Softball Falls to FSU -- Track & Field Posts Two ACC Champions -- Casey Madura Interview -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Louisville Falters in Loss to FSU

Louisville softball collapsed and a 3-0 lead turned into a 7-4 loss as the Cards bowed out of the second round of the ACC Tournament to Florida State.  The loss is their third in four games.

Sidney Melton led off the game with a solo shot over the left field wall for the early lead.  They added two runs in the second when a fielder's choice drove a run home and Melton walked with the bases loaded to add an easy RBI.  The only other run came in the sixth when Alison Szydlowski reached base on a fielder's choice and drove in a run, almost exactly like the second inning play.

The Seminoles scored all of their runs in the middle three innings, relying on four Louisville errors and a pair of home runs to ignite the offense.  Megan Hensley and Danielle Watson split time in the circle with three innings apiece.  The duo only surrendered six hits, but walked four and the defense had four infield errors.  Hensley (17-8) took the loss.

Coach Pearsall heavily emphasized the impact the errors had on a game where Louisville had an early shot at winning, "If we dont make those mistakes, we have a chance at winning that game, but the errors set us back and we just couldn't overcome that."

With a record of 33-20 and an RPI hovering around 44 the Cards are a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament.  Unfortunately, the ACC is weak at softball and FSU is the only school inside the Top 40 in RPI.  The Cards will need some help in receiving a bid to the "Big Dance" and hope the top seeds win their respective conference tournaments.

Track and Field Takes Home Two ACC Championships on Day One

Dorcas Wasike ran away with the gold in the women's 10,000 m, running a personal best and setting a new meet record.  Damar Robinson leapt his way to the podium with a personal best on the men's high jump.

The Championships are still young and there's plenty more Cardinals hoping to make their mark in history and bring home the gold.

Casey Madura Sits Down with Cardinal Couple

Casey Madura (left) and Emily Howell

The lacrosse alum will graduate from UofL this Saturday, but she found some time to sit down for an interview.  We were fortunate that she still has field access and made our way to the Louisville Lacrosse Stadium to enjoy a beautiful day that was tortured by the pollen invasion.

Madura has battled injuries and a cancer scare in her career at Louisville and spent almost all of her time on the bench as a supporter, teammate, and helping coach.  The senior captain talked about what brought her to Louisville, her experiences and memories here, and future plans that involve a trip to the Big Apple.

We talked about what her walk-up song would be, a secondary sport she might play, and deciding the style of wave she will perform as she walks across stage at commencement.

You can view the entirety of the lengthy interview

here.

The Cardinal Couple Radio Hour

Don't forget to tune in to your favorite knuckleheads this Saturday at 11 am on WCHQ 100.9 fm.  I will be "enjoying" my new role of putting in credit card and personal loan applications while also doing my normal breaking change.  With Case past his exam and having recovered for a few weeks there is a slight chance he may find his way back down to Melwood Ave.  We'll have to wait on the Vegas odds to come out before making our bets on that.  Either way, make sure to continue keeping him in your thoughts as he works his way back to 100%.




What Day is it?

Well, besides Friday it's also a day to celebrate a couple favorites, so kick back and Eat Whatever You Want while you watch The Twilight Zone, a personal favorite of mine in terms of throwback TV shows.

Make sure to take you medicine as allergy season is in full force in the second-worst allergen city in the United States only behind McAllen, TX, per Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

Happy Friday and Go Cards!

- Jared -

Louisville women's basketball -- Let the Games begin! -- Weekend view -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

NCAA Tournament Time

Happy Game Day!  The moment we have all been waiting for is here!  At noon, our anticipation to see Louisville women's basketball take the court in the NCAA Tournament will reach its peak.

The Cards face 16-seed Boise State in front of a home crowd at the KFC Yum! Center.  The Broncos (23-9, 14-4 Mountain West) won the regular season outright and claimed the crown in their conference tournament to receive an automatic bid to make their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance.

Boise State last lost on Feb 3 to UNLV.  Just over a week later was Louisville's loss to UConn.  Boise State rides a 10-game win streak into the match-up, the first ever between these two teams.

Riley Lupfer is a sharpshooter for the Broncos, averaging 16.4 points per game.  Her 3.75 three-pointers per game is fifth-best in the country.  For comparison, Asia Durr averages an even 3 threes per game.  Lupfer has hit 120 threes on the year.  Shalen Shaw heads the post for Boise State, averaging seven rebounds per game.  11 of the 15 players on the roster stand 6'0 or taller, which has helped in the rebounding and blocks columns.

"Boise State is that way. It's in Idaho!"

As a team Boise State averages 69.2 points per game while giving up 61.4.  They have a rebound margin of +6, high ranking in the country.  Most of the Bronco's scoring comes in the two middle quarters, scoring 55% of their points then.  They shoot .355 from behind the arc and .731, both excellent figures.

What does Louisville have to do to win?

