Field Hockey, WSOC record shutouts on Sunday -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Sunday women's sports for UofL produced two shutouts...the Field Hockey team downing the Chippewas from Central Michigan 3-0 and Women's Soccer taking to the road to get a 1-0 blanking of North Carolina State. 

DEFENSE RULES THE DAY IN TRAGER

The Cards couldn't have been too anxious about 1-15 Central Michigan coming for a Sunday visit...but the guests gave Louisville a tough battle in the first half of this non-conference contest...keeping Louisville off the board in a scoreless first half.

Not that the Cards didn't have a wealth of opportunities to put numbers in place of zeros on the scoreboard....Louisville outshot CMU 13-0 and had a 8-1 edge on corners in the first 35 minutes...but the Chippewa defense was holding.

Whatever Coach Justine Sowry said or stratagized during the break had an effect. Louisville scored just five minutes into final half action when Tess Hannah took a Chile Garcia inbounds on a penalty corner and the freshman connected to give UofL a 1-0 lead. 

Louisville kept the offense pressure up and it paid off again with 18 minutes remaining in play. Another penalty corner that had Hannah providing the inbounds set to sophomore Nicole Woods...who placed her seventh goal of the year into the net to put Louisville up by two.

The UofL defense continued to stymie the visitors. Louisville added a third score with 2:07 left on another penalty corner...Erin McCrudden knocking home a feed from Garcia. 

UofL (11-5) had 26 shots in the contest, compared to CMU's two. Goalie Ayeisha McFerran gets her eight shutout of the season while recording two saves. The Cards had 21 corner opportunities...the Chippewas two. 

Next up is Spartie...Michigan State comes to town for a Friday, Oct 30th. match that'll begin at 1 p.m.

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KICKIN' CARDS SHUT OUT THE WOLFPACK

Faced with the prospect of being on the road, being mathematically eliminated from the ACC Tournament and needing two wins to end the season to keep any NCAA Tournament hopes alive...Louisville women's soccer responded with a 1-0 win over North Carolina State Sunday in Raleigh, NC. 

Freshman Jill Vetere provided the lone score in the ACC contest...following up on a Rachel Avant shot attempt and sending in into the net from about 20 yards out in the 26th. minute of the first half. 

Louisville kept the offensive pressure up to start the second half and had several shot attempts go wide...the defense kept NC State at bay the final 45 minutes and the Cards take a hard-fought win on the road to improve to 8-7-2 and 4-4-1 in the ACC. 

Taylor Bucklin picked up five saves in the match and gets her fifth shutout of the season. The Cards won the statistics battle with 12 shots to NC State's 10 and a 4-2 corner kick advantage. 

Karen Ferguson-Dayes squad finishes the regular season on Halloween night in Winston-Salem, NC for a 7 p.m. match against Wake Forest. Louisville is in eighth place in the ACC...which is considered the strongest conference in women's soccer...and a win against cellar-dweller Wake Forest might be the difference between getting an NCAA at-large bid or ending their season. 

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GOLF TIED FOR FOURTH AFTER DAY ONE

The University of Louisville women's golf team is tied for fourth in the standings after the first day of competition at the Palmetto Intercollegiate in Kiawah Island, S.C.

The Cardinals compiled a 2-over-par 290 through 18 holes of play despite a slow start on the front nine and trail the overall leader Campbell by four strokes. All teams return to the Turtle Point Golf Course for the second round today at 8:30 a.m. ET, teeing off on hole No. 1.

Seniors Laura Restrepo and Katie Mitchell carried Louisville on Sunday, and both are tied for 11th on the individual leaderboard after carding a 1-under-par 71. Both finished their first nine holes at 1-under-par and capped the day with three birdies apiece. It is Restrepo's third round even or below par this year and the fourth for Mitchell.

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WSOC falls to Virginia 1-0...VOTE FOR CIERA! -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

CARDS DROP DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE TO WAHOOS

This match went 73 minutes without a score...a typical UofL strong defensive effort with limited offense...before the #2 Virginia Cavaliers got a header on a corner from freshman Brianna Westrup.

Westrup...making her first start of the season filling in for senior Emily Sonnett who is traveling with the US Women's National team this week...headed the ball into the upper corner past Louisville goalie Taylor Bucklin with 17 minutes left in play to improve the Cavs record to 12-1-1 and 6-1-0 in the ACC. 

Another contest where the opponent had a clear shot and corner advantage but the Cards defense stood strong and was in the contest until the final seconds. 

Louisville ( 7-7-2, 3-4-1) drops to ninth in the conference standings and is eliminated from any chance to play in the ACC Women's Soccer tournament...which takes the top four teams. The Kickin' Cards travel to NC State next for a Sunday match and will end the regular season at Wake Forest next Saturday. Louisville would probably need to win both to keep any remote chances of making the NCAA Tournament alive. 

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VOTE FOR CIERA!

2016 UofL WBB verbal Ciera Johnson is currently in second place in the VYPE preseason Texas High School women's basketball poll. Some impressive names here in Lauren Cox, Natalie Chou and Lexi Gordon.

Go vote for Ciera at the link below. Vote as much as you want...but hurry...only two days left! 

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NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME

Check out the clip below from ACC WBB Media Days. Walz bustin' on the "shimmy-shake". 

Keep your day job, Coach...

SMOOTH OPERATOR?

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Louisville women's golf wins CARDINAL CUP...Volleyball tonight! -- Wednesday CARDINAL COUPLE

LONG, RESTREPO LEAD CARDS ON FINAL DAY TO FOURTH STRAIGHT CARDINAL CUP

Louisville women's golf shook off ACC nemesis Florida State in the final round and rolled to a 11 stroke, first place finish in the CARDINAL CUP yesterday at the UofL Golf Club.

Freshman Lexie Long made a early charge to position herself among the leaders and had the Cards lowest 72 hole total with a 215...which tied her for third overall in the field. Laura Restrepo remained consistent and finished a stroke back of Long to gather a fifth place finish. Katie Mitchell toured the three rounds with a 220 and Olivia Cason gave the Cards another top twenty finisher with a 221 over the Simpsonville course. 

The Cards were only one stroke ahead going into Tuesday's action but gradually separated themselves from the rest of the field. 

Florida State held second against a Chattanooga squad that tied Louisville for the lowest final day round at 294. Wisconsin and Virginia Tech rounded out the top five. 

The Cards will held to Kiawah Island, SC for their next event...participating in the three-day Palmetto Invitational on the Turtle Point Golf Club links. 

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VOLLEYBALL LOOKS TO EXTEND WIN STREAK AGAINST IRISH TONIGHT

Anne Kordes' wide-netters look to make it nine in a row and remain undefeated in ACC Volleyball play when they host the Notre Dame Fighting' Irish tonight in a 7 p.m. match at the KFC YUM! Center. 

Louisville and Florida State sit atop the ACC standings with perfect 8-0 records. These two won't have a showdown until November 15th. in Tallahassee...so each contest leading to it is important in terms of holding the top spot and securing NCAA Tournament chances in a conference that doesn't hold a Volleyball championship tournament.

This will be the second meeting this season between the two squads...Louisville sweeping the Irish in South Bend back on Sept. 25th. Erin Fairs led the Cards with 17 kills in the match. 

Tonight concludes the home-stretch for Louisville Volleyball. The Cards face a pivotal three-game road trip that takes them to Virginia, North Carolina and NC State. 

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