CARDS FH, WSOC AND VB ALL GET SUNDAY WINS
A great day for UofL women's sports -- on Floyd Street and out-of-town, as the Cards took care of business with #5 Field Hockey blanking CMU 3-0 in Trager. WSOC knocking off Syracuse 2-1 in Lynn and #6 Volleyball travelling to Durham and downing Duke (in Cameron Indoor Stadium) in a three-set sweep.
FIELD HOCKEY DOMINATES CENTRAL MICHIGAN 3-0
A quick look at the stats in the day's opener, a "nooner" against the CMU Chippewas might indicate to some the Cards won this one in huge fashion. And, to give UofL credit, it was a win where they scored one more than their usual two goals in the win over CMU.
But. UofL took 30 shots in this one, that's right...30 shots in the four quarters, 22 on goal and allowed no CMU shots against them. The Cards had 11 corners, CMU zero. Give a ton of credit to the Chips goalie Katie Maxim, she had 17 saves.
The Cards scored five minutes into action, when they fired four straight shots in five seconds at Maxim and Rylie Wollerton got the fourth one home for a goal. The first in Rylie's career made it 1-0 Cards.
Eight minutes later in the first quarter, the Cards got a penalty corner and Emilia Kaczmarczyk followed up on a Izzy Bianco attempt to double the Cards lead.
And, that took care of the scoring until the final 42 seconds of the contest when Jane Ramsey took a pass from Roosje Neve and scored her first goal of the season.
The win moved Louisville to 11-1 on the season and the Cards are undefeated in Trager this season.
Post game:
WSOC HOLDS OFF SYRACUSE 2-1 ON SENIOR DAY
About an hour after the Field Hockey start, Louisville women's soccer got underway a little further south on Floyd Street against Syracuse. The first half in this one proved to be a defensive struggle, with neither squad registering a goal in Lynn Stadium. The Cards were attacking, but the ball wasn't going in the net. Louisville had an 8 to 4 shot advantage in the first 45 minutes.
The second half proved to be a little better for the Cards. Ten minutes in, Betsy Huckaby took a feed from Fiona Gaiber and sent the orb into the next to give Louisville a 1-0 lead. Then, just two minutes later, Addie Chester set up Emerson Jennings for a goal that made it 2-0 UofL.
And that's where the score stayed until the 73 minute mark, when the Orange drew back within one on a score. But, the Cards defense held firm the rest of the way and Louisville goes to 3-7-4 on he season and picks up their second ACC win in six attempts. Syracuse goes to 2-10-2 nd is winless in conference.
A win the Cards desperately needed to keep ACC tournament play hopes alive.
Case and Jared caught up with the seniors after the game for post game comments. I'll post those interviews once I receive them.
VOLLYBALL GETS OUT THE BROOM ON DUKE
The Cards VB closed out Sunday action in Cameron Indoor Stadium and swept Duke out of the facility with a straight-set 25-20, 25-18, 25-18 match win over the Blue Devils.
Duke has now lost nine straight matches to the Cards.
The Cards hit .263 for the match and held Duke to a .183 average. The match win moves UofL to 14-2 overall and 5-1 in ACC play.
Anna DeBeer had 13 kills for the Cards.
SET ONE
Louisville jumped out to a 5-0 lead but Duke battled back to trail by just one at 7-6. The set was still close at 11-10 until kills by Cara Cresse, Anna DeBeer and Elle Glock gave the Cards a 14-10 advantage. Duke got no closer than three points the rest of the way and a DeBeer kill and Duke error on a DeBeer serve gave the Cards the 25-20 first set win.
SET TWO
Duke held an early 5-4 edge, but the Cards got a 11-7 lead on a DeBeer kill and two Glock service aces, A Duke attack error made it 15-10 Cards and a Charitie Luper kill made it 22-15 Louisville. Kills from PK Kong and Elena Scott accounted for the Cards last two points and the 25-18 set win
SET THREE
The Cards rolled out to an early 7-2 lead and forced an early Duke timeout. It was still all Cards, though, a DeBeer kills made it 12-5 UofL and a Duke attack error gave Louisville a 18-11 advantage. PK Kong's kill made it 24-16 Louisville and Aiko Jones ended the set and match win a kill for the 25-1 set win and three set sweep.
Not a bad Sunday at all for Cards women's sports at all...
paulie
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