No scores but things to think about -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 WHAT'S GOING ON 

We know that a lot of our readers come here for scores and results of athletic events. It is in our mission statement, to share and report on the joy and excitement of UofL women's sports. That extends to former Cardinal student-athletes who have gone on past the collegiate to participate professionally.  

No scores from last night, as the WNBA chose to stay off the court a second night because of the Jacob Blake protest. Below is a statement from the WNBA's New York Liberty: 

1,103 days since the New York Liberty’s first annual UNITY Day game dedicated to social justice. As the injustices persist, so does the work.

Today marks what should have been the Liberty’s 4th annual UNITY Day game which is devoted to telling Breonna Taylor’s story and highlighting the #SayHerName campaign. In light of today’s protest, our UNITY Day will be rescheduled at a later date. While we will not take the court today, we will continue to stay loud in our pursuit of justice.

The New York Liberty organization stand in solidarity with our players and demand justice for #JacobBlake, #GeorgeFloyd, #BreonnaTaylor, #AhmaudArbery, and the many human lives affected by brutal police encounters. We will not be silenced.

All lives can’t matter until Black lives matter.

The statement reflects an important part of the change in sporting these days. We try not to get too political or opinionated on things here at Cardinal Couple, but we live in a changing world. A world that has become very political, statement-laden and rightly so. We will continue to cover it as best we can. I'd like to think that our coverage of UofL women's athletics contests has been comprehensive, factual, and accurate in past seasons. I fully expect it to be the same in the future. There will come a day when we are able to resume that. Until then, we wait and see what will transpire with COVID. We have always been about the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete. That is priority. 

NO SCHEDULING YET

Louisville's Volleyball, Field Hockey and women's soccer squad continue to practice hard for the hopeful eventuality of a schedule and competition. There isn't a schedule out there for any of these three sports yet, some adjusting and re configuring most likely going on since ACC members Duke and Syracuse won't be fall participants in the three sports. Are there more ACC schools that will follow suit? That's possible, if 2020 has shown us anything, we have learn that things are subject to change. 

It's tough to request interviews to discuss game results, future games, player performance and overall conference standings and trends with coaches and players when they don't currently exist. Any "up close and personal" interviews are pretty much out-of-the-question these days and it is a time where the student-athletes and coaches are having meaningful dialogue and meetings about what is going on in the world and our country today. So, we wait patiently and hope for the best.

One thing we haven't gotten official verification on, but have heard that happened, is that the year-old UofL Golf facility on Floyd Street, north of "the circle" has been closed. This is a beautiful facility and I hope the closure is just temporary -- because of budget cuts and COVID -- and isn't permanent. We have to realize that the UofL Athletic Department is not able to operate at a profit these days and that cutbacks to save dollars are necessary. Still, I feel bad for the coaches and golfers.  Just for the record, I've contacted several sources on this news, and haven't received a reply or confirmation.  

If you like to follow the pursuits of the squads in their preparations, I can highly recommend that you follow them on Twitter. We have our columnist Jeff McAdams UofL Sports based Twitter feed over on the right side of our site and it's a real good way to stay informed on the who, what and how of Louisville women's athletics as they exist these days. 

We hope for the best, accept what is in front of us, realize change is needed and continue to hope for the safety, good health and success for all. 

paulie

Monday Cardinal Couple

Golf Back in the Clubhouse

Olivia Cason, the lone member of the Women's Golf squad to qualify for the NCAA championship finished her rounds yesterday.

Cason scored an even par on the last round to finish out the competition with a total of four over.  That scores is good for a tie for 45th in the overall competition.  For comparison, the best score was by Virginia Elena Carta from Duke with a 13 under.  2nd place was 7 under scored by three players.  Even par would've earned you a tie for 15th.

Olivia, as a reminder, is a freshman, so there should be great things ahead for this young woman and this Cardinal Golf team.

Volleyball Trip Update

Last week I reported on the trip that the Volleyball squad was taking to Europe to play, practice,
sightsee, and shop.

The trip is underway at this point, (maybe a little less than halfway), and the VolleyCards have done some of all of the above.  As I reported Saturday on the radio show, the trip hasn't been without some incidents, though everyone associated with the Cardinal squad is fine.  More about that below.