A 1-seed vs 16-seed match-up is expected to be an easy win for the higher seed.  The confidence boost plus the home crowd should help some.

Let Asia Durr find her shots.  If she isn't hot early do not let that cause hesitation when looking to her later in the game. "Nite-Nite" is a scorer and she will find ways to put up numbers.  To help Durr get some open looks the Cards need to pass the ball.  An extra pass or two can often put the defense out of position just enough to get some elbow room and a good look at the basket.

Combine size with strength to overpower Boise State down low.  Myisha Hines-Allen is having a highlight year with her double-doubles so feed her the ball.  "Doo-Blay" and Sam Fuehring play with a fiery emotion and they won't rest until they haul in every last rebound.

The missed lay-ups need to be cleaned up.  You can't get any closer to the basket unless you pull a Brittney Griner and dunk the darn thing.  Everyone on the team has missed an easy lay-up at some point this season and it usually follows with "#$@&%*!" coming from Walz on the bench.  A heavy presence and solid scoring down low will open up the exterior for better looks.

I won't give a prediction to the game in hopes of preventing a jinx, but all know who most of us will be rooting for (sorry Keith B, Boise State fan).  Make sure to get out there and cheer the Cards on if you can manage to get off work.  Unfortunately, I will not be able to provide pictures due to the fact it is near-impossible to get off at the bank last minute.

The Irish Visit for St Patrick's Day Softball

Thanks, ACC.  I think the university as a whole has had enough poor luck in recent years.  Playing Notre Dame on St Patrick's Day sounds like a tough one.  Game one is scheduled for today at 2:00, moved up from the 4:00 original start time.  Saturday's first pitch is 1:00 and Sunday is noon.  Days and times can change, weather pending.  I will have my green Louisville shirt on Saturday at Ulmer hooping and hollering.

The weather calls for rain this weekend.

After 25 games of non-conference play and a 20-5 record the Cards finally face ACC opponents.  The Irish took the series 2-1 last season at Ulmer Stadium.  Anyone remember the stormy Monday night last year?  The Cards went on to win 7-4.

Danielle Watson and Megan Hensley should do most of the work in the circle.  The question surrounding this team's success is if they can fix issues they have battled in the past.  Louisville continues to have problems with defensive errors, with most of them coming from the left side of the infield up to the front of the plate.

Notre Dame leads the all-time series 18-16.  A sweep sounds pretty great right now.  The Irish are 16-8 on the year and has relied on their offense to carry them.  Ali Wester is hitting .455 and Katie Marino has already sent five balls out of the park.  Can the UofL pitchers shut down the ND offense?

Lax Comes Home

After a two week trip to the southeast region of the US, the Louisville lacrosse team comes back home to the LLS where they will face Boston College.  That game will be starting right about the time the radio show concludes.

Trust me when I say the food truck is good.  The trick is keeping your food down while cheering on the high-scoring, fast-paced offense Scott Teeter has going on.  Even the hungry, stingy defense has drawn attention.

Record Breakers

The swim and dive team broke two school records at the NCAA Championships.  Rachael Bradford-Feldman made it into the record books by one hundredth of a second in the 200 IM with a time of 1:55.67.  The 400-medley relay team clocked in at 3:26.93.  The 200-free relay team finished with a time of 1:27.19, the fastest at the nationals for Louisville and falling a bit shy of a their record breaker on the day.

Another Day at the Office

Make sure to tune into the Cardinal Couple Radio Hour tomorrow morning at 11:00 on WCHQ (100.9 fm).  If you live outside the range of the station you can listen online for free or check out our new Facebook Live option on WCHQ's Facebook page.  Paulie and Worldwide will be in the studio with your truly.  Case is recovering from an injury so we send him best wishes.  In his stead we welcome my partner in crime from River City Cards, Mike Gilpatrick.  If you want to know anything about the Detroit Tigers or Louisville Baseball he is your man.  We have a full lineup ready to go so make sure to tune in!


Pick 'Em closes at noon

If you haven't submitted your picks for the NCAA Women's Tournament Pick "em" here at CARDINAL COUPLE....what are you waiting for? A full moon, good crops, the Easter bunny?

We have a $25 Panera Card for da winnah! $15 Cracker Barrel card for second-best. Jared Anderson verifying brackets while turning quarters into nickles and dimes! People from all over the continental United States entering. It is your manifest duty to grab a writing utensil, fill out a bracket and send it to us. We have dozens of chimps sitting up in the Bracket Central suite with nothing to do but ride Bill the Goat and Frank the Mule around the offices and play jarts!

You better have something in the comments section by noon today or I'm telling Mom!

Paulie 

Happy Friday and Go Cards, especially women's basketball!

Jared

Sportsmen's Supper Club Hosts UofL Coaches -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

SPORTSMEN'S SUPPER CLUB 


I was invited to join Paulie at the Sportsmen’s Supper Club last night.  When I heard that we would have the pleasure of having a couple UofL coaches as the guest speakers I couldn’t resist.

