WSOC fall 5-0 vs UNC -- FH vs 'Cuse and Vball vs Clemson preview -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

FRIDAYS WITH DARYL 

We're so back readers, its Friday and its another edition of Fridays with Daryl so it's gonna be a great one!  Welcome to the tenth month of the year too, we are officially in double digits on the wedding countdown.  

Enough about me, lets get to the athletics!! 


Soccer results

Final - Cards 0   UNC 5

Photos: Jared Anderson

The Cardinals flew south to Chapel Hill for a matchup with the #3 Tar Heels.  

First Half - 2-0 UNC   UNC jumped on the Cardinal defense fast scoring in the first 6 minutes as Kate Faasse outmanuever the Cards goalie for a possession and booted it in for the first score. The Tar Heels closed the half with an insurance goal when Aven Alvarez scored in the 37th minute.  

Second Half - Faasse connected for her second goal of the match in the 62 minute The TarHeels converted a penalty kick before the clock ran out. Aria Nagaal and Asha Means connected on theeir first scores of the season as well, after UNC went deep onto their bench with a 3-0 lead. Final 5-0

Kailey Kimball was in the net for the Cardinals giving up 5 goals and making 4 saves.   The Cardinals offense finished with just 3 shot attempts on the evening.  

Golf results

The Louisville women's golf team closed out the final round of the Blessings Collegiate Invitational on Wednesday afternoon finishing in eighth place. In the final round, the Cardinals shot a 33-over-par as a team and they finished with a 58-over-par 922 for the tournament.

Beatriz Barrios finished with a 4-over-par 76 in the final round, the lowest round for the Cards on Wednesday. She finished the tournament tied for 13th overall at 9-over-par 225. The tie for 13th is her best finish in a tournament this fall.

The team will be back in action next weekend as they travel down to North Carolina. The Cards are competing in the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Classic that begins on Friday, October 11 from the Finley Golf Club in Chapel Hill. The tournament will be three-days long and complete on Sunday, October 13.



Volleyball preview

VolleyCards battle Clemson tonight . First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. It can be viewed on the ACC Network Extra. This one on campus at the LNFCU. 

Clemson is currently 8-5 overall and 0-2 in ACC play.
The Tigers are coming off a 0-3 loss to SMU on Sept. 29th.

Mia McGrath leads Clemson in kills with 140 on the season.   Devan Taylor has 1516 career digs to sit at third all-time. She needs 8 more digs for second most all-time for Clemson.  Taylor recorded 34 digs vs. Wofford, tied for eigth-most in a single match in Clemson history. Neea-Maria Joki was named ACC Freshman of the Week (9/16)  after recording 39 kills, 12 blocks, and 53.5 points.

Field Hockey

The #16 ranked field hockey team will return to ACC play this weekend when the Cardinals hit the road to face a pair of ranked opponents starting with a matchup at #15 Syracuse Friday at 4 p.m.  You can watch it on the ACC Network Extra.  

The Cardinals are 5-5 and 1-1 in the ACC losing their last two games by a single goal to the #12 ranked BC Eagles and #4 Ohio State Buckeyes. Rylie Wollerton leads the team with five goals and has added two assists. Emily Young and Brandelynn Heinbaugh have split goalkeeper duties have been splitting the goal keeping duties.

Syracuse leads the series with the Cardinals 14-9 and won the last matchup at Trager 4-1 on 10/20/23. Syracuse comes in with a 6-3 overall record and 1-2 in ACC play. In the last two, the Orange lost 1-0 in a shootout loss to #9 Duke on Sunday and prior to that, the Orange picked up a 1-0 win over Wake Forest on Friday.

Bo van Kempen leads the team with six goals and two assists in eight games while Willemjin Boogert has two goals and four assists in nine games for the Orange.  Louise Pert carries a 1.57 goals against average and has helped Syracuse to three shutouts.

Also wanted to give a quick birthday shoutout to Justine Sowry.  Happy Birthday Coach!!! 

As Always, 

Go Cards!! 

~Daryl 

Louisville to Host 2026 FH Final Four -- WSoc Visits UNC -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Trager Stadium to Host Another NCAA Final Four

Photo from GoCards

Louisville field hockey has been selected to be the host location for the 2026 NCAA Field Hockey Final Four. Trager Stadium, which seats 2,500, will be the host stadium.

This will be the seventh time that Trager Stadium has hosted the NCAA DI Field Hockey Final Four. The most recent time was in 2018. The other times Louisville has hosted are 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, and 2017.

NCAA Tournament games do not have free admission for any sports so this will be a ticketed event for all patrons in two years. We hope to see the Cards as one of the teams in the Final Four.