The Wide-Netters flew into Milan, Italy, after an odd couple of connections via Atlanta, and JFK in NYC.  A tour of Milan was undertaken that day with some absolutely wonderful pictures coming across various social media sites from the beautiful city, and then I suspect a fairly early bedtime thanks to jetlag.  The 2nd day saw a trip outside Milan to Lake Como, location of the original Hotel Bellagio, and another steady stream of stunning pictures on social media.  A little bit of a scare here as the team came across the lake on a ferry, and after docking, one of the crewmen on the ferry got hit by a car right at the waterfront.  The car had him sandwiched between itself and the railing at the edge of the dock.  The crewman fell over the railing and into the water.  The Cardinal trainer, Sarah Kasprow, along with the tour guide Federica, and Coach Kordes brother John, all immediately jumped into the water to render assistance and help get the crewman lifted back up out of the water and on short.  The folks rendering aid were all fine, but the crewman did have some fairly significant injuries, with a broken leg, and some other injuries to his arm and head.  He is expected to recover well, though.

The next day was back in Milan for a day of shopping.  The Cards did get their workout in for the day, however, with a 15 minutes sprint across downtown Milan to just barely make it back for the last train of the day back to the training facility where the team is staying.  The team covered, in 15 minutes, what I'm told is typically a 40 minute walk, and keep in mind that they weren't in athletic attire for a day of shopping, and "ancient European city" probably can be translated to, "cobblestones."

The Cards travelled, this morning, to Bled, Slovenia where they will get a half day of spa time, and more Volleyball playing later.


THE CARDINAL COUPLE RADIO HOUR

The latest broadcast of The Cardinal Couple Radio Hour is available for listening on the SoundCloud at Crescent Hill Radio or by going to the link below:

LINK:
THE CARDINAL COUPLE RADIO HOUR 5/21/16

A broadcast that covered a wide variety of things...including interviews with Louisville Softball players Jordan McNary, Lillie Goetz, Michala Riggle, handicapper Scott Harris (who gave out some phenomenal and profitable selections) and several different Louisville women's sports squad updates.

- JMcA

Women's Golf leads CARDINAL CUP by a stroke going into final day -- Tuesday Cardinal Couple

CARDS Black Team up on FSU in CARDINAL CUP

Led by Laura Restrepo and Olivia Cason, the Black squad for UofL women's golf has a one stroke lead over FSU as they go into the final round this morning at the UofL Golf Club. 

Restrepo fired a two-under par 70 to pull her into a tie for third place...just two strokes back of tournament leader Brooke Ferrell (Wisconsin). Cason looms at eight place, just two strokes behind Restrepo and fired a 71 in the first 18 holes yesterday. 

You can follow the action on golfstat.com



CARDINAL COUPLE offered to provide whispered, monotone golf commentary on the 18th hole via Periscope but our request was never replied to when we outlined our plans to have chimps do the on-green interviews and provide wedgies while Worldwide and I sat in the tower and provided garbled non-sequitors about putting, driving, club selection, changing fall colors and what the girls were wearing....while keeping a watchful eye out for Kracken, gophers and zombies.  

Notre Dame is six strokes back of the leaders, Illinois a stroke behind them and the Louisville Red team and Wisconsin 13 strokes off the lead. 

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WAY TO GO...PHILO! 

For the second week in a row, Aniah Philo was been named ACC Freshman Volleyball Player of the Week.

This was an easy one for the selection committee...the outside-hitter from Texas led the Cards in kills in straight set wins over Wake Forest and Duke. 

paulie
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Lacrosse gets a shutout....Golf finishes fourth...ACC First round -- Thursday Cardinal Couple

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Syracuse leading by three at halftime over Wake Forest in a back and forth contest. Fondren and Peterson leading the way for "Q"'s team but Wake dominating the boards with Briana Day riding the bench for the Orange with three fouls. Wake starting to look tired... 

