Hartlage, Restrepo in Colorado Women's Open -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

HARTLAGE RECORDS 220 IN PRO/AM EVENT

It is traditionally rare for us to have athletic scores and results to report in June here at Cardinal Couple.  That's even more true in our "New World" affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, though, we have scores and results!  We'll talk about Louisville women's golf graduate student Lauren Hartlage playing in the three day CoBank Colorado Women's Golf Open. 

Hartlage, from Elizabethtown, KY, participated as an amateur in the 54-hole event. She finished tied for 34th. place. Out of the amateurs that played in the CoBank, she finished tied for 3rd place, just five strokes behind the best-scoring amateur in the event...Alyaa Abdulghany...an All-American from the USC Trojans. 

Hartlage had an impressive first round with a  -1 under 71 for the opening 18 holes. She was at +4 after the second round and played par golf over the final 18 holes....finihing one shot back of second place. 

Another Cardinal women's golfer, Laura Restrepo, also participated in the event. Restrepo played for the Cards from 2012 to 2016 and hails from Panama City, Panama. She scored a 226 for the 54 holes, highlighted by second round where she shot a -3 under par 69.

Restrepo's rookie season on the tour was 2017. 

She earned $420 as a professional for the event. She accomplished the rare "eagle" (2 under par) on her second day of competition and was in 16th place after two days.

The Cardinal women's golf squad looks very promising for the 2020-21 season. Besides Hartlage, three other top UofL women's golfers return in Hana Ryskova, Mairead Martin and Lauren Thibodeau.

Under the direction of Cardinal coaches Whitney Wade Young and Dori Carter, the Cards ended the 2019-20 campaign playing WKU on a chilly day Feb 29th. in Bowling Green. It was a seven-player match-up against the Toppers that Louisville won with six wins and one tie. They also fared well in the Moon Golf Invitational prior to that in Melbourne, FL -- finishing 3rd, just six strokes back of Ole Miss. 

The fall college golf slate usually begins in September and we'll see if that's still a "go" as the summer progresses. The Cards are scheduled to begin the 2020-21 season at home, at the UofL Golf Club in Simpsonville. 


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Louisville women's golf in NCAA regional starts today -- Thursday CARDINAL COUPLE

CARDS IN BRYAN REGIONAL

The Louisville women's golf squad tees off in the NCAA Regionals today in Bryan, TX. The Cards are one of eighteen teams in the regional that leads to the NCAA Championships.


The Cards, who are in the tournament as an at-large squad and ranked as the #10 seed will put Laura Restrepo, Katie Mitchell, Molly Skapic, Ellen Kehoe and Olivia Cason on the tee shortly after 9 a.m. this morning on the first of three days of qualifying for the NCAA Championships. They'll be paired with Miami and Tulane for the Thursday round. The top six teams from each of the four regionals advance to the Championships...which will be held in Eugene, OR. May 20-25 at the Eugene Golf Club.

Louisville is ranked #35 by Golfstat and the Cards birdies and pars can be followed at www.golfstat.com

The Cards are led by two seniors. Restrepo, who was an all-ACC selections and averages a 73.10 score. Mitchell, who finished 13th. in the ACC Championships carries a 73.90 average. 

Hit 'em straight and putt well, Cards! 

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THURBY IN LOUISVILLE

The Thursday of Derby week here in Louisville is known as "Thurby" and has become known as "Louisville's Day at the Races" 

If you're contemplating a trip to the Twin Spires today...we'll see if we can give you a little help on a couple of the races today.

Go to Paulie's blog THURBY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS where we've suggested a couple of plays today that hust might have you smiling at the cashier's window.

We also have the Friday picks available at that site also for Oaks Day. Six stakes races! Woo Hoo! 

Jeff McAdams, back from floating around Europe in a boat, returns to the pages for the Friday and Saturday columns.

Happy Thurby!

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Classroom Cards...Louisville ranks high in National APR -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

WOMEN'S LACROSSE, WOMEN'S GOLF IN TOP 10 FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATE

The responsibilities of a student-athlete include performance on and off the playing venue and the Louisville women's sports programs excel at keeping the standards and results exemplary in both areas.

Courtney Trimble's women's golf team and Kellie Young's lacrosse squad are ranked in the top ten nationally in the APR.

So what exactly is this APR we speak of? 

Known as the academic progress rate...it is the data collected to provide a measure of successes in the areas of academic eligibility, retention and graduation for student-athletes over a four-year period. 

Louisville Lacrosse has been recognized for the last five years by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association for having a cumulative 3.0 or better GPA.  

