SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE:
-Women's Soccer reaches finals with win over Notre Dame
-Field Hockey gives UConn a battle but loses
-Saturday Breeders Cup Picks
The University of Louisville women's soccer team will play for the BIG EAST Tournament title Sunday. A huge win yesterday over rival Notre Dame...the Cards taking down the Irish 2-1.
The Cards opened the scoring when Christine Exeter took a pass from Jordan Pawlik and drove one into the net after just three minutes of play in the first half. Louisville would strike again just eight minutes later...Kaitie McDonald using her head - literally - to knock in a kick from Jennifer Jones.
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| Kiefer had seven saves against Notre Dame |
That 2-0 lead held for the first half and the Cards defense proved up to the task in the second half...holding the Irish to just one goal and getting the win.
Chloe Kiefer performed well in the net for UofL...getting seven saves. The Irish outshot Louisville 19-11 and held an 11-3 advantage in corner kicks. Louisville led in the category that mattered most, though...with two goals.
The Cards advance to the championship game and will play West Virginia at noon Sunday. The Mountaineers drubbed Georgetown 5-1 in the other semifinal game yesterday. It'll be the first meeting of the year for the two. Louisville lost to WVU in 2010 in Morgantown 2-1. The Cards are 0-4-1 all-time against West Virginia. Louisville is on a eight game win streak currently and will give the Mountaineers all they want Sunday.
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Field Hockey jumped out to a early 2-0 lead against Connecticut yesterday in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Field Hockey Championships but couldn't make it stand...losing 3-2 to the Huskies in Syracuse. The Cards fired early against UConn...Hayley Turner taking a Mallory Mason pass to the net just 2 minutes into the contest. UofL would find pay dirt again just eight minutes later when Erin Schneidtmiller fed Elizabeth Vance by the left post...Vance scoring and giving the Cards a surprising two goal advantage over the #4 Huskies.
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| Erin Conrad will be back next year to tend goal for UofL |
The Huskies tied it up seven minutes into the second half and the game evolved into a defensive struggle until Cara Silverman smacked home the game winner for Connecticut with just ten minutes left in the action. Louisville was outshot 14-2 in the game...Conrad with nine saves for the Cards.
Louisville ends the regular season with a 10-9 record and will now wait to see if they receive an at-large bid to participate in the NCAA Tournament.
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We had an excellent day with the six Breeders Cup races at Churchill Downs...having winners in five of the races. Sonja correctly predicted that PERFECT SHIRL would shock the field and she did...at 27-1 odds. Perhaps the most impressive race of the day was MY MISS AUERLIA just destroying the field when the Juvenile Fillies hit the stretch. Look out for her as a 3 year old...the Oaks or even the Kentucky Derby not out of reach for this Steve Asmussen trained gal. OK, enough bragging...there are nine Breeders Cup races for this Saturday and we're going to try and give you some good winners.
Remember, our selections are for entertainment purposes only. If you followed along with Sonja yesterday...you were massively entertained. We put $2 across the board on all three of our picks per race yesterday. $18 a race wagered and for the six races, we each bet a total of $108 for the day. Here's how we did:
Sonja...four winners and total money returned $134 Profit: $26
Paul.....four winners and total money returned $89 Loss: $19
Paul: "Don't wear the crown too tightly, girl...because I'm gonna snatch it right off your head on Saturday."
Sonja: "It's lonely here at the top...prom wave to poor, pitiful Paul below."
Here's today's offerings:
BREEDERS CUP MARATHON
Paul Sonja
Baryshnikov Bird Run
Bird Run Giant Oak
Au Miner Cease
JUVENILE TURF
Paul Sonja
Majestic City Finale
Casper Nets Majestic City
Finale Lucky Chappy
SPRINT
Paul Sonja
Big Drama Big Drama
Aikenite Giant Ryan
Jackson Bend Force Freeze
TURF SPRINT
Paul Sonja
Caracortado Regally Ready
Chamberlain Bridge Country Day
Hoofit Perfect Officer
DIRT MILE
Paul Sonja
Shackelford Trappe Shot (best bet of the day)
Trappe Shot Wilburn
Wilburn Caleb's Posse
TURF
Paul Sonja
Sarafina Sarafina
Stately Victor Await the Dawn
Await the Dawn Sea Moon
JUVENILE
Paul Sonja
Hansen (best bet of the day) Union Rags
Union Rags Hansen
Dullahan Drill
MILE
Paul Sonja
Goldikova Gio Ponti
Court Vision Goldikova
Gio Ponti Courageous Cat
CLASSIC
Paul Sonja
Uncle Mo Ice Box
Drosselmeyer Harve de Grace
Game on Dude Uncle Mo
(For what it's worth, we both also like Buckleupbuttercup, Freedom Star and May Day Rose in the 12th. and final race of the day...the Chiulkki Stakes.)
Good luck everybody!!
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