Women's Soccer Travels to North Carolina

Photo from GoCards

Louisville women's soccer is back on the road with a trip to #3 North Carolina. The Cards and Tar Heels will square off in Chapel Hill at 7:00pm with streaming on ACCNX.

The Cards enter the match 6-3-2 and 1-2 in the ACC. Most recently, they took down NC State at Lynn Stadium 1-0. Mackenzie Geigle scored the game winner in the second half for her fifth goal of the season.

Photo from GoCards

The Tar Heels sit at 11-1-0 on the season with their only loss coming against #2 Duke a month ago. Due to a weird scheduling setup, that match did not count in the conference standings so North Carolina is currently a perfect 4-0 in the ACC. This season, North Carolina has defeated ranked opponents Colorado, Wake Forest, and Virginia. 

UNC has outscored opponents 24-9. Kate Faasse leads the offense with eight goals. Bella Sember has added five goals. Four other North Carolina players have scored this season. Defensively, Clare Gagne has played every minute in goal. She has recorded 23 saves while allowing only nine goals.

Happy Thursday and Go Cards!

Jared

Perroni headed to Colgate -- -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

NICOLE PERRONI NAMED COLGATE WOMEN'S LACROSSE ASSISTANT COACH

If we asked you where Colgate University was located, about half of our readership would proudly point across the river and tell us Southern Indiana , where the big Colgate-Palmolive clock is that faces Louisville. Nice try, but the school is located in Hamilton, NY...about a 100 miles away from Rohester, NY. Saratoga Race Track and 160 miles away from Newark, NJ. 

The small (pop. 3500) liberal arts university in Hamilton is Colgate...a member of the Patriot League and the newest home for Cardinals LAX great Nicole Perroni. "Ol 88" scored 142 goals in 71 games in her four years playing for the Cards.It's her first coaching gig and it'll be kinda strange not to see Nicole running the turf down on Floyd Street this spring. . 

She was the first staff hireand will serve as an assistant for new Colgate head coach Alyssa Guido. Guid said this about the hire of Perroni:

"I'm extremely excited to have Nicole on the staff. Adding her knowlege from her DI days and international experience will add a unique dynamic to the players and the staff." 

Colgate looks to improve over their 2024 season, where they went 3-14 overall and finshed in a four way tie for fifth place in the 10 team Patriot League conference. 

At Louisville her senior year, Perroni was named to the All-ACC squad, She also received second team All-American honors,and IWLCA  All-region first team accolades. 

We contacted, Louisville head LAX coach Scott Teeter about the hire by Colgate...His comments:.."She will do fantastic. I'm very proud of her. Colgate got a good one." . 

The Raider is Colgate's mascot

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We wish her the best of luck at "the toothpaste school" and know she'll bring a lot of smiles to Colgate Lax fans. 

paulie

Volleyball News -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Volleyball Climbs Rankings

Following a highly successful weekend, Louisville Volleyball moved from #5 in the AVCA rankings up to #4. The Cards are one of three ACC teams in the Top 10 and one of six ACC teams currently ranked. 

On Friday, Louisville cruised through a sweep over Cal including winning the first two sets by a combined 22 points. They followed that with a sweep over then-#3 Stanford on Sunday. Outside of the first set, this one was much closer that was highlighted by a 10-1 run in the second set.

The Cards sit at 10-2 on the year with five wins against ranked teams. Their two losses come against teams currently ranked in the top three.

Pitt remains the unanimous #1 after improving to 12-0. Nebraska (12-1) stayed put at #2 and Penn State (12-1) moved up a spot to #3. Stanford (9-1) fell to #5. Other teams Louisville has or will face currently ranked in the top 25 include #6 Creighton (11-2), #9 Wisconsin (7-4), #13 Kentucky (7-6), #16 Florida State (10-2), #17 SMU (10-3), and #19 Georgia Tech (8-3).

Elena Scott Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week

For the third time this season, Elena Scott was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week. The senior libero continues to impress even the biggest volleyball experts with her antics and her wide radius of court she can cover.

In the two sweeps against Cal and Stanford, Scott averaged 6.5 digs per set. She also had a season-high 26 digs against the Bears. 26 digs in three sets (8.67/set) is an outrageous amount. She is up to 204 digs this season and 1,556 in her career. Her 4.98 digs per set this season is on pace for a career-high.

Louisville stays home this weekend with matches against Clemson at L&N Arena on Friday at 6:00pm (note the time change) and Georgia Tech at L&N Arena on Sunday at 1:30pm. Both matches are currently slated for ACCNX.

Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!

Jared