We have our first upset of round two...Wake beating Syracuse 85-79. WFU had a 14 point lead in this one in the second half. Q is headed home. Dearica Hamby with 23 points and Amber Campbell with 21 for WFU. Alexis Peterson heroic with 34 points in the loss...

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Miami up 34-30 at half against Virginia. A back and forth affair...Virginia going scoreless in the last four minutes. Faith randolph with just two points on 1-7 shooting. Nicole Sterling with 10 for the Canes. Miami turnovers from the Virginia 2-3 zone keeping this one close.

Miami gets the win 62-52. Adrienne Motley had a big second half...ending with 15 points while VA star Faith Randolph had only six points. The Wahoos shot only 32% while the Hurricanes were 42% from the floor. 

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A defensive struggle between Va Tech and Pitt in the first half 19-17...as the night games begin. Va Tech leading. Yeah, it's ugly. Both teams below 30%. Neither Vanessa Panousis or Brianna Kiesel have shown much. 

Another upset special...VT never gives up the lead in the final half and defeats Pitt 51-45. Vanessa Panousis with 20 for the Hokies. Her six free throws down the stretch cinched it.  VT won one game in the conference schedule. They've won two in the tournament. 

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LACROSSE RECORDS FIRST EVER SHUTOUT 17-0

On a morning where chilly rain reigned supreme, the Louisville Lacrosse team brought a ray of sunshine to Coach Kellie Young by recording the first shutout in Louisville Lacrosse history...a 17-0 blanking of Duquesne yesterday.

Kaylin Morissette was the heavy hitter for the squad...registering a career high seven goals for the 4-0 LAX Cards. Faye Brust added four scores and Hannah Kolowski found the net three times for UofL...who lead 11-0 at the half. 

Ashley Peacock and Brittany Read preserved the shutout at goal...although they only had to ward off seven Duquesne shots. By contrast, Louisville attempted 38 shots. 

The Cards return to action on Saturday with a 1 p.m. draw against William and Mary. 

Maybe the snow will be gone by then...

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WOMEN'S GOLF FINISHES 4th IN MIAMI 


Katie Mitchell enjoyed her return to her home state over the last three days. The Jacksonville, FL. native and Florida transfer shot a two-over par 215 to finish sixth in the Hurricane Invitational in Miami. 

The Cards grabbed a fourth place finish in the event...Northwestern took the title. 

Emily Haas finished eighth overall, Katie Petrino was 18th. on the leaderboard and Laura Restrepo rounded out the Cardinal foursome in 44th. place. 

Miami and wearing shorts...one can dream, can't they? 

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ACC WBB TOURNAMENT -- DAY ONE

A couple of minor surprises and one blowout made up the first day of the Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament in Greensboro, NC on Wednesday. 

Wake Forest got a big effort out of Dearica Hamby to send Boston College home in the first game. The Demon Deaconess crew gets Syracuse as a result of their 69-53 win.

In the most exciting game of the day, Virginia Tech upset NC STATE 57-56 on a score by Hannah Young with one second remaining. The Gobblers will try to cage the Pitt Panthers tomorrow. 

Georgia Tech had little trouble with cellar dweller Clemson in the finale despite a sub par effort from Kaela Davis. Aaliyah Whiteside had 23 and Roddreka Rogers added 20 and 14 board in the 80-53 romp. Nikki Dixon was held scoreless for the Tigers. The Yellow Jackets will try to sting UNC next. 

Today's action:

Wake Forest vs. Syracuse  @ 11 a.m.
Virginia vs. Miami @ 2 p.m.
Virginia Tech vs.Pitt @ 6 p.m.
Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina 8 p.m.

Games are on Fox Sports South in the Louisville area.

"Q" will advance for our entertainment pleasure

I didn't do too well with yesterday's fearless, bold predictions...getting only the Ga. Tech pick correct. We'll try to do better with today's choices.

Syracuse over Wake Forest. The Orange and "Q" have the bigs (Briana Day, for one) to go against Hamby. 

Virginia over Miami. The Wahoos were very impressive in their win over Louisville. This will be the one to see tomorrow and I think UVA wins a close one. 

