Monday Cardinal Couple - UofL women ready for ACC Golf?

MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Cards and ACC women's golf

-Louisville WBB 9-1. Not too shabby.

When the Louisville Cardinals join the ACC in 2014, the women's golf team will have three established veterans on the squad and three promising members of the 2013 recruiting class.

Katie Petrino, Emily Haas and Sara Karlsson will be seniors then and all three have been steady contributors since their arrival on campus. Coach Courtney Trimble has also inked three golfers due to arrive on campus next fall who have very impressive credentials.

Louise Oxner

Louise Oxner, from Greenville, SC is a Palmetto state two time champion. Emily Kurey out of Alpharetta, GA was second in the state last year and has won four major junior golf events throughout the south over the past couple of years. Shannon Gramley, from Shady Side Academy, PA is a two-time Pennsylvania state champ. These three look to be golfers that can come in and contribute right away for Trimble and the Cards and will have a year of experience in their bags when the Cards join the ACC.

Emily Kurey

Women's golf is a little different than the other ACC (and BIG EAST) sports in the nature of the season. Teams play in classics and tournaments and there are no two-team contests...like basketball, softball or field hockey have. The schools gather for a tournament at the end of the season to determine the conference champ...but there is no regular season title at stake.

The ACC had nine schools field teams (including Maryland) in 2012 and Duke won the ACC Women's Golf Championship. Seven of the teams qualified for the NCAA tournament regionals.

Shannon Gramley

Besides Duke...UNC, NC State, Virginia, Florida State, Wake Forest, Miami and Boston College field teams. Duke was ranked #4 as of November 30th...UNC #9, Virginia #16 and NC State #19. Notre Dame will add to ACC strength, ranked #17. The Cards were #58. Future members Syracuse or Pitt do not field field women's golf teams.

Emily Haas

How the tournaments and events that Louisville will participate in over the next couple of years set up probably won't change too much. The level of competition come tournament time, though...looks to be much stronger than the Cards have been facing in the BIG EAST...where they finished third in the tournament this fall.

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The Louisville women's basketball team (9-1) is ranked at #8 in the nation as the Cards prepare to spend a little time on Fall semester finals...then games on Friday and then next Tuesday and Friday before getting 10 days off for Christmas break.

Despite this success, there has been dialouge here (and on other sites) about the effectiveness of Jeff Walz's coaching style. Namely, the game against Kentucky...where the Cats came back from a 14 point deficit to win in the KFC YUM! Center.

Coach Walz will tell you that he will do what he and the staff feel is necessary to win games. We agree and trust fully in the options and style of play that the Lady Cards employ in their contests.

Witness the DePaul Blue Demons. They went into the Kentucky game Friday night with Doug Bruno (DePaul head coach) thinking they could run with UK.

Big mistake. UK 96 - DePaul 64.

Louisville, on the other hand, knew the Cats strength and turned it into a defensive struggle. They held UK to 48 points...their lowest point total of the year. Even Baylor gave up 51 to UK.

(Photo by Charlie Springer - UofL Card Game)

Walz has also developed his bench into players that can come in and produce immediately. Witness the improvement of Jude Schimmel and Nita Slaughter this season. Sherrone Vails and Cortnee Walton had strong games against Valpo and there's nothing to suggest that those two won't continue to contribute as the season goes on.

Still, the griping about Walz continues.

We hope the Louisville women's basketball fans realize what a great coach and staff the Lady Cards have. We hope that they are here a long time. The women's college basketball world realizes it...with Bethann Ord and Michelle Clark-Heard getting head coaching jobs after several years of Walz's tuteledge. Cam Newbauer is being groomed for a head coaching spot down the road as well and so is Samantha Williams. Both will make great head coaches someday. Stephanie Norman has been with Walz since he arrived here. Coach Steph is equally responsible for the Cards success over the last five years and she's probably had offers to have her own program as well. We'd hate to see her go as well.

The old adage is that you don't miss what you've got until it's gone. We hope we don't have to worry about that in regards to the UofL head coach and his staff for a very long time.

Sonja and I have sat through the lean years of Louisville women's basketball in the past. We endured the losses to Western, UK and lesser schools like FIU, Oakland, Evansville and Chattanooga. We have no desire to re-visit those days. We're confident that under the leadership of Jeff and staff, we won't.

The Cardinal football team implores you to "get on the train". We ask you to "enjoy the Sho" and quit tearing down the "Walz". (Sorry about the steal from the late President Reagan when he pleaded "Tear down that wall, Mr. Gorbechev" )

9-1. #8 in the nation. Not too shabby, Cardinal fans. Beats a double-digit loss to UNC-Charlotte any day of the week. We recall travelling to Muncie, IN back in 2002 to see the UofL women's team play Ball State in the first round of the WNIT and lose. That's when things were rough. Sometimes a glimpse into the past makes one realize how good you've got it currently. 

You've got it good, Cardinal WBB fans. Appreciate it.
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MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE


-IU vs UofL in WBB: Why not? 


-Cards south of the border


(David Watson has the Monday Cardinal Couple for you. As usual, he's got questions. Enjoy) 

The campuses of Indiana University and the University of Louisville are only about 90 minutes apart but they've only met in women's basketball nine time in 37 years. Only three of these meetings have been on the Cards home court, all wins. The series record is, coincidentally, 3-6 in favor of IU. The two haven't met since the 2005-06 season, under Tom Collen, when Louisville won 72-67 in Freedom Hall. Helen Johnson had 20 points that night for the Cards and Katie Olson and Missy Taylor added 12 points each. 


Isn't it time for these two to get together again? 

