Success - A Response...SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Ruminations on the Meaning of "Success"

In yesterday's article, Case wrote a fantastic short essay about the nature of Success.  Ok, there was more to it than just a philosophical and epistemological discussion about what "Success" means, but it was definitely an article that made many of us pull up short and think about the meaning of the term.

I couldn't just let the topic go, though, so, on this lazy Sunday morning, I find myself ruminating about some of the ideas, and I'll also share where I agree and disagree with Case on what I would consider a successful season for each of the women's sports teams at UofL.

Sports fans seem to frequently define success as achievements specifically within sports for their team and/or the individuals of that team.  Towards the more reasonable end of the sports fandom spectrum, you'll find fans that see success not just in National Championships, but steps along the way.  It seems pretty rare, in my perception, to find many sports fans that look for success beyond that, and I think that's something of a shame.  Case mentioned Brian Brohm and Luke Hancock.  Brohm is in the coaching staff at Purdue where his brother is head coach, and Luke, after playing limited pro ball suffered a career ending injury and is now a financial advisor.

Of course, my sport of choice is Volleyball, so I'd like to highlight some of the spectrum of success that see coming out of that team over the past years.

Let's look at a few players, and let's start with some of the players that have gone on to play
professional volleyball.  The first that come to mind are Lola Arslanbeckova, and Erin Fairs.  Lola had several years of playing professional volleyball, mostly in Puerto Rico, but has since had a child and is spending some time being a mother.  Where does more success come from there?  I have no children of my own (I have a niece and a nephew, both of whom are absolutely delightful, and I find tremendous joy in being an uncle), but I surely tip my hat to those who chose to have children and raise them well.  That's a contract that's at least a couple of decades long.  Erin Fairs is about to start playing professional volleyball with her 4th team in Romania.  She has already spent time in Sweden, Puerto Rico, and Turkey and has seen a great deal of team success on those teams.  Is there non-sports professional life ahead for Erin?  I have no clue, but from the little I got to know her in her year with the Cardinals, I have little doubt that whatever is ahead for her, it will be able to be described as successful.

But what about some other volleyball players?  Emily Juhl was a great hitter and server for the Cardinals, but chose not to pursue a professional sports career.  Emily is enrolled in the UofL School of Dentistry, and has already had the opportunity to put her developing skills in that field to some charitable use.  You could disagree about how much success she had on the volleyball court at UofL, and what impact she had on the team, though I think, pretty clearly, it would be an disagreement about degree of success, rather than success vs failure.  Clearly, though, she is a success story in what she is doing with her life "post-sports".

Friday, I posted a fun article about Gabbie Wiley playing in a Mud Volleyball tournament back home in Hannibal, MO.  But let's talk a little bit more about Gabbie, not only is she tearing it up as a defensive and serving specialist, but she's been named to pretty much every honor roll list announced for the past couple of years, making (just on a quick check) the Athletic Director Honor Roll at UofL for multiple years, but also the ACC Honor Roll.  Let's remember that she's a pre-med student, while playing D1 varsity Volleyball.  This is not a light workload, by any stretch of the imagination.  I don't expect Gabbie to go play pro volleyball anywhere, but I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone who knows this young woman, even to the limited degree that I know her, that would say she is and will be anything but a success.

SUCCESSFUL

Case touched on this idea yesterday, but I want to amplify it a bit.  Let's not just consider success as an on-the-court measure for UofL Sports.  Yes, it's awesome to talk about being the only school to have ever had a Heisman winner and a Golden Glove winner in the same year, and I have no doubt that Lamar Jackson and Brendan McKay will see success in the pro ranks of their respective sports, but lets look beyond that as well.  Let's look at Teddy Bridgewater, who has seen some professional success, but also embodies success just in who he is (just look at the loyalty and admiration he has engendered, even in the pros...where players are thought of even more as commodities to build value for the team - well compensated along the way, to be sure - to be discarded as soon as they are no longer useful).

As much as I love to rip the NCAA as an organization, there is one slogan they have that is good to remember.  "....Most will be going professional in something other than sports."  Let's not shortchange the success to be found there.

What About the Teams, Though?

OK, a couple of quick thoughts about what success will mean for the UofL Women's sports teams this year.