Virginia Tech over Pitt. This will be a low scoring and defensive battle. A bit of an upset, maybe...but each tournament always seems to have a giant-killer and VT could be this year's...knocking off Kiesel and the Panthers
after turning the tables on a good NC State squad. 

North Carolina over Georgia Tech. This could be closer than expected, if Davis is back on her game and Whiteside and Rogers have another big night. The Cards will be watching this one with a vested interest, since they get the winner. 

paulie
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ACC WBB Tournament kicks off today...Golf in Miami....Lacrosse starts early -- Wednesday Cardinal Couple

Six teams in first round today


The ACC Tournament kicks off today in Greensboro, NC and the #10-#15 seeds will vye for the chance to make round two in action. The Louisville team, a #3 seed, is already in Greensboro...leaving last night to avoid the expected inclimate weather due to hit Louisville later today.


Here's the schedule and some observations:

Boston College vs. Wake Forest 1:00 

The one promises to be the most exciting and features two different styles. The "3" happy BC Eagles will toss 'em up against a Wake Forest squad that keys around center Dearica Hamby. The Eagles took a one-point win in regular season play at Wake. I expect just as an exciting win...if the Eagles are hitting the three like they did against Louisville and can keep the turnovers down, they should win.

Virginia Tech vs. NC State   3:30

NC State has been on an upswing of late and shouldn't have

a lot of trouble with the slumping Gobblers. If VT can get strong performances out of Vanessa Panousis and Rachel Camp they could hang around for awhile...but Dominique Wilson and the three-point skills of Ashley Williams, Jennifer Mathurin and Len'Nique Brown should give this one to the WolfPack. NC State won the regular season matchup by 14 in Raleigh.



Clemson vs. Georgia Tech  6:30

Nikki Dixon will do everything she can to get the Tigers to Thursday but the skills of Kaela Davis, Roddreka Rogers and Aaliyah Whiteside may be too potent a trio to overcome. These two played twice in conference play and the Techsters took both. It's hard to beat a team three times in one season...but we see it happening today.

Viewing options for the trio of contests include RSN and ESPN3. 

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EARLY START FOR LACROSSE

Because of weather concerns, the start of the Louisville

Lacrosse match against Duquesne today has been moved up to 11 a.m. Originally scheduled for 3 p.m...then 1 p.m...the rains will fall on this one before the snow moves in.

The Cards are 3-0 with wins over Cincinnati, Canisius and at Denver. Duquesne stands at 1-2...defeating in-town rival Robert Morris. 

Sophomore Hannah Koloski leads UofL with 12 goals and Kaylin Morissette has nine and 32 draw controls. 

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GOLF IN MIAMI

Northwestern, ranked seventh nationally, is in first place

heading into the final round. The Wildcats are the only team currently under-par, shooting six- under through the first two rounds.

Miami, the host team, sits in second at 7-over. Iowa State, Louisville, and South Florida round out the top five, and all three sit just three strokes apart overall.

They'll finish it up with 18 holes today

paulie  

Tuesday Cardinal Couple

Golf in Second in Miami

Some familiar names leading the Cardinals club swingers into second place at the Hurricane Invitational in Miami, FL.  Senior Emily Haas and junior Katie Mitchell ended the day tied for fifth with 1-under par on the individual leaderboard, but the Cardinals continue to play consistently across the whole team resulting in a second place team score at the end of the first day of play.

With an even par 71, junior Laura Restrepo lands in 11th place in the individual scoring, and senior Katie Petrino finished with a 1 over which is good for 21st position on the leaderboard.

Molly Skapik, a freshman, will start play off tomorrow for the Cards at 7:30am, and starts from 30th position and a 3-over par.

We wish the Cardinal club swingers well, and hope they bring some of the warm weather back with them to the Derby City.  The Hurricane Invitational is a three day event, wrapping up Wednesday.

Speaking of Wednesday...and Weather

The Louisville Lacrosse game Wednesday afternoon against Duquesne has been moved forward to a one eleven o'clock start from the original start time of 3pm at the Louisville Lacrosse Stadium.

The change in start time is in anticipation of unpleasant weather for Wednesday which is forecast to be a pretty disgusting mix of rain, sleet, snow, and probably just about every other type of precipitation that none of us really wants to deal with at this point in the winter.  Switching over to just snow after about two or three o'clock.

