and NC State at 8-3.  The Hokies are on a seven game win streak and Megan Duffy is proving to be just as good a head coach as Kenny Brooks ever was at Va Tech. The Notre Dame grad was a thorn in the Cards side when she was a player and Carys Baker leads VT in scoring. 

After that, UNC is at 7-3 and Virginia and Clemson are at 7-4. They're technically still alive for the conference title but at astronomical odds. 

Notre Dame is having an off season and is 6-5 in conference and 14-8 overall.. Georgia Tech is 5-6 and the West coast contingent of Stanford and California are at 4-6. Stanford is 15-8 overall and will probably make the NCAA Tournament if they don't fall completely apart in their final seven conference games and the ACC Tournament. 

The Seminoles of FSU are having a disastrously bad season at 2-8 and 7-15. Just behind them is Wake Forest at 2-9. SMU and Pitt stand at 1-9 and Boston College is in the basement at 0-11 and 4-20. Joanna Bernabee-McNamee is too good of a coach to be that bad this season but they've lost 16 games in a row  

We'll preview the Louisville vs Duke game for you tomorrow. 

paulie

FH Announces International Signing -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Louisville Adds to Netherlands Connection

There were brief signs of spring yesterday when we finally reached above-freezing temperatures yesterday, and softball is right around the corner, but let's return to fall sports for just a moment. Louisville field hockey announced a major signing to the fall 2026 class yesterday, as they'll add Bibi van der Lande to the roster. Van der Lande is a defender from the Netherlands, continuing the pipeline that head coach Justine Sowry has established between the land of tulips and the River City. 

Bibi van der Lande is not to be confused with Bibi van der Velden. Though it's pretty clearly different, a name similar to that of a Dutch jewelry designer made finding information on the field hockey player a bit more difficult. Nevertheless, it won't be the fashion icon stepping onto the turf at Trager this fall. The defender that will join the Cards has played for MOP (Mixed-Oranje-Pauw) for her entire career. As a member of the development team, van der Lande participates at the third-highest level of senior field hockey in the Netherlands. Last season, she was frequently asked to substitute for the second team as well. 

According to her recruiting profile, van der Lande has a calm presence in the middle of the defense and is adept at short and long passes to set up the attack from the back line. Like many top defenders, van der Lande has spent time playing at the forward positions as well, giving her knowledge of how the attack is formed. This is beneficial as both a defender and the beginning of the offense. She is noted as having strong communication skills that help set up her teammates for success. While van der Lande will be replacing one Dutch defender in Tatum Kroon (who graduated), she'll be able to transition her communication skills into the college game with the help of two more defenders from the Netherlands. Returning in 2026 are senior Annabel Sep and sophomore Trijntje Herfkens. 

There's still quite a while to go before the fall seasons start, but van der Lande will be a welcome addition to the program when she joins in the summer. 

Until next time, Go Cards!

Case

WBB 1-0 in February -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Good Morning readers, 

Hope everyone is staying warm out there, because the snow is going nowhere anytime soon.  

WBB vs Cal


Louisville 71- California 59

The red hot Louisville Cardinals are heading back to the Ville still undefeated in the ACC and a prime time matchup with the Duke Blue Devils looms later in the week.  Louisville WBB is 21-3 on the year and looking like one of the top 10 teams in the country.  

Lets see how the match with the Cal Golden Bears unfolded.


The first half was a scrappy one as both squads struggled to score from beyond 3 point range, making 1 each. UofL went 1-7 when Cal went 1-9. Cal also had 3 turnovers in the last 6 min of the first quarter where Cards went on a 6-0 run to finally establish a lead. Mackenly Randolph hit a 3 and lead the scoring with 5 points in the quarter. As a team the Cards had 4 assists on 7 made buckets.

It took a while for the Cardinals to warm up only as they managed to score only 1 point, no FG within the first 3 minutes of the 2nd quarter. Reyna Scott gets her first bucket to put the Cards up 20-15. Cal went on a run over 20-19 with about 5 min. till half. Personal foul called on Cal and media timeout allows the Cards to regroup. After 3:30 minutes scoreless Imari Berry made a bucket . It was 24-21 before the Cards go into the half with only a 28-24 lead.

Jayda Curry and Kianna Smith in the house to cheer on the Cards
Photo: UofL WBB Facebook

Cal opened the second half with a bucket to make it a 2 point game but Laura Zeigler proved her time spent in the weight room paid off and put a strong one up and in.  Cal responded with a 3 pointer


E and Taj both tried to respond with threes of their own but after an offensive rebound and a chance, both bounce on the rim and out of bounds.   Cal took a 34-32 lead on a 3 pointer with 7 min left in the 3Q.   After that, E and Taj got another shot at back to back threes and sank both.   Then a layup from Istanbulluoglu put the Cards up 10 for their biggest lead of the game at that point and it was the turning point of the game with 3 min left in the third quarter.


An 8-0 run by Cards over 2 min. ending with Laura hitting the 3 pointer with 6:30 left made it 60-46 and the Cardinals never took their foot of the gas petal.  


FRED REPORT

FREE THROWS -- Louisville went 11-16 at the free throw line which is only good for 68.8% and not letter earning by Card Couple's standards.  There was an opportunity where Taj Roberts got to shoot 2 on a flagrant foul called on Cal and went 1-2 at the line and UofL also threw it out of bounds on the '2 shots and the ball' opportunity as a result.  Gotta clean up those silly mistakes.  No letter

REBOUNDING -- The Cardinals as a team outrebounded the Bears but the leading rebounder wore a California uniform.  Elif was the leading rebounder in a UofL uniform with 7 boards.  I'd like to see Laura pull down a couple more. lower case r    

EFFORT/EXECUTION -- UofL had their backs against the wall in the first half and were held to just 28 points.  After shooting just 32% in the first half the Cards doubled it up to an impressive 64% shooting percentage from the field in the second half.  Roberts scored 15 of her 21 in the 2nd half.  Capital E

DEFENSE -- The Cards let Cal shoot 56% from the field in the second half  but their struggles from 3 point range throughout the game is what let Louisville pull away.  Capital D


FINAL FRED TALLY:   _-r-E-D

As Always, 

Go Cards

~Daryl