Well, that was quick...

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THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-WE'll be back up by tomorrow!

Thanks to some fine pitching by CARDINAL DOMINANCE recruiting and basketball guru Donald Yaste...CARDINAL COUPLE will be back up and fully rolling (including design and admin privileges) by Thursday afternoon. He was the "missing admin" and got us back on the admin list.

Can't tell you how much these last 48 hours have worn on the staff and owners here at CARDINAL COUPLE. To create something, then have it invaded and then eventually being denied access to it...well, it isn't exactly pleasurable.

To those who have offered assistance, paced the floor with us and supplied aid...we offer a sincere and humble "thank you." We would be nothing without you. A fan site, obviously, it dependant on the fan base and we think we've got the best bunch of fans out there.

A word on Donald, you can catch his excellent commentary and critiques on UofL men's basketball over at http://www.cardinaldominance.net/ HE has also co-hosted the CARDINAL DOMINANCE show and was a fairly decent soccer player in high school. We hope he'll stop by here now and then to update us on the fortunes of Pitino's bunch.

See you tomorrow..full speed ahead. Have fun at CARDINAL CARAVAN..we'll have reader reports for you tomorrow...

CARDINAL COUPLE

(You might check out Bill the Goat's site for a bit of fun..we posted there earlier today before we got Donald's e-mail that he restored us as administrators...) Click on it over at "Sites we recommend" over on the newly updated, infamous "left side of the blog."
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Cardinal Couple will be shut down for a few days...

HI, CAMPERS!

PLEASE BEAR WITH US OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE ARE TRYING TO RESOLVE SOME ISSUES WITH THE SITE THAT HAVE CAUSED US TO LOSE ADMIN PRIVLEDGES TO CARDINAL COUPLE. WE HOPE TO BE BACK UP SOON AND PROVIDING YOU THE BEST IN COVERAGE IN WOMEN'S SPORTS AT UOFL. YOU CAN ACCESS PREVIOUS COLUMNS.

YOU CAN STILL E-MAIL US AT CARDINALCOUPLE@INSIGHTBB.COM OR LEAVE US A COMMENT IN THE SECTION BELOW.

WE PLAN ON BEING BACK WITH YOU REAL SOON...HOPEFULLY AT THIS SAME SITE. IF NOT, WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON ANY CHANGES.

-PAUL, SONJA, DAVID, BILL THE GOAT TOMMY BOY AND CO-CO.

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Exeter selected as a Top 100 women's soccer player

WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE:

-Christine Exeter selected as Top 100 Soccer player

-Up but hobbling...

-Angel, Atlanta down LA 84-79.

UofL women's soccer sophomore forward Christine Exeter had been selected as one of the top 100 soccer players on the collegiate level by Top Drawer Soccer.com. The 2010 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year checked in at #69 on the list, which included 15 BIG EAST Soccer women athletes.

"Our team and coaching staff are all very proud of Christine for being named one of the top 100 collegiate players by Top Drawer Soccer" said UofL head women's soccer coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes. "She had a fantastic freshman season and we know she will be just as dangerous again this year."

Exeter was the leading scorer for UofL last season with seven goals and had three game-winning scores. The Cards travel to EKU this Friday to start the regular season and will kick off the home schedule Sunday, August 28th. when Illinois visits. Louisville tied Vanderbilt in a 0-0 scrimmage at Cardinal Park last week.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Pickering, ONT.,Canada resident for the accolades! (Seems like Canadians have been part of the Louisville women's sports landscape a lot lately).

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CARDINAL COUPLE has been hit by a particularly nasty invasion attempt by an unknown source and we're running at about half-mast today.

WE noticed some problems in design capabilities yesterday morning and found out that we were unable to edit or change several things on OUR site...including the infamous "left side of the site" and headlines and top banners. IT got worse when we lost all admin privileges later in the morning. WE were basically unable to access the site. A call to CARDINAL COUPLE correspondent David Watson found him out of town and unable to check his accessibility. Fortunately, Donald Yaste was able to log in as a writer and able to "re-invite" us to post on the site we created. We were at panic mode and want to thank Donald for his quick and noble help.