Soccer: Generally agree, here.  Also, I'm not as knowledgable about soccer, so defer quite a bit to Case and Paulie's judgements here.

Field Hockey: Generally agree, again.  Though 5 losses probably doesn't earn you a top 2 spot in the ACC in this sport.

Volleyball: Top 4 in the ACC would be a moderate success for me.  I think this team can win the conference, and I'd like to see them advance to the 2nd weekend of NCAA tournament play.

Basketball: I don't think anything short of a Final Four appearance will be considered a fully successful season for this sport anymore. Top 3 in conference, Elite Eight in NCAA is a good season, though.

Lacrosse: Top 3 in conference is probably good for top 5 in the nation in this sport.  I'd agree with that criteria, but bump up the tournament expectations to a Semi's appearance.

Softball: Top 3 in conference is probably pretty good (I doubt anyone takes FSU out of the top spot if they're half as good as they were this year), and I think a Super Regional appearance that goes 3 games would definitely crown a successful season.

THE CARDINAL COUPLE RADIO HOUR

We had a great time in the studio yesterday with Paulie, Worldwide, Case and Jared! A GREAT interview with Asia Taylor, a challenging quiz (for some) and our usual totally irrelevant, off the subject rants and diversions. DID YOU MISS IT?

Not to worry....the replay is HERE

-- JMcA

GOING THROUGH THE E-MAIL FOLDER -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

YOU SEND 'EM...WE'LL ANSWER THEM

One of the many fun things about running a website and doing a radio show is that we get e-mails from a vast array of people about a variety of subjects. Every once in a while, I like to post a few up (names ALWAYS withheld) with my reply. Snark and sarcasm sometimes come into play  

We joke on The Right Side Of The Site that the staff chimps print each one out, cover it in banana pudding and feed it to Bill The Goat after replying to you...actually, that isn't true...ol' Paulie adjusts the spectacles and sends a garbled response to each sender after mas tequila and a trip to the Oasis. 

What is going on with Dakota Weatherford?  We've received several inquiries about "the attack Yorkie" who shone so brightly throughout the 2015-16 WBB season. It seems her name is no longer on the WBB Roster over at gocards.com according to a few of you. I had CoCo the Chimp verify that (and, yes, it's true...she is no longer listed on the roster) so I sent several bloodhounds to the Belknap Campus to see if they could track her down. They came back with Sidney Melton and several unpaid parking tickets. 

Calls to Walz resulted in discussions of iambic poetry, the Derby contenders, a challenge to see who could hit the most free throws blindfolded and a lengthy review of the Keynesian economics platform. 

We expect the mad scientist will divulge more on this later when he feels it's time to do so and...on a personal note...c'mon people, it's not even May yet! Channel some of that women's basketball energy over to softball and lacrosse for a few weeks for ol' Paulie and the squads. OK? 

Is anyone else leaving the UofL WBB Roster? 

I get speculation on this from people who put way too much thought into it. I've heard, from a few of you, a varied range of possible departures...from Erin DeGrate to Brianna Jones...with a dash of Arica Carter and Sam Fuehring thrown in for seasoning. 

Let's turn this around. Let's play this game. Who else is leaving the UK WBB Roster? With the recent announcement of 6'2" freshman Batouly Camara and assistant coach Tamika Williams-Jeter jumping off the ship...UK has had six departures since the fall. For you conspiracy theorists out there among you, that's a much better story. 

Players come, players go. It's a fact of life in women's college basketball these days. Don't lose sleep over it.

WHY DIDN'T CANDACE PARKER MAKE THE OLYMPIC TEAM?

This one is puzzling to all. The roster will be announced Wednesday and the over/under on UConn players that'll go to Rio is currently at 5 in Vegas.

Personally, I think it's a shame.

Parker still has game and she is a great ambassador for women's basketball. Geno will formulate some type of response, he may have already....but as I tweeted out when I heard about her omission: 

" Leaving Parker off the USA team is like not inviting LeBron James to a dunking contest. Incredulous."

IS KELSI WORRELL THE BEST WOMEN'S ATHLETE TO EVER PLAY AT LOUISVILLE? 

That's a tough one. She certainly would rank in the top three, in my opinion. If I was forced to give you a "top five" of UofL women's athletes...she'd be in there with Angel McCoughtry, Lola Arsenbekova, Aja Sherman and Nikki Boltja. What say you? Is Kelsi top of the list? 