Cortnee Daley and Hannah Koloski were selected for the All-ACC Women's Lacrosse Academic in 2015.

Louisville women's golf registered the highest GPA of all teams on campus for the Fall 2015 with a 3.524 mark. Laura Restrepo and Katie Mitchell earned ACC postgraduate scholarship awards and the team included three Dean's Scholars (4.0 GPA). Kudos to men's basketball and men's golf also...for hitting the top ten in the APR. 

It is a requirement of the various coaches on the Belknap Campus...the equal attention to academics and athletics and a goal to perform at the peak ability in each that the student-athletes pursue very seriously. 

Taking care of business....on the pitch, in the fairway and in the classroom...from hole to goal. UofL Athletics. 

paulie
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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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Women's Golf leads CARDINAL CUP by a stroke going into final day -- Tuesday Cardinal Couple

CARDS Black Team up on FSU in CARDINAL CUP

Led by Laura Restrepo and Olivia Cason, the Black squad for UofL women's golf has a one stroke lead over FSU as they go into the final round this morning at the UofL Golf Club. 

Restrepo fired a two-under par 70 to pull her into a tie for third place...just two strokes back of tournament leader Brooke Ferrell (Wisconsin). Cason looms at eight place, just two strokes behind Restrepo and fired a 71 in the first 18 holes yesterday. 

You can follow the action on golfstat.com



CARDINAL COUPLE offered to provide whispered, monotone golf commentary on the 18th hole via Periscope but our request was never replied to when we outlined our plans to have chimps do the on-green interviews and provide wedgies while Worldwide and I sat in the tower and provided garbled non-sequitors about putting, driving, club selection, changing fall colors and what the girls were wearing....while keeping a watchful eye out for Kracken, gophers and zombies.  

Notre Dame is six strokes back of the leaders, Illinois a stroke behind them and the Louisville Red team and Wisconsin 13 strokes off the lead. 

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WAY TO GO...PHILO! 

For the second week in a row, Aniah Philo was been named ACC Freshman Volleyball Player of the Week.

This was an easy one for the selection committee...the outside-hitter from Texas led the Cards in kills in straight set wins over Wake Forest and Duke. 

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Better than par...Louisville women's Golf -- Tuesday Cardinal Couple

Golf Academic Honors

Academic honors are becoming par for the course for the Women's Golf team, with four being named Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Academic Scholars.

Graduating seniors Emily Haas and Katie Petrino picked up two of the spots, with rising senior Laura Restrepo and rising junior Louise Oxner picked up the other two spots.  In just 3 years, head coach Courtney Trimble now can claim 13 players collecting this academic honor.  The four this year tops all of the 11 ACC schools with women's golf teams.

Collectively, the team sported a 3.72 GPA, which may be the highest of any sport at UofL (no details on that, yet, but that's a pretty impressive team score!)

And lest you think these folks are taking underwater basket weaving as a major, Haas graduated with a degree in Biology, Petrino in Business, and Restrepo and Oxner are working towards degrees in Finance.

Swimming The WUGs

Several UofL athletes are competing in the World University Games, and I'm doing my best to piece together ongoing results.

The US went 1-2 in the 200meter breast stroke prelims with UofL's Andrea Cottrell claiming the second spot.  The two US swimmers were in the same heat, so that bodes well for tomorrow's final in the event.

Meanwhile, Tanja Kylliainen finished in 10th in the finals for the 400meter Individual Medley, and 9th in the 200meter IM.  Tanja, always a Cardinal, is the WUGs representing Finland.

DREAM v TULSA

The Atlanta Dream look to keep the winning ways going when they host the Tulsa Shock tonight at 8 p.m. It'll be an ESPN2 game.

Tulsa is 8-4 but has lost Skylar Diggins for the rest of the reason. The Dream looks to get back to .500 (5-6) with a win tonight.

Anyone want to surmise on a over/under for Shoni playing time?
  

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Golf ends season with 12th place finish in NCAA Regional -- Sunday Cardinal Couple

CARDS WRAP UP 2014-15 WITH REGIONAL APPEARANCE

The University of Louisville women's golf team finished 12th in the NCAA South Bend regional Saturday...capping a three day effort of 902 strokes. Conference opponents Duke and Wake Forest finished first and second in the qualifier for the NCAA Championships. 

Leading the way for the Cards was redshirt junior Katie Mitchell with a 36th. place finish and a 220 three day total. Senior Emily Haas carded a 226 and fellow senior Katie Petrino toured the three days with a 232. 

Junior Laura Restrepo had a two under par the final day and shot a 227. Louise Oxner had a triplicate...three days at 78...and 234.