So, we're unable to still do several things that we normally can here. We've also lost the ability to access the admin feature of the site...which means the top picture and left hand side of CARDINAL COUPLE cannot be updated or designed. So, you get a volleyball up top...which we're sure Anne Kordes doesn't mind.

WE have no idea how long it's going to take to restore those capabilities. BLOGGER, the people we use to host CARDINAL COUPLE do not have technical support help available by phone. Trying to figure out how to identify and re-store admin privileges by reading the help guide tutorials is like having Co-Co pilot the space shuttle. It ain't happening.

So, we apologize for the limited capabilities we are stuck with. We ARE able to
post articles though...and that's a good thing. We admit WE are pretty technically challenged and could really use some help here. IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN RE-ESTABLISH OR ADD AN ADMIN TO THE SITE...please e-mail us at:

cardinalcouple@insightbb.com

Thank you.

Update...11 a.m.

Still no relief or help. (George is getting angry!)

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A wild end to the Atlanta Dream vs. Los Angeles Sparks WNBA game last night. Candace Parker received two technical fouls and was ejected from the contest with .3 seconds to go in a 84-79 Dream win. LA was trying to score...down by three...with time expiring when Parker went ballistic...claiming the shooter had been fouled on a three point attempt. Referee Felicia Grinter (who occasionally refs UofL games) disagreed. Parker belabored the point and was whistled up for two technical fouls and ejected from the game. Angel McCoughtry sank both free throws for the final five point margin of victory.

Angel led Atlanta (12-12) with 23 points and Erika de Souza added 18 for Atlanta. It was Parker's first game back in seven weeks after undergoing knee surgery.
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A different take on the early days of the Lady Cards...UofL Volleyball the BIG EAST preseason favorite.

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Tuesday C.C:

-Early WBB teams had their struggles

-BIG EAST pegs Kordes' team #1

(We bring you the thoughts and memories of a CARDINAL COUPLE reader who was a pre-1975 Lady Card...she offers some thoughts on women's basketball "back in the day." We've kept her identity anonymous...as she says..."I've got plenty of turmoil in my career...I don't need any additional in my personal life.")

(Editor's note: The opinions expressed below are not necessarily those of CARDINAL COUPLE or our staff...but it's a quite fascinating read.)

The 1975 edition of the Cardinal Bird

Many don't know that the women's basketball team at UofL existed a number of years prior to 1975. It is accepted, though that 1975 was the first year a non-faculty member was named to coach the team (Terry Hall) and the first year that statistics were kept.

I first played in the 1973 season and at that time there were seniors on the team that were in their 4th year of playing. The team was coached by Becky Hudson, who was an assistant athletic director. Some may remember Hudson has being involved in a Title IV suit against the University. Hudson has been pretty much wiped from UofL women's basketball history due to the lawsuit, in my opinion...but she had the courage to try and get UofL basketball rolling and out of the bottom depths of UofL athletics priority.

(Editor's note: Hudson was part of the 1980 suit and is listed as the assistant director of women's sports at UofL at that time.)

Terry Hall was hired by Hudson and Terry had to substitute teach on the side to pay the bills while coaching. Hall lasted several years at UofL before moving on to Kentucky.

(Editor's note....Terry Hall had a 20 year coaching career at Wright State, Eastern Ky, UofL and UK. She's best remembered as coaching UK All-American Valerie Still. Hall passed away from cancer on July, 14th 1997.)

The first basketball uniforms were purchased by Dr. Sue Hall - out of her personal funds- the team was playing in a tournament and Dr. Hall decided that what the girls were wearing was embarrassing. She never took credit for that purchase. She just did it.

Jamie Wadell was the first UofL women's basketball player to receive any sort of scholarship. I remember that she and 2 others in other sports all received a portion of the funds that were passed on playing ability combined with financial hardship. The first year for those scholarships was in the 1974-75 season. For some reason Von Macklin is promoted as having been on that first basketball team and receiving the first scholarship. All that is just made up history. Jamie got the first scholarship.

(Editor's note...Von Macklin's basketball career at UofL is listed from 1974-76 and she is in the UofL Sports hall of fame.)

