A Quiet Saturday
Not much going on for the sports we cover heavily here at Cardinal Couple. There was, what I think can best be described as a kicking and punting exhibition in Charlotte on the guy's side, for the women, only Swimming and Diving as well as Track and Field were in action.
We have no updates from the water side, but a few notable results from the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center, where Louisville seems to be poised to do well in jumping events this year.
Synclair Savage picked up a silver in the long jump, while Sophia Day got her college career started with a win in the triple jump. Autumn Bell and Riley Berger got 3rd and 4th.
Jenna Hensley won the high jump, with another freshman, Aubrey Lane getting her college career going with a 5th place finish.
Kiyah Yeast took 2nd in the women's 60m, with Sinclair Savage right behind in 3rd. Olivia Jenkins took the 5th spot.
Volleyball Host Settled
After Friday's Volleyball win over Western Michigan, you might have noticed that none of the coverage said much about where the Sweet 16 match would be played. That's because we didn't know for sure! There were still 2nd round matches being contested yesterday, and among them was Pitt vs USC (Southern California).
Hosting for Regionals goes to the highest seeded team remaining in the region after the first two rounds are completed. UofL is the two seed in the region, and Pitt is the one seed, meaning, if USC had upset Pitt - an unlikely, but not unthinkable, idea - the hosting would fall back to Louisville.
Alas, that didn't happen, USC did win the first set of the match, but Pitt hunkered down and got it done in four. So Pitt will be hosting at the Fitzgerald Field House, and Louisville will have the first match of the day, against three seed Creighton, at noon on Thursday.
Women's Basketball Gameday
A bit of an early start for the Walz crew, with a noon tip vs North Carolina A&T.
Walz was spotted, along with Dani Busboom Kelly, in Charlotte yesterday for the punting and kicking exhibition, but apparently traveled there and back in a private craft, making the travel time reasonable for him to get a pretty good night's rest in his own bed last night.
NC A&T should prove a good competitor for UofL to continue to congeal this aggregate roster. The progress so far has seemed to be pretty good, but some more mid-major level competition to tune and hone the rough spots will surely be welcome.
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We can't take the Aggies completely for granted, they sport a 3-3 record with the sort of results you would expect from this sort of mid-major. They sport a beat-em-down win over Guilford College (114-41), and narrower wins over Wake Forest (56-51) and Liberty (56-47). Loses are to Georgia by a respectable 59-71 margin, Saint Mary's College of California (65-73), and UT Arlington (76-87).
They have four players scoring in double digits per game. Maleia Bracone leads the way at 12.3 with Jordyn Dorsey right behind at 12.2. Chaniya Clark, and D'Mya Tucker come in at 11.8 and 11.5. Don't expect Clark to be an outside threat, being 6'4" she'll likely spend most of her time posted up, but the rest can hoist them from range with some effectiveness.
ACC Network Extra has the coverage on this one, but of course Nick and Courtnee can be found on the radio (or a radio stream) if your preferences run that way.
Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast
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A surprise foursome on the show yesterday as Jared was able to pop in and participate from...somewhere in the Carolinas.
Basketball and Volleyball, I'm sure you'll be surprised to hear, were the topics du jour. Good discussion for both as we recap'ed past events and discussed what was ahead. We did talk about what then were the different possibilities for volleyball hosting in the Regionals that hve since been settled, and more.
Check it out:
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