In addition to Haas and Petrino, the Cards graduate Haley Andreas and Sara Karlsson. 

Returning with Mitchell, Oxner and Restrepo are Shannon Gramley and freshman Molly Skapic. 

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Cardinal Couple Tuesday-Selection Monday

TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 

Selection Monday

Yesterday was Selection Monday for the NCAA Tournament.  What?  You didn't know?

72 teams and 18 individuals were announced as participants in the NCAA Women's Golf Championship to be held between May 8th and 23rd.  The Louisville women were guaranteed a position in the Championship, due to having won the American Athletic Conference Championship, but tuned in to find out their seeding and in which region they would be playing.

The answers are: 13th seed, and in the East Region.

The East Region is hosted by Florida State and will be played at Southwood Golf Club in Tallahassee, FL.  All regionals will be played between May 8th and 10th, with the National Championship occurring May 20th through the 23rd at Tulsa Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Sophomore Laura Restrepo leads the Cardinals with a 72.68 stroke average. She is ranked 63rd in the nation by Golfstat. Junior Emily Haas ranks second on the team with a 73.14. She's 9th, according to Golfstat. Junior Katie Petrino has a 73.71 average and comes in at 142nd with Golfstat. Senior Tara Lyons and freshman Shannon Gramerly fill out the usual fivesome the Cards put out on the links.

In addition to Louisville, American Conference members UCF and SMU also made the cut for regional play, with UCF being a sixth seed and also in the East Region.  Meanwhile, SMU got an 18th seed in the Central Region.

Future ACC conference-mates make appearances:

East:

1. Duke

7. Virginia

9. NC State

10. Florida State

Central:

8. North Carolina

10. Miami (FL)

West:

5. Clemson

6. Wake Forest

18. Notre Dame

There are three regions with 24 teams and six individuals playing in each region.

Softball Tidbits

Last Home Game

The Kentucky Wildcats come in to Ulmer Stadium tomorrow night for Softball.  This is a ticketed
event, unlike most softball games at Ulmer, and the stadium is expected to sell-out, but there is always room to watch from the outfield berm, which still provides excellent vantage points for the game.

With Ulmer having been newly renovated and more seats added, its expected that there will be a record crowd on hand.

The rains are expected to clear and Ulmer has fantastic drainage and a world class ground-crew tending it.  With the forecast calling for rain ending overnight Tuesday night, with only a slim chance for rain remaining, it should make for a great evening.

First pitch is at 6pm.  This will likely be your last chance to see this year's six seniors play at home, with the last three regular season games being at Memphis.

Softball Spotlight

 

For the past several weeks, Softball has let one of the players take over the @UofLSoftball twitter account one afternoon of the week.  While a date hasn't been set for this week's Spotlight, we're expecting Taner Fowler to step up to the virtual mic.  Expect about an hour of good fun on twitter as Taner answers your questions tweeted to @UofLSoftball.  As soon as we find out a date and time for this week's Softball Spotlight, we'll let you know.

Taner is one of the graduating seniors and is frequently listed as Utility for her position and this year has showed it.  She's played just about equal time at catcher, first base, third base and left field at various times this season.  Taner is from Morganfield, Kentucky, in Union County about midway between Owensboro and Paducah.

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Wednesday Cardinal Couple -- Women's Golf Wins AAC Championship!!

WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

- Haas' birdie putt on final home gives UofL the win

- Walz Ball


Excitement plus in the final round of the AAC Women's Golf Championship Tournament at the Hammock Beach Resort...Cardinal junior Emily Haas sinking a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to put Louisville past UCF by one stroke for the title.

The Cards had a final round total of 299 to overtake the Golden Knights...finishing with a 3-day total of 915.

Haas had a 54 hole score of 223 and finished second overall in individual scores. Her team-low 71 Tuesday helped guide Louisville to their fifth conference title in school history.

SMU came in third with a 928 and had the individual low score champ in Jenny Ragland who beat Haas with a 218.

The win gives UofL an automatic spot in the NCAA Regionals that will take place May 8-10. Louisville will learn which of the three regional sites they are headed to on April 28th.

Sophomore Laura Restrepo tied for seventh with a score of 229. Tara Lyons, a senior, carded a 231...good enough for a tie for tenth. Junior Katie Petrino finished at 234 and freshman Shannon Gramley totaled 236.

A great come-from-behind on the final day win for Courtney Trimble's squad. Congrats to the chip-and-putt Cards for adding another trophy to the UofL showcase and heading to women's collegiate golf's "big dance".

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Jeff Walz, head coach of the University of Louisville women’s basketball team, will walk the red carpet at The Julep Ball.