In that era, Western Kentucky's women's basketball team was handling their women's program as well as anyone and I remember being sorry that I did not go there when I saw what they had compared to us. Our situation was pitiful by standards compared to theirs. The first time the UofL women played in Freedom Hall in 1975-76, the teams had to change in the women's bathrooms as there was no dressing room made available for the women.

We travelled to away games crammed into one or two vans. Becky and a student would drive. I seem to remember Von's husband driving also - whoever was available was good enough and luckily safe enough- we never had any accidents. We did get to go to a tournament at UK in actual UofL cars.

Finding our destination was always interesting - one trip to UK for a multi game situation created the need for a hotel. Becky had to get to a coaches meeting, so we dropped her off on campus and then headed to the hotel to change. The hotel had changed it's name since the reservation was made so we drove around Lexington looking for it and we were almost late for our first game. (So much for warmups being important.) No pre-game morning shoot-arounds. Most road trips involved driving in, playing and driving back to campus.

So when we see today's players acting like the perks they have as being owed to them or whining about something- they need to be reminded that what they have today occurred by riding in on the backs of many others before them who had to fight for those rights-some of which lost jobs out of retaliation to force progress many years after title IX became law. It should be promoted to the players of their duty to 'pay it forward' for the others who will come after them-instead of just being 'takers'.

Obviously, there is more to this, but what I've written is more than enough...I am sure.

(Editor's note. CARDINAL COUPLE'S Paul was on the UofL campus during the seventies but rarely emerged from his fraternity house. He does remember seeing the Lady Cards play before men's games at Freedom Hall and also sauntering across campus to Manual High School to watch games. The popcorn was always pretty good at Manual but you couldn't sneak in "refreshments" like you could past Harry at the Freedom Hall student entrance door. He sometimes wonders whatever happened to that cute, black-haired UofL guard from somewhere on the east coast that played for WBB back then...who could party with the best of them.)

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The Cards will have six games at the KFC YUM!
center this season. Good seats still available...

The Louisville volleyball team received 11 out of 15 first place votes by BIG EAST coaches in a pre-season poll. Coaches weren't allowed to vote for their own teams (which is pretty silly, isn't it?). Notre Dame came in second and defending 2010 regular-season champ Cincinnati was placed third. Marquette rounds out the top four.

Lola Arslanbeckova was voted Pre-season BIG EAST Player of the Year and she, Gwen Rucker and Emily Juhl landed on the BIG EAST first team.

The Cards will play 14 BIG EAST conference games (each team once) and then the top eight finishers head to Marquette for the BIG EAST Tournament in mid-November.

Mid-November...South Florida or here at UofL sounds much better...The Cards did host in 2009 and win the BIG EAST Tournament in 2009 and last season.

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We've learned that UofL has no tickets available for purchase for the volleyball match in Lexington against the Cats. Whether it's a case of UK refusing to send any or not...WE'RE not sure...but WE (and several readers think) that a strong UofL fan base might make the journey. It'd be nice if all the UofL fans could sit together. Ball's in your court, so to speak, UofL. Can you hook the fans up? Or it is another case of UK slighting the Cardinals?

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Lady Cards dispatch of University of Fraser Valley 118-57

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MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Lady Cards roll past Fraser Valley 118-57

-Women's swimming & diving finishes with 3.4

They came, they saw, they had a lot of fun and they concluded their trip to Canada with a romp past University of Fraser Valley Sunday night 118-57.

"Sho"time had 17 points against Fraser Valley Sunday night.

The 61 point win was the smallest margin of victory for the team in the three games in Canada but against probably the best opponent of the three they faced up in the "great white north."

Balanced scoring and a suffocating press remained the scenario for the UofL hoopsters. Monique Reid and Shoni Schimmel led the Cardinal offensive production with 20 for Mo and 17 for "Sho". Asia Taylor and Cierra Warren finished with 14 and Tia Gibbs completed the double figure producers with 12. These five players...alone...outscored Fraser Valley by 20.

Louisville actually trailed most of the first quarter in this one.

http://www.uoflsports.com/ has a blog out there about it. 

