Women's Golf tied for second after 36 holes at Minnesota Invitational -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

CARDS ONE STROKE BACK FROM LEAD

( UPDATE...The final 18 holes have been completed and the Cards slipped to seventh overall. Furman won the invitational. Molly Skapic led Louisville on the final day with a 73. )

Lauren Hartlage fired a one-over par 145 after 36 holes to pace the UofL Women's golf team to a tie for second place in the three-day Minnesota Invitational. The freshman from Elizabethtown, KY had a 71 opening day and followed it up with 74 Monday. She is tied for sixth place individually. Sophomore Jacqueline Twitty is tied for eighth...one stroke back with a 146 after two days. 

Louisville is tied for second with Purdue at 491 and just one stroke back of Texas as the teams go into the final 18 holes today. 

Senior Louise Oxner and junior Molly Skapic have 151 totals after the 36 holes. Another freshman...Delaney Shah, competing as an individual...her scores not counting towards the team total has also been impressive with a 36 hole total of 149...tied for 17th. 

11 teams are competing in the event at the Minikahda Club in Minneapolis, MN...TCU is three strokes back from the Cards and Kentucky is in fifth with a two-day total of 496...tied with Furman for fifth. 

Be sure to follow the UofL women's Golf team on Twitter for results throughout the day
at @UofLWGolf


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FIELD HOCKEY GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION

We think Mink is a fab frosh!  

Ranked #6 in the nation...after the poll that came out today... Louisville Field Hockey squad is lighting up the NCAA DI statistics as well. 

Freshman Minout Mink is tied for eighth in the nation with 1.33 goals per game. She's scored eight times for the Cards in six games. She's the only freshman in the top ten nationally. Erin McCrudden is tied for second in the nation with 1.33 assists per game. The Cards are tied for fourth in the nation in scoring per game with 4.64 goals per contest and leads the nation in margin of victory at 4.14 per match.  

Sophomore goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran leads the nation in save percentage at .857. She has 12 saves and just two goals allowed. 

The Cards are one of nine teams still undefeated on the year (stats are through 9/11). Three other ACC squads (Duke, Syracuse and North Carolina) have unblemished marks also. 

The Cards face #2 Duke on Friday evening in Trager Stadium at 6 p.m. The ACC is VERY strong this year with #1 ranked Syracuse, #2 Duke, #3 UNC and #6 Louisville. When you consider that Virginia, Boston College and Wake Forest are in the top 20 also...the Cards have their work cut out for them ahead. 

Admission is free to all UofL Field Hockey events...concessions and beverages are available and the weather looks pretty decent for Friday evening...with only a 10% chance of rain. Why not roll out for this one? 

paulie
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Teeing it up Thursday-- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

WOMEN'S GOLF TAKES FIFTH IN FALL KICKOFF

( In an effort to get you full coverage on all the UofL women's sports we can...Paulie has declared Thursday will be devoted to women's golf for the next few weeks. We'll see what we can come up with as far as coverage and possible interviews go.) 

I know...the terminology doesn't quite fit...a kick-off at a golf tournament...but another fall sport at UofL has had their inaugural meet and the University of Louisville women's golf squad finished fifth at Fall Kickoff in Norcross, GA. 

Sophomores Olivia Cason (148) and Jacqueline Twitty (149) led the Cards...who finished fifth overall ...and were matched against Georgia, Auburn, Vanderbilt and others in the 36 hole tournament at the Berkeley Hills Country Club.  

All told, nine Louisville golfers tried the links in Georgia . Here are the other final scores for the Cardinal contingent: 

Louise Oxner              150
Delaney Shah             150
Lauren Hartlage         152
Meghan Nay               153
Shannon Gramley      154
Molly Skapik              157
Ellen Kehoe               160




Shah, Hartlage and Nay are freshmen for the Cards...Kehoe a sophomore...Skapic is a junior and Oxner and Gramley seniors.

The Cards will have five matches this fall...they head to Minneapolis next for the Minnesota Invitational Sept 12-13. 

The Cards will host the Cardinal Cup October 23-25 at the UofL Golf Club...a big field always comes in for this three-day event in Simpsonville. Golf will take a little break after that until February...when they'll head south for a few matches. 

The Cards were seventh in the ACC Championships back in April...Virginia won the finals for the second year in a row. With departing seniors Katie Mitchell and Laura Restrepo pursuing professional golf opportunities and the absence of Meredith Moir (transferred to Transylvania) and Lexie Long from this year's roster....Coach Trimble has a bit of a rebuilding season ahead of her.  Skapic played in the NCAA Championships earlier this year and Hartlage was named best high school player in the state of Kentucky in 2016 by GolfWeek. Shah received the same honor in Maryland in 2016...so the Cards are getting quality newcomers to tee it up. 

In our efforts to get a little more coverage for the "Chip and Putt" Cards this season...we have plans to send our newest columnist Case Hoskins...dressed as Judge Smails...out to play in a foursome behind the Cardinals this season. He'll be joined by Paulie (portraying Ty)... Worldwide (as Spaulding) and Sam Draut (Carl the Groundskeeper).

We will kill every golfer gopher on the course... 

Sorry, couldn't resist getting in a Caddyshack reference...mananananana...




paulie
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