The premier Derby Eve Party with a Purpose, The Julep Ball is held annually on the evening before the Kentucky Derby and supports the work of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville. The event on May 2 at the KFC Yum! Center kicks off with a 6:30 p.m. cocktail reception, followed by dinner and a live auction at 8 p.m.
 
An Official Event of the 140th Kentucky Derby®, The Julep Ball provides a celebrity-studded night to remember with a multi-course seated dinner, a knock-your-socks-off auction, multiple open specialty bars, complimentary valet parking, and dancing until the wee hours of Derby morning. Tickets to The Julep Ball sell out early each year.

The full evening’s entertainment is $600 per person, $5,000 for a table of 10, and $100 per person for dance-only tickets. For further information and to buy tickets, go to The Julep Ball website.

As one of our readers commented...when sending me the link...will Walz have to get a suit? We say...why mess with the trademark? Wear the checked shirt...

We also wonder...although it is for a very good cause...isn't the extra $500 for dinner and the full evening's entertainment a bit high? Those gotta be some spicy meatballs and strong drinks!

Coach hobnobbing with celebs and NFL players. Who woulda thunk it seven years ago when he was trying to get Angel to roll off screens and Dez to look for the open player..

Also, the event is at the KFC YUM! Center...no foreign territory for Coach. If it all gets a little stuffy, he can always retreat to his office in the facility and watch a little game film. Or open up the practice court on the north side and coach up the attendees on layups and free throws.

Atta boy, Jeff !!!

paulie

Monday Cardinal Couple -- Cards in third place in AAC Women's Golf Tournament

MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

- Women's golf seven strokes back after Day One of Tourney

- Rowing captures five wins at Clemson

- Latest CARDINAL COUPLE radio on the Soundcloud


Louisville women's golf is in third place after the first round of the AAC Golf Championship Tournament at Hammock Beach Resort on Sunday.

The Central Florida Golden Knights are first on the leaderboard as teams battled 15-20 mile-per-hour wind gusts during round one. UCF finished 19-over-par (307) while Cincinnati recorded a 23-over-par 311 for second place. Louisville charted a 26-over-par 314 for third.

Cincinnati's Olivia Dose is the individual leader with a two-over-par 74 through 18 holes. Andrea Malek (Cincinnati) and Emily Haas (Louisville) are tied for second at 75 (+3). UCF's Ashley Holder and SMU's Jenny Haglund are both tied for fourth with four-over-par 76 scores. Laura Restrepo is tied for 9th at 78.

Tara Lyons fired an 80, Katie Petrino finished at 81 and Shannon Gramley carded and 82 as the other UofL participants.

The second round will begin at 8 a.m. eastern on Monday.


Team Results
1. UCF, 307 (+19)
2. Cincinnati, 311 (+23)
3. Louisville, 314 (+26)
4. SMU, 315 (+27)
5. Memphis, 319 (+31)
6. USF, 324 (+36)
7. Rutgers, 336 (+48)

Top-10 Individuals
1. Olivia Dose, Cincinnati, 74 (+2)
T2. Andrea Malek, Cincinnati, 75 (+3)
T2. Emily Haas, Louisville, 75 (+3)
T4. Ashley Holder, UCF, 76 (+4)
T4. Jenny Haglund, SMU, 76 (+4)
T6. Kristine Odaiyar, UCF, 77 (+5)
T6. Monifa Sealy, UCF, 77 (+5)
T6. Fanny Cnops, UCF, 77 (+5)
T9. Natalie Turk, Memphis, 78 (+6)
T9. Leighann Cabush, Memphis, 78 (+6)
T9. Raegan Bremer, Houston, 78 (+6)
T9. Laura Restrepo, Louisville, 78 (+6)  

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The Louisville rowing team had a successful weekend of racing at the Clemson Invite earning five wins overall, including a trio of victories by the second varsity eight boat.