After work I headed down to campus and found a nice parking spot convenient to the front door of the University Club.  If parking was this easy at all UofL events I would be one happy camper.  It was easy to navigate my way through the hallways and corridors of the U-Club, despite not having been inside it since my days as a Cardinal Ambassador when I was still a student.  Paulie offered me a beverage so I thought “why not”.

Scott Teeter

 Not long after my arrival Coach Scott Teeter of Louisville Lacrosse and one of his senior captains Casey Madura appeared.  I had known about Coach Teeter before the event, but Casey’s presence was a surprise.  We got to have quite a conversation with the pair as we waited for dinner.  Paulie told us about his ACC women’s basketball tournament adventures.  Teeter and Casey enlightened us with how they found their way to the University of Louisville.

Dinner began, and I must say that it was much better than my cheap, fast food lunch earlier that day.  The U-Club is known for delicious food and they did not disappoint.  I would recommend them for a meal sometime if you are ever looking for a nice meal.

Coach Dani Busboom Kelly strolled in after dinner began.  Her late arrival was due to having an important recruit on campus.  DBK elected not to have dinner after recently having a meal with the recruit, but she did join us in some conversation.  This was the first time that Teeter and DBK had met in person.  Teeter came in at the beginning of January and went straight to work with the start of the season around the corner while DBK was getting some traveling done to visit recruits before spring practices began.

Dani Busboom Kelly

One thing we got to talk about was the departure and addition of players.  Four seniors (Gabbie Wiley, Tess Clark, Maggie DeJong, and Coline Coessens) graduated and have begun their careers.  Kali Eaken transferred out to complete her senior season at Wichita State.  Recently it was announced that Alexia Byrnes would transfer to Youngstown State, where she will have four years of eligibility remaining.  This upcoming season will see the addition of seven players.  There is a transfer that has joined the squad for spring practices.  Six freshmen will make their first appearance in the fall.

As dinner concluded we got to hear from DBK first.  She gave an opening speech recapping this past volleyball season.  Louisville hired Dani Busboom Kelly after Anne Kordes retired following the 2016 season.  The Cards had a rough 2016 year and were voted to finish eighth in the conference during the preseason polls.  The Cards wound up taking the ACC title and receiving the automatic qualification to the NCAA Tournament.

Casey Madura

She then took questions from the members of the club and was happy to answer any and every question.  As a member of the sports media realm I often forget that some of what is just expected of me to know is not always common knowledge for the average fan.  Here are a few answers to questions we heard from Dani Busboom Kelly:


-Volleyball has 12 full scholarships each year that can be renewed or revoked the next season.  They do not do partial scholarships.

-A libero is a defensive specialist that only plays back line and can sub in and out at will.

-Some of the potentials leaders for the 2018 team include Molly Sauer, Melanie McHenry, and Wilma Rivera.

-Recruiting for collegiate level of volleyball can start as early as eighth grade.  There is a new rule that will be voted on later this year that would prevent coaches from recruiting players before their junior year of high school.

After DBK finished her Q&A and went back to continue a visit with a recruit,  Scott Teeter took the podium.  Teeter gave us insight into his background and what it was like coming to Louisville.  Teeter spent many years at his alma mater, Canisius College, making the mid-level school become a respected program.  Besides being the head coach at the collegiate level Teeter is also the Canadian National Team coach, where he has earned gold and silver medals.  This is also how he was able to connect with Cardinal Forever Kay Morrissette.

Teeter brought Casey Madura to the posium with him and she had nothing but high praises for her new coach.  She talked about how well the team got along with the new coach immediately.  Casey told us how the torn ACL set her back this season and how she will come to a tough decision next year if she will choose to play a red-shirt senior season or if she will accept a job up in the Big Apple. 

We then learned of some news that caused the room to fall silent.  Casey recently found out that she had thyroid cancer.  Thankfully, she was able to have emergency surgery to remove the thyroid and is now cancer free, a statement that brought the largest applause of the evening.

The floor was then opened for Q&A.  Here are some answers we heard from Teeter and Casey:

-Despite having 12 players on the field for each team most of the time 7v7 because of the lines and dividers on the field.

-The ACC is the toughest of all lacrosse conferences with nearly every team currently being ranked.  They also own the most NCAA Championships.

-Most big recruits come from the east coast, where lacrosse has been popular for a while.

-Lacrosse is one of the fastrst growing sports around the world.  In the US there are now almost 120 schools in the NCAA with a lacrosse program.

-You cannot recruit for college lacrosse until September 1 of a player’s junior year of high school.

Following the conclusion of the speakers everyone departed while Paulie and I stayed behind to socialize with Teeter and Casey a little longer.  Besides the official athletics representatives, Cardinal Couple is the only media to cover Louisville Lacrosse, and they have been extremely grateful for that.

If I haven’t lost you yet there’s a few things this weekend going on. 