About the only weather condition that will cancel a game

for Lacrosse would be if there we enough accumulation of snow that the field couldn't be cleared, and that doesn't look to be the case.  For safety reasons, I imagine a temporary stoppage would happen for lightning, but that also doesn't look to be a factor on Wed.

The forecast for Saturday, however, doesn't look too awful...sunny and a high of 46...for the next home game, against William and Mary.  That will be a bit chilly to be sitting on open bleachers, but at least it should be dry and sunny to warm spectators a bit.

jmca

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Cardinal Tricks and Treats and Paulie's Friday Breeders Cup Picks -- Thursday Cardinal Couple

TRICK OR TREAT CARDINAL STYLE


With Halloween rapidly approaching, we decided to look at some of the Cardinal women's sports treats that we've enjoyed and look forward to in the near future. We're not much on tricking anymore...our days of smashing pumpkins and soaping windows pretty much disappeared with the demise of Flock Of Seagulls ...although we'd love to see the Louisville Field Hockey team turn their sticks loose on a few jack o' lanterns or the Louisville Women's Soccer team try to kick a few carved pumpkins past Paige Brown in goal.

What the heck...let's go with the vegetable destruction scenario. I wonder if Katie Petrino could tee up a small pumpkin and knock it 200 yds. down the fairway or how many times the Louisville women's tennis and Volleyball squads could deliver serving aces on a ripe orange pumpkin. Could Sara Hammond dunk a pumpkin? Could Jude knock a couple of pumpkins through the net from trifecta range? 

OK, enough.

Cue up the Smashing Pumpkins and read on...

FALL TREATS

1) We've certainly enjoyed watching Louisville Field Hockey build a 14-4 record against possibly the toughest schedule in history. The Cards hope to collect more candy in their final regular-season game at Michigan State this weekend and progress deep into the ACC Tournament next week.

And, we'll be glad to place rocks in the trick or treat bags of the poll voters who assigned the Stick Cards 9th place in the latest rankings. Making Paulie look bad in predictions is a bad idea...

2) Hats off and extra Snickers bars to the Louisville women's golf team for a great fall schedule performance. The "putt and chip" Cards will take a few months off of competition and come out swinging in the spring in heightened ACC competition.  We're confident they'll receive a lot of belated "treats" in their upcoming matches. 

3) Louisville Volleyball has had a bag full of mixed results in their inaugural ACC season...but they'll be in action Halloween eve down at the KFC YUM! Center hoping to prank visiting Syracuse. Tess Clark has been a pleasant "treat" for the Cards in the middle this season and favorites Janelle Jenkins, Maya McClendon and Katie George haven't disappointed. 


4) Louisville women's Soccer is undergoing a youth movement that makes us wonder if the majority of the squad isn't that far from dressing up and going door-to-door on Halloween Eve...but the promise of how these youngsters could finish the season and excel in future years promises to be an event bigger treat than a bag full of Twix, Candied Apples and Milky Ways. 

OK...my sweet tooth is taking over. Enjoy your upcoming Halloween and let's hope our Football Cards can "trick" Florida State into a loss tonight in PJCS and give all Cardinal fans a great pre-Halloween treat! 

(And if you have any left-over Kit Kat or Three Musketeers bars after the visiting hordes are gone...remember your ol' pal Paulie...)  

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I'VE GONE AND DONE IT NOW...AFTER HANDICAPPING AND THINKING ABOUT THE FOUR BREEDERS' CUP RACES ON FRIDAY...I'VE ACTUALLY POSTED MY PICKS OVER AT MY PERSONAL WEBSITE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER THERE. LINK BELOW:

TELL YOUR STATISTICS TO SHUT UP -- THE FRIDAY PICKS

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Busy UofL Women's Sports Day -- Friday Cardinal Couple

UofL Women's Sports involved in six activities today! 

If your a UofL women's sports fan...(and we figure you are since you are here at this website)...today is an action packed day for six of the programs.

