Louisville Field Hockey spreads the wealth in win over OSU -- Wednesday Cardinal Couple

Six players score in Field Hockey win


Louisville Field Hockey showed their depth today in a 6-3 win over (the) Ohio State University Tuesday afternoon in Trager Stadium. Six Cardinals had a goal each in the win for Justine Sowry's squad. Louisville (7-1) might have been buoyed from rising to #11 in the polls...regardless, there was no letdown from the Saturday win over #1 UNC. 

Lotta Kahlert, Shannon Sloss, Becca Maddock, Hailey Netherton, Alyssa Voelmle and Mallory Mason all found the back of the net in a Cardinal win that had Louisville on top 3-2 at the half and never seriously challenged by the unranked Buckeye squad. 

Louisville's consecutive win streak at Trager Stadium now extends to 14 games. The Cards take it to the road again...with Friday action against ACC opponent Wake Forest in Winston-Salem and non-conference competition against Liberty on Sunday. 

Coach Sowry was matter-of-fact about the victory:

"It was an interesting game today," said UofL head coach Justine Sowry. "We kept reminding our team that if we didn't come out strong and focused today, Saturday's win over North Carolina would mean nothing to us if we couldn't back it up against another good opponent. There were some good things and some not so good things. We tried to keep the game very simple and play to our strengths and keep our identity."

The Cards outshot OSU 17-7 and had a 5-2 advantage in penalty corners.

1.	2:20	LOU	Lotta Kahlert(2)	(unassisted)	rebound off of defender stick
2.	16:35	OSU	Wagner, Kaitlyn (4)	Kile, Morgan	pass from middle of circle to right side of cage
3.	20:01	LOU	Shannon Sloss(5)	(unassisted)	off of rebound from GK pads
4.	24:46	LOU	Becca Maddock(6)	Nicole Woods	pass from left side of cage to right side
5.	25:44	OSU	Wagner, Kaitlyn (5)	Humphrey, Maddy; Johnson, Peanut	penalty corner shot
6.	35:26	LOU	Hailey Netherton (3)	Elisa Garcia	deflected Garcia's shot into the cage
7.	43:35	OSU	Johnson, Peanut (4)	(unassisted)	dribble into circle from right side, shot into left side of cage
8.	45:01	LOU	Alyssa Voelmle(6)	Becca Maddock; Mallory Mason	penalty corner shot
9.	69:47	LOU	Mallory Mason(4)	Penalty stroke

WITH THE WIN OVER UNC, THE LOUISVILLE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM MOVED UP THREE SPOTS IN THE NCAA FIELD HOCKEY RANKINGS TO 11TH. THE ACC IS DOMINATING THE TOP ELEVEN SPOTS:

1	North Carolina (32)	6-1	922	1
2	Connecticut (11)	6-1	858	5
3	Virginia	7-2	736	10
4	Maryland (1)	5-2	712	2
5	Duke (3)	7-1	674	3
6	Boston College	7-1	601	11
7	Penn State	5-2	600	6
8	Iowa	5-2	573	9
9	Stanford	8-1	560	8
10	Syracuse	6-2	559	4
11	Louisville	6-1	534	14

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LOUISVILLE WOMEN'S GOLF FINISHED THE SECOND DAY OF TOURNAMENT ACTION IN COLORADO AND MAINTAINED THEIR 4th PLACE STANDING

The University of Louisville women’s golf team remains in a tie for fourth place at the Golfweek Conference Challenge following a 13-par-over 301 performance on Tuesday in Wolcott, Colo.

Louisville, which owns an 18-over-par 594 through two rounds, is in a tie with Denver still and now trails leaders Tennessee and Pepperdine by 12 strokes.

Laura Restrepo is continuing to pace the Cardinals, tying for ninth on the leaderboard. The junior, after recording an even-par 72 on Monday, totaled a 3-over-par 75 on the second day. Restrepo bogeyed three holes and birdied one on the front nine, before achieving par on eight of the final nine holes.

