TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE


(Tuesday brings another edition of Sandy's laundry day, read by fastidious homemakers and hotel employees from sea to shining sea...and complimentary breakfast bar.)



This week I am trying out one load in each of the machines in laundry where a later report indicating the best to worse wash results will be issued.

GOLF

The golf team is preparing for their upcoming Sunday – Tuesday matches in Sorrento, Florida where they will participate in the UCF Golf Tournament.   Even if we can’t go, perhaps we can all do our part with a shout out to the team with words of encouragement and maybe they will bring some of that warm Florida weather back to us.

02/10/13	UCF Challenge	Sorrento, Fla.	All Day
02/11/13	UCF Challenge	Sorrento, Fla.	All Day
02/12/13	UCF Challenge	Sorrento, Fla.	All Day

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VOLLEYBALL

As we all were fortunate to read this week’s Sunday edition where events from the Volleycards sold out banquet at PNC were described.  A special link labeled as Photo Gallery can be found at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/020313aaa.html# where transitions and a slide show are available.  For those of you who cannot get enough of the evening, the link also provides an additional read of the night’s events from another perspective.

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Louisville Women’s Sports Teams Schedule for the Week

Thanks to http://www.gocards.com/ we can find this week’s complete U of L’s team schedules with a portion shown here.

Wednesday, Feb 6
SPORT		OPPONENT		LOCATION			TIME				COVERAGE
Friday, Feb 8
Softball		Texas Tech			Las Vegas				4:15 PM
Softball		UNLV			Las Vegas				6:45 PM
Women's Tennis		Eastern Michigan			Yipsilanti, Mich.				1:00 PM
Saturday, Feb 9
Women's Basketball		PITTSBURGH				KFC YUM! CENTER			2:00 PM
Softball		DePaul				Las Vegas			12:00 PM
Softball		UCF				Las Vegas			4:30 PM
Sunday, Feb 10 SPORT OPPONENT            LOCATION TIME COVERAGE Softball    Minnesota             Las Vegas 1:15 PM Women's Tennis    Michigan State             East Lansing, Mich. 10:00 AM Women's Lacrosse    CANISIUS             UofL LACROSSE STADIUM 12:00 PM Women's Golf    UCF Challenge             Sorrento, Fla. All Day Monday, Feb 11 SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME COVERAGE Women's Basketball Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 9:00 PM WatchESPN Women's Golf UCF Challenge Sorrento, Fla. All Day
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                                                        SOCIAL MEDIA

CONTACT OUR TEAMS AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

Louisville Athletics' Official Social Media Accounts

U of L Teams and Coaches Twitter and Facebook accounts can be found at http://www.gocards.com/ot/connect-with-cards.html.

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BASKETBALL

“SHOWTIME”

“Showtime” is back as Shoni Schimmel was named Big East Player of the Week.  The award obviously was strongly influenced by her 38 point South Florida game where she also tied the school record with 8 made 3 pointers.  The complete story can be read at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/020413aaa.html

PITTSBURGH GAME

Fans need to gear up for Saturday’s 2:00 Pittsburgh game at the KFC YUM! Center as our number of regular season home games are drawing to a close.  My understanding is that there will be no television broadcast of the game which leaves radio and Cards TV.  I only wish the timing of the audio from Matt and AJ matched the action on the court as it would be a great addition to following the action on the court.   Add instant replay on the big screen and no home transmission could ever match.  Past time for another record crowd to be cheering on the team!

GEORGETOWN GAME

Go to http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/020213aac.html  to see the Recap/ Final Stats/ Photo Gallery and Notes from quotes by Jeff Walz.

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THIS WEEKS’S TELEVISION BROADCAST

Day	Broadcast Date	Broadcast Time (ET)	Network	Network Attribute	Status	Description
Saturday	02/09/2013	NOON	Metro Sports2		Live	Division II Women's Basketball - Regular Season - Nova Southeastern at Florida Southern
Saturday	02/09/2013	NOON	CBS Sports Network		Live	Division II Women's Basketball - Regular Season - Nova Southeastern at Florida Southern
Saturday	02/09/2013	NOON	NCAA.com		Live	Division II Women's Basketball - Regular Season - Nova Southeastern at Florida Southern
Sunday	02/10/2013	6:00 PM	Cox Sports Television (CST)		Tape Delay	Division II Women's Basketball - Regular Season - Nova Southeastern at Florida Southern

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LACROSSE

The Lacrosse teams long awaited and announced first match is upon us.   They play next Sunday at our home field against Canisius with a start time of 12:00.

RECRUITS

Thanks to  http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/012813aad.html  we have a great overview of each of the 7 new Lacrosse recruits.  Connect with the hyperlink above to have the opportunity to read about each new Louisville Card. 

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SOCCER UPDATES AND SPOTLIGHT

All semester GoCards.com  will be writing weekly updates on this year’s team in a  "Behind the Scenes" blog. In February Nicole Gerber will give us a special glimpse into the world behind these Cardinals.  Check it out at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/020113aab.html.  The site also spotlights midfielder Erin Yenney at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/020413aab.html.

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SOFTBALL
 

On the 8^th, 9^th and 10^th the softball team opens in the Sportco Kick-Off Classic in Las Vegas, NV.    Over the course of the 3 days they will play Texas Tech, UNLV, DePaul, UCF and Minnesota.

 

Coach Pearsall
 

There is a special article on Coach Pearsall by Brian Davis, NFCA Director of Media Relations which you won’t want to miss.  His story goes not only inside the balls and strikes of softball but also focuses on her other life-long interest.   Read about it at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/020413aab.html.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING
 

The swimming and diving teams are taking a short competition break in order to better prepare for the February 27 and 28^th Big East Championships which are being held in a short driving distance to Indianapolis.  The coaches are moving practices to private pool where they will not be disturbed.

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TENNIS

Last week the women's Tennis team upset the nationally ranked Minnesota Gophers.  The article is located at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/020213aaa.html.

Next up on the 8^th then 10^th of February will be Eastern Michigan held at Ypsilanti, Michigan and then Michigan State which is also away but at their campus East Lansing location.

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TRACK

The Track team is nearing the end of their indoor season by using this time to prepare for the February 16 and 17 Big East Championships which this year are held in Geneva, Ohio.

In preparation, on February 2^nd  Louisville had 9 top 5 finishes in the Meyo Invitational.   The complete results can be found at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-track/recaps/020213aaa.html.