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The University of Louisville women's swimming team finished 2010-2011

with one of the highest GPA's in the nation at 3.4. Scholar All-American Honorable Mention awards went to Grita Apanavicule, Krissie Brandenburg, Nicole Landisch, Lindsey LaPorte, Fanny Lillestrom, Breann McDowell, Lindsey Stephens and Raine Thompson.

Cardinals getting it done in the classroom...a true sign of the term "student-athlete"...

Soccer battles to a scoreless tie...Angel and the Dream silence Seattle

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SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Soccer ties Vandy in exhibition

-Dream dominates Storm by 29

-Mercedes getting some media mileage

Sometimes, good things come to those who wait. Cardinal goalkeeper Chloe Kiefer showed up on the UofL campus in 2008 as a highly touted prospect and started eight games between the posts for the Soccer Cards. The future looked promising. Then, enter Taylor Vancil and Chloe went to the bench. No starts in two years in front of the net. When Vancil decided to transfer to Florida State after the end of the 2010 season, hope sprung anew for the Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee, WI) star. The news this summer that UofL had signed transfer goalkeeper Kassandra Young inspired her to try that much harder. Last night, she stepped back into the spotlight.

It was around 7:30 before last night's exhibition against Vandy started, due to heavy thunderstorms ripping thru Louisville. Kiefer protected the net for 90 minutes against the Commodores and nothing got by her. Unfortunately, Alexa Levick was having the same kind of success at the opposite net and the end of regulation play saw the teams knotted up at 0-0. Rather than going with a overtime period, the coaches agreed to a penalty kick shoot-out format. Vandy narrowly took that 5-4.

"With regard to where we're at right now, I'm very happy." commented Cardinal head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes. "With time, we'll get better at the things we need to get better at. I liked us on the back tonight and I thought (Chloe) was fantastic in goal for us."

Kiefer, who lost her mother in 2002 to cancer, has gotten a second chance. It looks like she's ready to make the most of it and help the Cards compete in the BIG EAST. Shutting down the SEC Commodores is a welcome beginning.

Louisville finished with a 9-8 advantage in shots on goal last night and a 9-0 edge in corner kicks. Kiefer had two saves.

The women's soccer team will begin the regular season on the road at Eastern Kentucky University, taking on Colonels Friday, Aug. 26th at 5 p.m.



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Sancho Lyttle is back and the Atlanta Dream is beginning to look like the team that made it to the finals of the WNBA Championships last year. Payback time occurred last evening with a 92-63 drubbing of the 2010 WNBA championship Seattle Storm in Seattle last night. In fairness, the Storm have been reeling since the lost of All-Star center Lauren Jackson...but they're still the WNBA's leading team in defense. Atlanta put 50 first half points on the Storm in the first half...the highest first half point allowed total for Seattle this season.

Angel led the Dream to the 29 point
win with 17 points.

Angel McCoughtry and Iziane Castro Marquez shared top scoring honors for the Dream with 17 points each...as the Dream increased a 50-42 halftime lead to 20+ for most of the final quarter. Lindsey Harding added 12 for Atlanta and Lyttle and Armintie Price finished with 11 each. 

Atlanta (11-12) trailed only once in the contest, when Katie Smith hit a three near the end of the first quarter to make it 26-25 Seattle. Atlanta shot a blistering 58.8% from the field (40-58) and handed the Storm their worst loss of the season.

The LADY CARDS were in attendance to see former Cardinal great Angel McCoughtry put on her show. Some tweets from the girls...

beckyburke. "Wnba game in Seattle to see angel playyyy!

becky burke. "This game reminding me and @moreid (Monique Reid) of the old days with @angel35

sara hammond. "Enjoyed goin to my first wnba game, here in Seattle to watch the best Cardinal ball player ever @angel 35."

angel 35. "Thanks sara"

(Thanks to CARDINAL COUPLE reader Mark Schnieder for the tweet alerts!)

EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS:

Indiana         17-7
Connecticut   15-8
New York      13-11
ATLANTA      11-12
Chicago        10-14
Washington    5-16

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Mercedes Russell, the 6'5" powerhouse post out of Springfield, Oregon, gets a good write-up in The Register-Guard from Steve Mims. You can read it by accessing the link below...

http://www.registerguard.com/web/sports/26684523-41/russell-state-team-springfield-abraham.html.csp

Cierra, Monique fuel Lady Cards 112-43 win over TWU....Soccer tonight!

SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Cards roll past Trinity Western by 69

-Exhibition soccer tonight at Cardinal Park

Were there three Cierra's on the court last night? It
probably seemed that way to TWU. She netted 19
points and grabbed 12 rebounds. (Pictures by Charlie Springer-
UofL Gard game)

The University of Louisville women's basketball team stepped on the accelerator early in last night's game and rolled by Trinity Western University 112-43 in their second exhibition game of their Canada trip. Different gym and different city last night but same result...the Cards grabbed an early, commanding lead and didn't back off. Cierra Warren led the way...recording a double-double with 19 points and 12 boards. Monique Reid added 18 points and seven grabs. Sherrone Vails and Tia Gibbs finished with 12 each. Walz tried a bunch of different combinations last night against the over-matched Canadians and they all apparently seemed to work.

The Cards were up 58-19 at the half and led 102-35 near the end. Walz started Jude Schimmel, Bria Smith, Asia Taylor Sara Hammond and Cierra Warren to begin the game and came out with Bria, Sara, Tia Gibbs, Shoni Schimmel and Monique Reid to tip off the second half. Way too early to read anything into that...he probably could have started Al Greener, Howie Lindsey and Jerry Abramson in combination with any two Lady Cards and romped.

It does look like this version of the Lady Cards is not shy about putting the rock thru rim. Defense is usually a little slower to come around, but holding two opponents to 43 points on consecutive nights isn't too shabby.

Things may be a little tougher Sunday night when the Cards square off against Fraser Valley in Abbotsville, B.C. They played a fairly decent Mississippi team last week and lost by less than 20. The Cascades are probably the best team out of the three that UofL will see in Canada and was 4-0 against the Cards previous two opponents. 

Rumor is that the Cards might spend the off day today hooking up with ex-Card Angel McCoughtry and the Atlanta Dream...who happen to be in Seattle to play the Storm tonight at 7 p.m. (Pacific Time) 

http://www.uoflsports.com/ is blogging pretty regularly now about the trip and has recaps of Thursday and Friday nights scrimmages posted.

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Women's soccer gets an early test tonight with a 7 p.m. scrimmage against Vanderbilt at Cardinal Park. There will be a free soccer clinic from 5-6 for boys and girls 7 to 13 and admission to the match is free also.

Coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes looks to improve on last year's 10-9 record and will count on 2010 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year Christine Exeter to be an essential force on the field.

Louisville women's soccer starts the regular season next Friday with a trip to Eastern Kentucky University.

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Lady Cards romp University of British Columbia...Artemeva signs pro contract

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FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Cards put five in double figures in win

-Anastasia Artemeva leaves volleyball for pros

Jude Schimmel had 15 points against the Thunderbirds

Balanced scoring highlighted the 110-43 win by the University of Louisville's women's basketball Thursday night over University of British Columbia. Monique Reid led the way for the Cards with 16 points, Jude Schimmel tossed in 15 points and had 5 assists. Three Lady Cards...Asia Taylor, Sara Hammond and Bria Smith contributed 11 points each. Shoni Schimmel dished out eight assists in the lopsided UofL win.

WE'RE still working on getting more details on the exhibition scrimmage...news comes rather slow out of Vancouver, so it seems. The UBC sports website doesn't even acknowledge a game was to be played. SMH...

WE'LL update with more details if more information becomes available. Doubtful we'll get a boxscore.

Louisville returns to action Friday night against Trinity Western University and will play University of Fraser Valley on Sunday night.

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Senior outside hitter Anastasia Artemeva has left the University of Louisville volleyball team and signed a pro contract to play in Russia. The 6'1" Artemeva was third on the team in 2010 in points, kills and blocks. She was expected to play an important role on the 2011 version of Anne Kordes' Lady Cards volleyball team. She came to Louisville from Ulyanowsk, Russia.

