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