-Softball begins their second weekend of home games in the Cardinal Classic.  They host Bradley and UMass today.

- Track and Field starts the first day of the indoor championships.

For more about these sports and the other women’s sports at UofL make sure to tune into the Cardinal Couple Radio Hour tomorrow morning.  I will be back at the bank, but you’ll get to hear the voices of Paulie, Worldwide, and Case.

Happy Friday and Go Cards!

Jared

Christmahanakwanzika Wishes -- Thursday Cardinal Couple

Christmahanakwanzika Wish Lists

It's that time again, when we write down our Christmahanakwanzika Wish List for various UofL Women's Sports teams.

Hey, last year I asked for a press box for Lacrosse and now we've got a spiffy new structure next to the railroad track beside Little Yum, so wishes do come true sometimes.

Volleyball

A sweet 16 (or beyond) appearance.  I've been to every UofL NCAA tournament volleyball in person since 2008, I believe, and I've never been to a volleyball sweet 16 (well, other than when it was hosted at the KFC Yum! Center, but I'm not counting that because UofL wasn't playing in it).  The program narrowly missed it this year, and I hope next year to see an even more improved team and further success in tournament play.

A 6-2 offense.  I've heard talk that this is being considered for next year.  6-2 offenses are, in my opinion, a lot of fun to watch.  We've got 3 good setters on the roster in Kali Eaken, Lindsey Palmer, and Morgan Miller.  When this was first mentioned to me, I was thinking Kali Eaken and Morgan Miller as the two setters, but a few days ago, I realized that Lindsey Palmer could have a major role as a setter in a 6-2.  We haven't seen Palmer running the offense as setter because, at 5'8", she's not a very effective blocker and with a traditional 5-1 offense, the setter needs to be able to block when they're in the front row.  With a 6-2, however, the setter is always playing out of the back row, so they don't need to be able to block.  We lose the setter dump that Katie George so loved, but that's a small price to pay for always having three attackers available in the front row.

Lacrosse

We've got a press box now, how about some concessions for the fans?  Or perhaps a permanent structure with a locker room for the visiting team.  Like Volleyball, a deeper run in the NCAA tournament beyond the second round would be great.

Tennis

For the both the men and women on this one.  More courts!  I've heard that this one might already be in the works as well.  It would likely take the form of adding more outdoor courts in front of the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center where the old soccer practice field is.  With the spiffy new Lynn Soccer Stadium, the practice field isn't really needed anymore, and the Tennis programs would benefit by being able to host full tournaments rather than just competitions against individual opponents.

Swimming and Diving

While it's not directly for the program, I wish for a successful Olympics in Rio for various current and former members of the Swimming and Diving squad.  This, also, is for both the men and the women.  We've talked a lot about Kelsi Worrell's success, but perhaps alumna Tanja Kyliannen could be representing her native Finland.  Joao de Lucca, for the men, will likely be representing Brazil and is a proud UofL alum.  On the current squad on the men's side, Sophomore Carlos Claverie could be making an appearance for Venezuela.

Basketball

I think our wish lists here probably all look a lot alike.

Let's call better rebounding a stocking stuffer as it has already improved considerably over the beginning of the season, but could still use some tightening up.

Lay-ups.

Lethargy-B-Gone for the defense.

Softball

Success in post-season play.  Ulmer recently got an upgrade, so there's not a whole lot to ask for from a facilities point of view.  Well, there are some things we could ask for, but that would be a bit greedy, so we'll skip those.

I'd like to see the UofL Softball team advance to a Super-Regional.  Softball hasn't had a great deal of NCAA tournament success in the past couple of years, not having won a game at all since the first game of the 2014 Regional against IPFW.  They have not advanced to a Super-Regional since I've been going to games at all.  Hopefully they'll do well enough that we would be hosting these events this spring, but if not, I'll certainly be looking to make an effort to road-trip for them.

I haven't put together lists for all of the women's sports teams, feel free to add some lists for other teams, or even add items for these teams in the comments.  I'd love to hear what you would like to see out of these programs. Our biggest wish of all, though...is that all our readers have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

-- JMcA

East Coast Still Dominating Lacrosse Roster -- Wednesday CARDINAL COUPLE

Lacrosse Signing Class

As we get to a less hectic time of the year now that all of the fall sports are over (well, there's still a football game to play, but that's not all that big of a deal, right?), I want to go back and pick up some coverage of the signing period for various sports that we didn't get to fit into our coverage at the time.

Nine Sign, All from East Coast States

It's no secret that Lacrosse is most popular along the east coast, particularly the northern coastal states, and Kellie Young's signing class reflects that strongly with all nine signees coming from the states from Connecticut to Virginia.

It's also becoming rather unsurprising to discover that nearly all of the signees were multi-sport athletes in high school.

Alexandra Ball

Alexandra Ball comes to us from Charleton, NY, which is just north of the Schenectady and Albany area of New York.  Ball will be bolstering the already impressive ranks of the goalkeeping squad at UofL.  This high school All-American also lettered all four years of her high school career in Field Hockey.