Artemeva to play in Russia

Sometimes, you have to follow the money. No details are available on the terms of her pro contract...but a source told us that "when the Russians come waving an obscene amount of money and you can help out your family..you go. The timing couldn't be worse, but things like this happen."

It's not like the outside hitter spots are completely barren with her departure....Lola Arslanbeckova and Emily Juhl return and they were the two leading scorers on last year's squad. Tanya Lukyanenko saw extended time at the outside hitter slot last season and the Cardinals also add sophomore transfer Kaitlynn James from Nebraska. James was a product of Ron Kordes' Louisville Assumption high school program and played a year for the Cornhuskers before deciding to retire from volleyball because of injuries. The time off has been beneficial for her, though and she'll suit up for the Cards in the 2011 season.

Speaking of things Kordes related, Ron Kordes (Anne's dad) is the head girls volleyball coach at Assumption High School in Louisville and they have been ranked #1 in a pre-season poll. You can expect Mercy and Sacred Heart to give them a battle.
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Field Hockey ready for changes, UofL WBB blog #2

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THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Field Hockey preparing for season

-Lady Cards WBB blog II

-BIG EAST well represented on 2011 USA Basketball Women's World team.

-Another Schimmel Story

Collins is a senior who will start
for her third year at midfield.

New field hockey head coach Justine Sowry has to be optimistic when it comes to the fortunes of her 2011 squad. Although seven out of the top ten scorers have graduated, UofL is still strong when it comes to producing goals...with forwards Amber Thomas, Haley Jurich and Erin Schneidtmiller returning and a strong mid-field contingent in second leading scorer from 2010 Hayley Turner, All-BIG EAST selection Caitlin Collins, Dominque Pasqualicho and Lacey Jurich.

The Cards also return goalkeeper Erin Conrad, who started all 20 games for "the flock" last season, recorded five shutouts and allowed only 1.76 goals per game.

Louisville will begin the 2011 season with an scrimmage match at Iowa on Friday, August 19th. The Cards return to start the regular season with two at Trager Stadium...hosting California on Friday, August 26th. and Michigan State on Sunday, August 28th. In addition to six conference games, the Field Hockey Cards will face tough challenges from Indiana, Ohio State, Wake Forest and Davidson.

A new era for field hockey with the departure of Pam Bustin to Duke. Under the capable hands of Sowry...expect the Cards to contend for the BIG EAST title and continue to pack Trager Stadium.

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Soaring above the
trees on a zip line...

The second entry on the Lady Cards trip to Oregon and Canada is now up at http://www.uoflsports.com/  Looks like the girls have been having some fun with zip-lining and karaoke while in Whistler, B.C. Canada.

It gets serious tonight with a 9:30 p.m. scrimmage exhibition game against the University of British Columbia. We'll talk about it in the FRIDAY edition of CARDINAL COUPLE. 



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Four BIG EAST WBB players are part of the squad that will look to defend the USA's goal medal at the 2011 World University Games, August 14-21 at Shenzhen, China.

Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), Keisha Hampton (DePaul), Natalie Novosel (Notre Dame) and Devereaux Peters (Notre Dame) represent the BIG EAST on the court and Georgetown WBB head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy is one of the assistant coaches for the USA.

Other players selected for the squad include UT's Shekinna Strickland and Glory Johnson, Chiney and Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Stanford) and Elena Della Donna (Delaware).

They play Brazil in first round action Sunday, Slovakia on Monday and Great Britain Tuesday.
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Never can get enough stories on the Lady Cards WBB team or the Schimmel sisters. The Portland Tribune offers this one about the Lady Cards visit to Umatilla and some insights into the sisters. Click the link below to read a fascinating take on Jude and Shoni. Stephen Alexander is fast becoming one of our favorite sports journalists. Another great find by Jenny. Enjoy.

http://portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=131301028487860700

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Women's Soccer this weekend...Lady Cards face UBC Thursday night

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THE CARDINAL COUPLE WEDNESDAY REPORT:

-Women's soccer kicks it off Saturday night at Cardinal Park.