Worldwide does a great job of detailing the week in Louisville women's sports on our Saturday radio show...but today is Friday and I don't see him anywhere around the massive Cardinal Couple Worldwide Enterprises offices...so I'm pinch-hitting...

Here locally, the UofL Field Hockey team will start it off against #17 Boston College at 3 p.m. at the Trager. The #7 ranked Cards are 10-3 and have a 16 game win streak on the line in Trager. This one will be available on ESPN 3 and Fox Sports South in case you can't make the action.

Lacrosse is having their Fall Banquet a couple of hours after the completion of the Field Hockey game in the PNC Plaza inside Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., the public is invited and tickets a mere $35 per person for wonderful food, a great atmosphere and recap of a truly magical 2014 season plus preview of the 2015 entry into the ACC. Be aware if you go...those Lax gals love to celebrate and you could very well get caught up in the fun.

Down in Knoxville...two Cardinal squads will compete in tournaments.  Women's golf will be participating in the Mercedes Benz Championships and women's tennis attacks the net in ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships. These are all-day events and if you live in the area...why not make the trip and support these squads?

Anne Kordes has her 'set and spike' squad in Syracuse and will net it up against the Orange at 7 p.m. The Cards (11-7) face former UofL head coach Leonid Yelin...his squad (7-11) is 4-4 at home. 

Finally, women's swimming splashes in at the SMU Classic in Dallas. Arthur Albiero has a strong squad this year and the Cardinal ladies should do well in the Lone Star state. 


If none of this suits you...mad scientist Jeff Walz probably wouldn't mind if you snuck a peek at his 2014-15 charges in Cardinal Arena. They practice today from 1 to 4 p.m. and a call to UofL WBB to confirm might not be a bad idea. Kate Matthews is the new DOO (Director of Operations) for WBB and she's a delightful lady to converse with. 

All these activities will give Worldwide and I plenty to talk about on our Saturday morning radio show on Crescent Hill Radio. We've also got great interviews with Coach Walz, Megan Deines, Coach Sam Purcell, Arianna Freeman and Syd Brackemyer from the Tuesday WBB tipoff luncheon that we'll air. 

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Making the grade -- SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Now that the UofL women's fall sports squads are well into their schedules and conference play has started in three of the sports...let's take a little Sunday look at how well Louisville Field Hockey, women's Soccer, Volleyball and women's golf are doing...

FIELD HOCKEY

At 8-1 and facing a Liberty opponent today that they should handle with ease...Justine Sowry's teams gets an "A". Their only loss is to a very good Virginia/ACC team. The Cards beat the #1 team in the rankings....North Carolina. They have a 14 game winning streak at the Trager. Impressive.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Now 4-5 and facing Miami on the road today, I'm giving the kicking Cards a C-. #5 FSU demolished them 6-0 in a game where it was 1-0 at the half. Youth galore on this squad that starts six freshmen. Good freshmen...but still learning. Wins over Ole Miss and Syracuse don't cancel out losses to Morehead, UK or Miami (OH). ACC Soccer could be very unkind to Karen Ferguson Dayes' babes on the pitch.

VOLLEYBALL

With a 8-5 record and game today against Ga. Tech...Anne Kordes' Wide Netters have performed about average, so they get a "C". Passing woes and inconsistent middle play have plagued this young squad and despite inspired play from Katie George, Janelle Jenkins and Maya McClendon...UofL Volleyball will be hard-pressed to achieve a .500 record in the talent rich ACC.

GOLF

The "chip and putt" Cards have taken part in 3 tournaments and have two first place finishes and a fifth. They'll see the cream of the crop in the upcoming TarHeel Invitational and we'll see how Emily Haas, Katie Petrino and their eight teammates fare against the powerful ACC fivesomes. I'll give them a "B" so far...a strong finish in Chapel Hill would solidify that grade.

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The latest CARDINAL COUPLE Radio Broadcast should be available for listening later today at Crescent Hill Radio. We have almost 40 minutes of recorded interviews from Field Hockey, Soccer and Lacrosse and Worldwide breaks down Louisville Volleyball. Link below:

TALK, TALK...ALL WE EVER DO IS TALK, TALK...


paulie

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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