Allison Arcidiacono

From Somers, NY, just north of NYC, Arcidiacono is a three sport high school athlete, with Soccer and Basketball being on her busy schedule in addition to Lacrosse.  She helped propel her Lacrosse team to the state finals.

Ashley Lynch

Ashley is from Cold Springs Harbor, NY, on Long Island and dual-sported with Field Hockey.  Lynch is a First Team High School All-American, and was named by Inside Lacrosse as one of the Top 25 players in the country.  She was also a member of the US Lacrosse National Girls Team Champions.

Julia Schmuckler

Schmuckler also participated in three sports in high school.  Lacrosse, was joined by Field Hockey and Squash on her calendar.  She was named the Kent Place School Unsung Hero while racking up some fairly impressive scoring, assist, and ground ball numbers.  Schmuckler hails from Chatham, NJ, which is a suburb of Newark.

Chloe Harris

Harris also arrives from New Jersey, from Mountain Lakes, NJ in fact, which is a bit farther out from Newark, but still in the general vicinity.  Also playing Soccer, Chloe played for the Building Blocks Lacrosse Elite Travel program which produced 15 Division I signees this year.

Emily Petillo

Another calendar overachiever, Petillo could be found on the Soccer field as well as Track & Field.  She was named a 2014 Brine National All-Star team member and also played on the New Jersey South Women's National Tournament Team.  Manasquan, NJ is on the Jersey Shore about halfway between Atlantic City and Newark.

Katie Caddigan

Moving further south, Caddigan is from Fulton, MD, about halfway between Baltimore and Washington DC.  Another tri-sport athlete, with Soccer and Basketball.  Katie, if she played basketball for UofL, would be eligible for the Attack Yorkie squad at 5'6", but that isn't anticipated.  A finalist for the Howard County High School Female Athlete of the Year, and did pick up the Scholar Athlete Award.  She is also goalkeeper on the three time state champion soccer team.

Alexa Biller

Biller comes to us from Ashburn, VA outside of Washington DC (as an IT guy, I didn't even have to look this one up...lots of data centers and telecom interconnects in Ashburn).  Biller will be joining her high school teammate Heidi Smith here at UofL.  She also played Field Hockey and Basketball.

Annika Ekvall

Back north for this one, Ekvall hails from Old Greenwich, CT, which is about halfway between New York City and Bridgeport.  Ekvall was twice named to Brine's New England All-American list as well as being invited to participate in The Ride, an event for the Top 50 players nationwide where she was named Top Defender in 2014.  She also helped propel her team to a state runner-up.

As a spring sport, these players won't hit the turf in recorded competition for The Cardinals until Spring of 2017, but store these names away in the back of your mind to bring them out in a little over a year as they start to make an impact on an already excellent Cardinal Lacrosse team.

-- JMcA

Cardinal Couple Tuesday

TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE



(Welcome to the Thursday Edition of the Cardinal Couple...wait, that's not right.

Welcome to the Paulie's-on-vacation Tuesday Edition of the Cardinal Couple.

Good luck on getting photos with articles until he returns..)

What's the Word with the WUGs?

You know, if you've been paying any attention to The Cardinal Couple, that Shoni Schimmel is in Kazan, Russia playing for Team USA at the World University Games...or as we've playfully been calling them, The WUGs.

The US women opened play with a Monday evening game against Mali.  Sticking with the "W" alliteration, let's say the US wailed on Mali, with a final score of 120-32.  Bria Hartley, out of UConn led the scoring with a perfect 7 for 7 shooting for 17 points, Cassie Harberts of USC (Southern California) claimed 14 points, Tricia Liston of Duke gets 13, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis also of UConn got 12, and Aaron Ellenberg of Oklahoma chalked up 11.

Let's be honest, though, if you're here on The Cardinal Couple, you want to hear about Shoni.  With 13 points, she certainly earned her spot on the stats sheet, but perhaps even more impressively, she dished out 9 assists.  Sherri Coale credited Shoni's passing and awareness on the offensive transition as well as the team getting more coherence in defense for their success on the floor, which has to make Jeff Walz happy to hear.

The US Women's WUGS team plays The Czech Republic at 8:30pm local time, which is a 12:30pm tip here in the Eastern timezone of the US, 9:30am for our west coast contingency.

What's up with Kellie Young's Twitter Account

Regular readers of The Cardinal Couple, or regular listeners of The Cardinal Couple Radio Hour, are well aware that the head coach of the Louisville Lacrosse team, Kellie Young, is a good friend of The Cardinal Couple media empire, but I do have a minor bone to pick with The Keeper of the Crease.