So...keep those e-mails coming. We relish your opinions, feedback and commentary. 

paulie
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Sunday Cardinal Couple

SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Year of the Cardinal

-Nice surprise

Louisville has a lot to be proud of in their athletic acheivements from the 2013 season. Now, there's a link you can go to which chronicles all these successes:

YEAR OF THE CARDINAL

Which of the acheivements was the best? That is a hard one to pick. Winning a national championship is hard to top. Taking a BCS Bowl game in football also ranks high. The runner-up finish in women's basketball another contender.

Feel free to tell us which is #1 in your opinion in the comments section.

For me, the best game of the year was Louisville's upset
win over Baylor in women's basketball in the Oklahoma City regionals. It may be the biggest upset ever in the history of women's basketball.

While I'm looking at moments that were good, I'll also offer a couple of moment that weren't so good..for fair and balanced reporting. Watching Louisville WBB lose a double digit lead to Kentucky in the KFC YUM! Center stung. Seeing UCLA destroy the softball Cards in the regionals at Ulmer was a nightmare also.

And if it is the year of the Cardinal...who was the best Cardinal in women's sports?

I'll offer five. You can pick one or come up with your own.

1) Shoni Schimmel. Her season was an excellent one and she's preparing to play in the World University Games. I'll never forget her "how do you like me now?" moment after hitting the impossible shot against Brit Griner.

2) Alicja Wolny. Led the softball Cards in hitting and made the Great Britian National Team for the European Championships. Was the embodiment of team leadership for Sandy Pearsall's squad and is also a fun interview.

3) Rachel Melhado. A steller star for Karen Ferguson Dayes soccer squad and is also getting some overseas time playing for Team Canada in Germany. Solid mid-fielder and defender that leads by example.

4) Lola Arsenbeckova. The outside hitter powerhouse for Louisville Volleyball willed the Cards to a great season and another BIG EAST Championship with her "killing" ways.

5) Nikki Boltja. The big-time lacrosse scorer was at the forefront of Louisville lacrosse's turnaround season. Leader in scoring, determination and hard work for a very good, young and talented team returning for Kellie Young.

Good choices all. But, when it's the Year of the Cardinal, that's how it should be.

Women's Coach of the Year at UofL? That's another toughie, since a bunch of them had great seasons. I'll go with Jeff Walz...getting a group of kids to believe in themselves and what they could accomplish. It got them to New Orleans and the NCAA WBB Finals.

Years ago, there was a song out by a guy named Al Stewart named "Year of the Cat". No, it wasn't about UK. Who would you choose to step up and write and perform "Year of the Cardinal?" I'll suggest a couple of singers with Louisville roots. How about Mickey Clark, the ol' Cardinal Cannonball hmself? Or our favorite year at CARDINAL COUPLE...Robbie Bartlett? Maybe even pep band director Al Greener...Or, Russ Smith? He seems like he can do everything Louisville related.

I have to confess, though...every year is Year of the Cardinal for me, though. From the first goal attempt for Louisville Soccer in early August to the final catch in the outfield at Ulmer Stadium...the eight months or so of Louisville women's athletics is a very special time.

Good thoughts about a good season. And next year could be just as good. I can hardly wait.

-Paulie

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I chose not to attend Churchill Downs last night because of the impending, forecasted weather and also because I'd been there the last two days. I did have a little money left in my Twinspires and TVG accounts, though...so I did a little pre-racing wagering and got involved in other pursuits Saturday night.

Got around to checking it this morning.

A nice surprise on a minimal 50 cent wager on a Pick 3 at Churchill for me. I used Brian Hernandez, Jr. on Maypark and a couple of others in the 5th. race. Maypark got it done.

Picked the favorite and Hernandez again and added Seton Hall in the 6th. Since we're leaving the BIG EAST, it seemed the right thing to do. Seton Hall wins at 32-1. (It may be the biggest win ever associated with the name SETON HALL.) Also a $4 across the board on the Ian Wilkes horse.

Finished it up with JJ Hysell's pick Debt Ceiling and Runkle in the 7th. Debt Ceiling romps them at 5-1.

Payout? $603. Barely an IRS reportable. But...acceptable.

That covers a week of being unemployed.

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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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