It might be just a little too cool and breezy for knocking the ball around on the outdoor courts but the action inside the Bass-Rudd tennis is red hot. The University of Louisville women's tennis team recently skunked Morehead State 7-0 Sunday and handled Bowling Green 5-2 on Saturday. The Cards are 2-0 in the dual match part of the tennis season.
The tennis season is one of the longest seasons played by any of the athletic teams of the University of Louisville. They begin play in mid September and take part in invitationals and tournaments until mid November. Then, after a 2 month break, they go into matches directly against other schools until mid April. The Big East Tournament and the NCAA Tournament follows after that.
Unlike many other Big East sports, the member schools do not have to play each conference opponent. In fact...it's quite the opposite. Louisville only faces DePaul, Marquette and Cincinnati in the regular season and they play eighteen other non-conference opponents before the Big East tournament. A schedule Rick Pitino would undoubtably love...
Amelia Harris and Stefanie Villajuan are the Cards #1 doubles team and Sarah Miller and Mandy Brown the #1 and #2 singles players. Head coach Mark Beckham is in his second season leading the team. He was an assistant coach for the men's team at UofL for 12 years.
The Cards host Eastern Kentucky next...a noon match Friday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Complex.
Tennis. Another sport with a net. Interested, Gwen Rucker? You could be the next Venus Williams in waiting...
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Basketball returns to Freedom Hall Tuesday night for the Lady Cards. They host Notre Dame at 7 p.m. The Irish come to Louisville after a sound thumping on the road from #1 UConn Saturday night. No doubt they'll be ready to show that the #3 ranking they had prior to the debacle in Hartford was not an overrating, despite the UConn fan chants at the end of that game. UConn simply shut down the Irish in the first 10 minutes of the game and proved that they are miles ahead of any other women's college basketball program this year.
The Irish are quick, deep and talented. Although most of their starting lineup is veteran and experienced, freshman guard Skylar Diggins is having a break out first year for head coach Muffet McGraw, who is one of the most likeable and knowledgable in the business.
Barlow, Peters, Schrader, Lechlitner, Bruszewski, Williamson...seems like these girls have been at Notre Dame forever. Another night where UofL can expect the full court, trapping pressure.
Here's hoping the Cards can keep it close. Paul will be at the game and do the recap. I'll be following the action from work on the radio and my buddies Jim Kelch and Adrienne Johnson.
Written by Sonja
1/19/10
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