The official twitter account of Louisville Lacrosse is @LouisvilleLax, which makes complete sense.  Coach Young, maintains her own separate account, which is not in itself unreasonable or out of the ordinary, but her twitter handle is @KYlacrosse.  That's not at all confusing, right?  OK, sure, "KY" are her initials, so I understand where it comes from, and the University down the road in Lexington doesn't field a varsity Lacrosse team so there's no real danger of Big Blue Nation finding her account instead of one for a UK team.  But it did take me, someone fairly well versed in using Twitter and more aware of UofL women's athletics than most, a few minutes to figure out that her twitter account was her account versus an account for some other organization supporting Lacrosse in the state of Kentucky.

We love ya, Coach Young, but perhaps you would want to consider if there is another twitter handle that you could use that might be a little less confusing on first glance?

-Jeff McAdams

Where's Paulie?

As I referenced at the top of the article, Paulie is on vacation this week.  He's looking to add to his fruity drink umbrella collection, but I fear he may be a bit disappointed as Gatlinburg isn't exactly known for its fruity drink umbrella variety.

In Paulie's absence, Jenny and I will be picking up an extra article each, this week.  In addition to today, I'll be writing my normal Thursday article.  Jenny will be writing her normal article for tomorrow and will be back for an encore performance on Friday.  Paulie will be back with us with Saturday's article and for our weekly radio romp on the Cardinal Couple Radio Hour.

(Editor's Note: Don't be so sure...I'm digging the woods and the Yuengling. Someone stop by and feed the attack dogs and make sure Bud the Goldfish has fresh water. Now that they've discovered Broadband out here in the forest. all I need now is a couple of chimps and a golf cart...Paulie)

Mondays Laundry List of This and That

MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. day to our CARDINAL COUPLE readers. The brilliant statesman and political activist's teachings and work still goes on long after his assassination in 1968. The human rights and basic freedoms for all are a
facet of the society we live in today. Unfortunately, there are still countries and
places in our world where these things we take for granted are denied to citizens.



With the Game on Tuesday against Marquette

Laundry Day has been Moved to Monday

BASKETBALL

Check in tomorrow to read Quentin’s basketball scouting report of the Tuesday’s Marquette game.  Our 15^th ranked Cardinals are reported to be shown on the CBS Sports Network with tip off at 9:00.

Jeff Walz Cincinnati post game quotes can be found at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/011813aac.html.  We again fell just short of the 10,000 attendance mark.    It would be great to break that mark at our next home game which is against St. Johns on Sunday the 27^th.  The team will need as big of a send off as possible as they will then leave for a contest against the formidable University of South Florida on the 30^th.

 

BASKETBALL ON THE AIR THIS WEEK
 

Monday 21-Jan Duke at Connecticut Duke at Connecticut Atlantic Coast Big East ESPN2 7 p.m.

Monday 21-Jan Duke at Connecticut Duke at Connecticut Atlantic Coast Big East ESPN2 7 p.m.

Monday 21-Jan Penn St. at Michigan Penn St. at Michigan Big Ten Big Ten BTN 6:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.

Monday 21-Jan Creighton at Missouri St. Creighton at Missouri St. Missouri Valley Missouri Valley FSN Midwest 9 p.m.

Tuesday 22-Jan Georgetown at Rutgers Georgetown at Rutgers Big East Big East CBS SN 7 p.m.

Tuesday 22-Jan Louisville at Marquette Louisville at Marquette Big East Big East CBS SN 9 p.m.

Tuesday 22-Jan Texas Tech at West Virginia Texas Tech at West Virginia Big 12 Big 12 WVUSports.com 7 p.m.

Friday 23-Jan Stony Brook at UMBC Stony Brook at UMBC America East America East ESPN3 12 p.m.

Wednesday 23-Jan Baylor at Iowa St. Baylor at Iowa St. Big 12 Big 12 Cyclones TV 8 p.m.

Wednesday 23-Jan Oklahoma St. at Kansas St. Oklahoma St. at Kansas St. Big 12 Big 12 K-StateHD. TV 8 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Miami (FL) at Wake Forest Miami (FL) at Wake Forest Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast RSN 6:30 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Duke at Clemson Duke at Clemson Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast ESPN3 7 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan North Carolina at Maryland North Carolina at Maryland Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast RSN 8:30 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Wisconsin at Iowa Wisconsin at Iowa Big Ten Big Ten BTN.com 8 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Michigan at Indiana Michigan at Indiana Big Ten Big Ten BTN.com 7 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Michigan St. at Nebraska Michigan St. at Nebraska Big Ten Big Ten BTN.com 8 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Minnesota at Penn St. Minnesota at Penn St. Big Ten Big Ten BTN 6:30 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Northwestern at Purdue Northwestern at Purdue Big Ten Big Ten BTN 8:30 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Ill.-Chicago at Wright St. Ill.-Chicago at Wright St. Horizon Horizon horizonleague.com 7 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Youngstown St. at Cleveland St. Youngstown St. at Cleveland St. Horizon Horizon horizonleague.com 7 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Loyola Chicago at Detroit Loyola Chicago at Detroit Horizon Horizon horizonleague.com 7 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Valparaiso at Milwaukee Valparaiso at Milwaukee Horizon Horizon horizonleague.com 8 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Kentucky at South Carolina Kentucky at South Carolina Southeastern Southeastern SPSO 7 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Ole Miss at Florida Ole Miss at Florida Southeastern Southeastern CSS 7 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Tennessee at Vanderbilt Tennessee at Vanderbilt Southeastern Southeastern SPSO 9 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Auburn at Alabama Auburn at Alabama Southeastern Southeastern CSS 9 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Lamar at Oral Roberts Lamar at Oral Roberts Southland Southland ESPN3 6 p.m.