The Cardinals' second varsity eight crew of Sophie St. Martin (coxswain), Elise Valantine, Lucy Wilshier, Lizzie DeVries, Cynthia Doyle, Kylen Pattermann, Hanna Spittel, Abbie Wade and Katie Nord finished ahead of crews from No. 13 UCLA, No. 15 Wisconsin and No. 16 Cornell in winning the three races on Lake Hartwell. The boat's fastest time of the weekend came in Sunday's first session when it defeated a field of six other crews with a time of 7:04.4. In addition, Louisville's second varsity four crew of Annie Pape (coxswain), Emma Melton, Jenny Marler, Paula Gollnick and Kylie Noltemeyer added a pair of wins defeating crews from both UCLA and Cornell. The Cardinals also earned runner-up finishes over the two days in the varsity eight, varsity four and third varsity eight boats. "I'm really proud of how the team has handled everything since the last race and especially the way we competed this weekend. They showed a lot of attention to detail in training, which was important because we had to get as much as we could out of our practices and it showed this weekend," said Louisville head coach Derek Copeland.  "The weather was certainly a factor again this weekend but we handled it much better. It was nice seeing everything come together for us. The mileage on the Ohio River has certainly paid off for this team."
 Up next, the Cardinals will have a week away from competition to prepare for a series of races in Ann Arbor, Mich., on May 3. Louisville is scheduled to compete against the host Wolverines as well as No. 3 ranked Ohio State. "Now, we have to turn our attention to completing the semester in the classroom with finals and also training for the races against Ohio State and Michigan in two weeks," said Copeland. "We have a plan for this time of the season and we know it works. We'll get plenty of rest and do a lot of studying to put ourselves in a good position for the racing in Michigan."


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Our latest edition of CARDINAL COUPLE Radio...on Crescent Hill Radio...is now up and available for listening in the archives. A good show where we talk a lot of lacrosse, softball, WNBA and Worldwide takes a lacrosse quiz. Some great soundbytes from Coach Kellie Young and Kay Morissette to hear and the usual wisecracks and in-depth reporting and analysis you've come to love and anticipate.

LINK:

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Wednesday Cardinal Couple -- Catching up on the Cards

WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

( Cardinal Couple columnist and radio personality Jenny O'Bryan checks in with the "hump day" edition of CC. Today, she looks at golfers, hoopsters, kickers and sticks!)


FORE!

The golf team finished the fall season with a trip to San Antonio, Texas in the Alamo Invitational.  The team finished overall in 9^th place with a score of 872.  Oklahoma won the event with an 840, LSU second with an 848 and Arkansas 3^rd with a score of 851. 

Emily Haas led the team finishing tied for 17^th.   Laura Restrepo finished tied at 22^nd, Katie Petrino finish tied at 50^th and Tara Lyons tied at 61^st. 

The team will open their spring season February 17.
 

Congratulations to the women of golf as they finish up a strong fall schedule. 

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GETTING THEIR KICKS

Several polls were released on Tuesday with 3 of our women’s teams ranked. 

Soccer finished the regular season this past weekend earning a first round bye in The American Conference Tournament.  The kickin’ Cards finished the season with an overall record of 12-4-1 and were rewarded with an appearance in the polls. 

In the rankings for the first time this season the Cards came in at 24^th in the Soccer America Poll and 25^th in the Top Drawer Soccer Poll.  As Jeff mentioned in the Tuesday comment section the typical poll in soccer that is referenced is the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).   In this poll the Cards are getting votes but have not quite cracked the top 25. 

Regardless of the polling, the soccer team is getting some recognition for a great season played.  Having earned the first round bye, you can see your Soccer Cards at Cardinal Park on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. matching up against the winner of Memphis vs. Houston on Friday evening.   (Louisville beat both teams in regular season play). 

Get out and see the team this Sunday!
 

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THE FLOCK PREPARES FOR TOURNEY

As we have been talking about on Cardinal Couple Radio hour, the Field Hockey Cards have had a fantastic season.    The team heads in to the final weekend of regular season play, at home at Trager Field, this weekend before Big East Tournament play starts next weekend. 

The most recent polling has the hockey team heading in to the final weekend ranked 14^th in the nation!   Get out and support your favorite sticks this weekend and join the team for senior day against Kent State on Sunday. 

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HOOPS DE DOO!

FINALLY, basketball season is here!  With one week to go before the lone exhibition game of the season for our basketball team, the first 2013-14 USA Coaches Poll was released on Tuesday.    The coaches ranked Louisville 5^th in the nation coming in behind Connecticut, Duke, Stanford and Tennessee.    Check here for the full poll:
 

http://www.wbca.org/blog/index.cfm/2013/10/29/20132014-PreSeason-DI-Poll/

Connecticut enters the season as the prohibitive favorite to win the National Championship ( hmm...how’d that work out for Baylor?) and received all but one vote from the coaches, Tennessee receiving a lone vote. 
 

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NOW BATTING...

 

I’ll be writing for the Friday edition of Cardinal Couple this week.  I will take a quick look at the out of conference (OOC) slate of the schedule and giving you my predictions for the first half of the season. 

You want to weigh in?  Send me your thoughts at:

jennyo70@yahoo.com or send information directly to Paulie at Cardinal Couple and I will include it in the Friday edition.  


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