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Sunday Cardinal Couple -- Volleyball, Field Hockey win

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SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

- Volleyball dispatches of Samford in evening session

-Field Hockey waits out rain delay, wins 3-2 over Davidson

-Annual gridiron clash may have to dodge a few puddles

Louisville Volleyball followed their morning win over Marshall win a Saturday evening triumph over Samford in the KFC YUM! Center in four games...winning 25-22, 25-16, 22-25, 25-15. 

A sluggish start for the Cards to open the match, falling behind 5-1 early and trailing by scores of 7-3, 12-7 and 14-10 in the first game before mounting a rally that tied it at 15-15 on a block from Tanya Lukyanenko. The Cards were still deadlocked with Samford at 20-20 and proceeded to lose two of the next three volleys before scoring the final four points of the game on a kill from Kaitlynn James and blocks from Gwen Rucker and Lukyanenko. 

Louisville came out much more aggressively in the second game and jumped out to a 4-1 lead after a kill from Lola Arslanbekova. A brief Samford rally pulled them to within one at 8-7, but after that...the Cards steadily pulled away and led 15-12 after a Samford service error. Louisville went on a 9-2 run after that to lead 24-14 following a kill from Carly Sahagian and ended the match with another kill from Sahagian to win 25-16.

After the halftime break, Samford showed they had some fight left in them by playing the Cards close throughout all of game three...neither team able to gain an advantage of more than three points and Louisville found itself holding a 22-21 late in the action. Samford got four straight points, though on two kills from Katie Murphy and then two from Elizabeth Neisler to win game three 25-22.  

The Cards got the wake-up call and jumped out early in the final game. Lukyanenko's kill made it 5-1 Louisville. Kaitlynn James made it 10-5 with a kill. Lola got in the action with a kill to make it 15-8 Cards. It was 20-13 after a Sahagian kill and another from Lukyanenko had Louisville ahead 24-14. Lola put the Bulldogs out of their misery with a kill that ended the game at 25-15. 

Lola led the Cards with 22 kills. She was also named MVP of the tournament and made the all-tournament team along with Gwen Rucker and Brooke Mattingly for the Cards. 


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Field Hockey beat Davidson 3-2 and also outlasted the weather that caused nearly a two-hour delay in the Saturday afternoon game at Trager Stadium. Lightning and heavy downpours stopped the match with the Cards up 3-2 with about 17 minutes left in the game. 

The Wildcats scored first but the Cards responded quickly with goals from Mallory Mason and Erin Schneidtmiller in a four-minute stretch to regain the lead at 2-1. That's the way the first half ended...the Cards holding an 8-4 shot advantage. 

Becca Maddock pushed the Cards ahead 3-1 when she scored about eight minutes into the second half. A couple of minutes after the Wildcats cut the lead to 3-2, the skies opened and the flash of lightning sent both team to the sidelines.

After play resumed, Davidson and the Cards battled scoreless the rest of the way. 

"It wasn't a pretty one, that's for sure. The delay in the game made for a very long day under difficult conditions. We got a win and that's a great thing, but a lot of lessons need to be taken away from this game. Davidson didn't allow us to play the game we wanted to. Some positives to take away were definitely our attack play - that was an area we really wanted to work on. We generated some pretty good scoring opportunities but overall we do need to take a lot of lessons from today and continue to grow and move forward." -- Louisville field hockey head coach Justine Sowry. 

The Cards (2-1) return to action Monday when they play Ball State at 2 p.m.

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Finally, the Battle for the Bluegrass takes place in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. when Louisville and Kentucky put on the helmets and duke it out in front of 57,000+ rabid fans in football. 

You've seen the staff picks. Our informal poll revealed that 70% of you think UofL will win by 10 points or more. Louisville picked preseason to win the BIG EAST, UK picked to secure the basement in the SEC East Division. The chance of stormy weather and soggy conditions for these young men as Red and Blue clash in front of a sold out stadium and national television audience. Ponchos as important as tailgate food today, it appears. 

CARDINAL COUPLE will be there, but not in reporting or game coverage mode. May the best team win. If you go, remember to be "good" Cardinal (or Cat) fans and act responsibly. Be gracious in victory and complimentary in defeat. The eyes of the nation are watching, don't act like idiots. Cheer heartily for your team but don't be an obnoxious loudmouth. Enjoy the game and allow others around you to do the same.  

And, GO CARDS!      
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