-Hoops faces a veteran UBC team Thursday night.

-Congrats to CARDINAL COUPLE reader Jenny O'Bryan

-Dream nip Washington at the buzzer

The University of Louisville women's soccer team will face Vanderbilt in an exhibition
game Saturday night, Aug.,13th. at 7 p.m. at Cardinal Park. The Cards were recently picked
to finish 4th. in the BIG EAST National Division by the league's coaches...behind Notre Dame, Georgetown and Rutgers. Villanova, Cincinnati, Seton Hall and DePaul also compete in the National division. 

All-BIG EAST for Exeter

The Cards complied a 10-9 mark last season (4-7 in conference) and return sophomore sensation Christine Exeter.  The Cardinal forward was recently named to the preseason  All-Big East team by the coaches. She was the 2010 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and led the Cardinals with seven goals last season. Exeter, a native of Pickering, ONT. Canada, kicked three game-winning goals for UofL last season and had two goals in two games in 2010.

The Cards started last year 7-0 and return veteran players Julie Casselman, Jennifer Jones, Angelika Uremovich and Emily Cardell for head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes. 

Opening match of the year will take place Aug 19th. at Eastern Kentucky. The Cards defeated the Colonels 4-1 last year at Cardinal Park. 

Check with CARDINAL COUPLE throughout the entire season for updates and scores.

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The University of Louisville women's basketball team will play the first of three games on their Canada road trip Thursday night against the University of British Columbia. The Thunderbirds went 18-11 last year in CIS play and return four players who saw action in all 29 games.



Cardinal front line height could be key
against UBC Thursday night.



-Zara Huntley, a 6'2" fifth year post, was the top rebounder and second leading scorer for UBC...averaging 12.7 ppg. She was also one of 16 players invited to Team Canada tryouts. 

-Lia St. Pierre, a 5'11" sophomore guard produced 10.4 ppg and was one of the leading assist makers.

-Kris Young, a 6'0" sophomore guard averaged 6.7 a game and recently was invited to try out for the Canada Junior National team.

-Arianne Duchesne, a 5'8" senior guard contributed 4.5 points.

Game time is 9:30 p.m. CARDINAL COUPLE will have the results for you when they become available.

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CARDINAL COUPLE reader Jenny O'Bryan recently tied for first place in a University of Louisville women's basketball trivia contest on Facebook and will be invited to watch a UofL women's basketball practice.

Jenny is an avid UofL women's basketball fan and helps keep us up-to-date on recruiting news for the Lady Cards. WE love her basketball bio (below)

"My love for women's basketball was born out of a random dorm room assignment in the Fall of 1988 at Bellermine. I was assigned a roommate from Lexington-ish area who was a basketball player. I very quickly fell in love with the game. While the media attention today is still lacking, it is a darn site better than it was 20+ years ago for a Division II school. I lived with a player and sometimes could not find out what happened on away games until she returned! My love for the game as been described as "Jenny's interest level puts the 'fan' in fanatic".

We look forward to hearing about Jenny's "Day with the Cards" and her high intensity reports about all things Lady Cardinal WBB. WE here at CARDINAL COUPLE aren't the greatest at recruiting news and will count on Jenny's pursuit of this subject in the future to keep, you...our readers...informed.

(Also, a tip of the hat to CARDINAL COUPLE'S DAVID WATSON'S youngest daughter Chloe, who rolled a 273 in her summer bowling league Tuesday night. After seven straight strikes in her second game, she "nailed dead-on" the head pin in the 8th frame and got the dreaded "big four split". She finished with three strikes in her five final throws, though...and it is her highest game ever. She carries a 177 average and bowls 3-4 nights a week.)


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Sancho celebrates after her buzzer-beater mystifies Washington.

A basket by Sancho Lyttle at the buzzer gave the Atlanta Dream a rare road win last night 72-70 over the Washington Mystics. Down by six with a less than a minute to go, the Dream captialized on a couple of Mystic turnovers to get back in it and win it.


Angel with 19 (10-11 from the charity stripe).

One game at a time, ladies....
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