Thursday 24-Jan Loyola Marymount at BYU Loyola Marymount at BYU West Coast West Coast BYUtv 9 p.m.

Friday 25-Jan Georgia Tech at Florida St. Georgia Tech at Florida St. Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast ACCDN/YT 7 p.m.

Friday 25-Jan Marist at Manhattan Marist at Manhattan Metro Atlantic Metro Atlantic ESPN3 4 p.m.

Friday 25-Jan UNI at Creighton UNI at Creighton Missouri Valley Missouri Valley FSN Midwest 9 p.m.

Friday 25-Jan Arizona vs. UCLA Arizona vs. UCLA Pac-12 Pac-12 Pac-12 Network 9 p.m.

Friday 25-Jan Colorado vs. California Colorado vs. California Pac-12 Pac-12 Pac-12 Network 11 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Vermont at Albany (NY) Vermont at Albany (NY) America East America East ESPN3 5 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Marquette at South Fla. Marquette at South Fla. Big East Big East BETV 6 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan UNC Asheville at Coastal Caro. UNC Asheville at Coastal Caro. Big South Big South ESPN3 4 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Oklahoma at Baylor Oklahoma at Baylor Big 12 Big 12 FSN 12 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Kansas St. at Texas Kansas St. at Texas Big 12 Big 12 LHN 2 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Iowa St. at West Virginia Iowa St. at West Virginia Big 12 Big 12 Root Sports 7 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Ill.-Chicago at Detroit Ill.-Chicago at Detroit Horizon Horizon horizonleague.com 2 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Green Bay at Valparaiso Green Bay at Valparaiso Horizon Horizon horizonleague.com 2:35 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Loyola Chicago at Youngstown St. Loyola Chicago at Youngstown St. Horizon Horizon horizonleague.com 4:35 p.m.

Saturday 26-Jan Fla. Atlantic at Arkansas St. Fla. Atlantic at Arkansas St. Sun Belt Sun Belt Sun Belt Network 6 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Boston College at Duke Boston College at Duke Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast RSN 1 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan North Carolina at Miami (FL) North Carolina at Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast ESPN2 2 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan North Carolina St. at Georgia Tech North Carolina St. at Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast ESPN3 2 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Virginia Tech at Florida St. Virginia Tech at Florida St. Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast ESPN3 2 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Maryland at Clemson Maryland at Clemson Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast ACCDN/YT 5 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Xavier at Richmond Xavier at Richmond Atlantic 10 Atlantic 10 CBS SN 2 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan St. John's (NY) at Louisville St. John's (NY) at Louisville Big East Big East ESPNU 1:30 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Purdue at Northwestern Purdue at Northwestern Big Ten Big Ten ESPN2 4 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Penn St. at Ohio St. Penn St. at Ohio St. Big Ten Big Ten BTN 1 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan TCU at Texas Tech TCU at Texas Tech Big 12 Big 12 FSN 1 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Hofstra at James Madison Hofstra at James Madison Colonial Colonial CSN-MA, CSN-NE, MSG, TCN-P 5:30 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Niagara at Canisius Niagara at Canisius Metro Atlantic Metro Atlantic ESPN3 1 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Fresno St. at Colorado St. Fresno St. at Colorado St. Mountain West Mountain West CBS SN 5 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Oregon vs. Washington Oregon vs. Washington Pac-12 Pac-12 Pac-12 Network 5 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Colorado vs. Stanford Colorado vs. Stanford Pac-12 Pac-12 Pac-12 Network 7 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Florida at Georgia Florida at Georgia Southeastern Southeastern CSS 1 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Vanderbilt at Alabama Vanderbilt at Alabama Southeastern Southeastern SEC Network 2 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan LSU at Kentucky LSU at Kentucky Southeastern Southeastern SPSO 3 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Missouri at Texas A&M Missouri at Texas A&M Southeastern Southeastern ESPNU 3:30 p.m.

Sunday 27-Jan Western Ky. at Middle Tenn. Western Ky. at Middle Tenn. Sun Belt Sun Belt ESPN3 3 p.m.

Monday 28-Jan Notre Dame at Tennessee Notre Dame at Tennessee Big East Southeastern ESPN2 7 p.m.

Monday 28-Jan Illinois at Minnesota Illinois at Minnesota Big Ten Big Ten BTN 9 p.m.

Monday 28-Jan Indiana at Northwestern Indiana at Northwestern Big Ten Big Ten BTN 7 p.m.

Monday 28-Jan Green Bay at Wright St. Green Bay at Wright St. Horizon Horizon horizonleague.com 7 p.m.

Monday 28-Jan Notre Dame at Tennessee Notre Dame at Tennessee Big East Southeastern ESPN2 7 p.m.

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LACROSSE

This year the Cardinal Couple crew have decided to dedicate ourselves to increasing our pitiful level of knowledge about Lacrosse.  This dedication included a trip to Lacrosse boot camp which resulted in this writer already down with a knee injury when Timmy decided to run warm-up drills for the group which included everyone playing with the sticks.   Timmy has now been recalled from camp and is now on desk duty at the Cardinal Couple worldwide offices.

(Editor's note: In fairness and keeping with our long-standing policy of 'mea culpa' administration, none of our writers or staff were forced to take part in the lacrosse camp. Sandy was attempting to score from the top of the YUM! practice facility when Bill the Goat cross-checked her and the two fell off the structure and directly on Co-Co mudpie stand.) 

In the meantime Louisville’s team:

NO	NAME	POS	CL	HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
1	Carissa Corbett	M	SO	Wilmington, N.C. (John T. Hoggard)
2	Hillary Bushway	A	JR	Norfolk, Mass. (King Philip Regional)
3	Jamie Redding	A	JR	Victor, N.Y. (Victor Senior)
4	Erika Eipp	M	FR	Groton, Mass. (Groton-Dunstable)
5	Kelli Gerding	M	FR	Jarrettsville, Md. (North Harford)
6	Kaylin Morissette	M	FR	Bowmanville, Ontario (Bowmanville)
7	Courtney Boyd	D	FR	Bayville, N.Y. (Locust Valley)
8	Janaye Dzikewich	D	GS	Whitby, Ontario (Sinclair Secondary)
9	Nikki Boltja	M	JR	Medina, Ohio (Medina)
11	Katie Oliverio	M	RS SR	Silver Spring, Md. (Georgetown Visitation Prep)
12	Kayla Sleece	M	FR	Ashburn, Va. (Stone Bridge)
13	Kelsey Garraty	D	JR	Ridley Park, Pa. (Ridley)
14	Kendall Gordon	D	SO	Worthington, Ohio (Thomas Worthington)
15	Faye Brust	A	SO	Bel Air, Md. (John Carroll)
16	Taylor Hagin	M	SO	Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth)
17	Laura Patterson	M	FR	Severna Park, Md. (Severna Park)
18	Blair Bernhardt	D	FR	Annapolis, Md. (Broadneck)
19	Ashley Herbst	GK	JR	Pittsford, N.Y. (Pittsford Sutherland)
20	Monica Negron	D	JR	Bel Air, Md. (Patterson Mill)
21	Cortnee Daley	M	FR	Hatboro, Pa. (Hatboro-Horsham)
22	Leslee Hefner	D	JR	Forest Hill, Md. (St. Paul's School for Girls)
24	Danielle Pawliw	GK	SR	Plainview, N.Y. (St. Anthony's)
25	Anna Kopecka	A	JR	Prague, Czech Republic (George Mason)
26	Colleen O'Malley	M	JR	Malvern, Pa. (Great Valley)
27	Amy Poteet	M	RS SO	Whiteford, Md. (North Harford)
33	Emily Kolsevich	A	SO	Pottstown, Pa. (Owen J. Roberts)

continues to prepare for their home opener on February 10 verses Canisius at the U of L Lacrosse stadium.  It is a red out game for everyone wearing their long johns to the match.  Coco has acquired plenty of red dye for anyone who needs it.  Hopefully the rest of the writers will spend the time studying their newly distributed rule books.  A brief history of the development of the game can be found at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/081506aac.html.

 

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VOLLEYBALL NEWS

Outside hitter Lola Arslanbekova was named to Volleyball Magazine's All-American Second Team.  She graduated last month and is currently playing professionally in Puerto Rico.   The complete story can be found at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/011513aaa.html.

Javonni Faucette has joined the Cardinals volleyball program as an early enrollee.  The 6-1 outside hitter is from St. Louis, Mo., and played her high school volleyball for head coach Justin Young at Francis Howell High School.   As an outside hitter and six rotation player it is presumed that she will be asked to fill the shoes of 4 year super star Lola Arslanbekova.   Additional information can be found at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/011713aaa.html.

 

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TRACK AND FIELD

The Track and Field team just wrapped up the Bloomington, Indiana Gladstein Invitational where Amashi Kendall scored her second win of the season in the weight throw with a season.  CardsTV has posted the video of head Coach Ron Mann’s weekly show.  The non-subscriber accessed video can be found at http://www.gocards.com/allaccess/?media=363125.

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