There have been a few changes in Bloomington. Following a 6-24 season in 2011-12, the Hoosiers decided to change coaches and brought Curt Miller on board. A good move. Curt is the 16th winningest coach by percentage in NCAA D1 history. 258-92 (.737) 


Wins are good, IU. Have some.


Curt goes westward from Bowling Green, where he also accomplished a 100% graduation rate in 11 years and a team G.P.A. that never dropped below 3.0 


Knowledge is good also, Curt, Good job. 

UofL assistant coach
Cam Newbauer has
a little sister who plays
at IU. 

The Hoosier are probably tired of being the laughingstock of Big 10 women's basketball. 1-15 last year probably didn't have them lining up early to get into Assembly Hall. Since Tom Crean is busy with turning the men's program around, the brain-trust at IU probably figured that if one change is good, two just might be better. Enter Curt, Exit Felicia. 


It may not be easy at first for Curt. He's losing three out of his top four scorers via graduation. Two players of note that I'm guessing will be back are Andrea Newbauer and Quaneishia McCurdy. 


Newbauer is UofL assistant coach Cameron Newbauer little sister. She got around 28 minutes a game last year and will be a senior in the upcoming season. She was a terrific guard in IU high school hoops. 

Quaneishia McCurdy was an early verbal to UofL back in her high school days at Dalton, GA. She suddenly changed her mind and announced that she was signing with IU. At 6'5" she has the height to be effective in the post. She may have glanced at the UofL roster, though and realized she'd be an after-thought in the playing rotation. In her freshman season at IU last year, she played about 15 minutes a game and averaged around five points a contest. 


It's time to span the bridge and get these two schools playing again. An IU game would probably draw a few more into the YUM! than Gardner-Webb or Austin Peay.


Jeff, meet Curt. Curt, meet Cam. Cam, call your sister. Shake hands and add each other to your non-conference schedules. 


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UofL WBB is headed to Mexico for hoops before Thanksgiving. CARDINAL COUPLE writer Sandy Walker will have more on that tomorrow. I backed off the article because every time I think of my horrible week in Cancun I get nauseous and run to the bathroom. 


When they tell you that you shouldn't drink the water, that also includes ice in drinks. 


Bleck. 


Stay with the bottled stuff, Shoni and Bria. 


(David Watson is a special correspondent for CARDINAL COUPLE. He also claims he invented the sticky stuff on the back of Post-It notes but we're pretty sure he didn't.) 
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Cameron Newbauer hired by Jeff Walz

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FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE


-Georgia assistant joins UofL WBB staff


-Lacrosse falls to Loyola, MD 17-8


-Megan Deines wins Ozark Conference award


-Softball squares off for two against Rutgers Friday


-Former UofL football coach Bobby Petrino placed on administrative leave at Arkansas

Louisville head coach Jeff Walz has announced the addition of Indiana native and Georgia assistant women's basketball coach Cameron Newbauer as a new addition to his staff. Newbauer replaces Michelle Clark-Heard, who was named the head coach at Western Kentucky University. 


"We are thrilled to add the experience and work ethic of Cameron Newbauer to our staff." said Walz. "He is one of the best young assistants in the game whose energy and passion are unparalleled in the coaching industry. He brings a competitive intensity to our program that will engage recruits, bolster player development and enhance our commitment to excellence in the classroom. Cameron is a tireless recruiter who has contributed to numerous top 10 classes in his tenure and there is no doubt he will hit the ground running with our staff this spring." 


Sounds like Walz has found a good one in Newbauer. His younger sister, Andrea, is a junior guard on the Indiana University squad. Here's the Cameron timeline:


April 2012 - accepts Louisville position
2007-2012 - assistant coach at University of Georgia WBB
2005-2007 - director of basketball operations University of Georgia MBB
2004-2005 - assistant coach Siena College MBB
2003-2004 - graduate manager at Georgia MBB
2001-2003 - director of basketball operations Siena College


Newbauer graduated from Leo High School in Leo, IN. which is near Ft. Wayne. He has a master's degree in recreation and leisure studies from Georgia. In May 2011, Newbauer married the former Sarah Millender, a student assistant for Continuing Education Learning Services at the University of Georgia.


Welcome to the 'Ville', Cameron and Sarah! Congratulations on joining the Cardinal family and enjoy the best college sports town in America! 


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Louisville Lacrosse fell to Loyola, MD 17-8 this afternoon in blustery conditions at the lacrosse stadium on the Belknap Campus. 


"It was a disappointing showing for our squad. Our youth continues to struggle with finding consistency and Loyola took advantage of that from the first draw." -- Louisville head lacrosse coach Kellie Young.

The Cards battled #15 Loyola to a scoreless tie until the 24 minute mark...when the Greyhounds went on a 3-0 run. Louisville's Eleni Kozas stopped the run with her 10th goal of the season. The Greyhound's finished the half with a 8-1 advantage and took a 11-2 lead into the locker room. 


The teams battled pretty evenly in the second half...each scoring six goals. Louisville closed strong with the final five goals of the game. 


Louisville falls to 3-7, 1-2 for the season and will host #13 Georgetown next on Saturday, April 7th. Game time is noon and the first 250 fans in attendance will receive an exclusive Louisville Cardinals water bottle. Admission is free. 


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2012 Louisville women's basketball signee Megan Deines has been named the Ozark Conference High School Player of the Year. The Glendale (MO) High School senior received the most votes for the first team as well.


Her coach, Renee Temple, received Coach of the Year honors also in the Ozark Conference. 


Deines joins St. Mary's (AZ) Cortnee Walton in Louisville's 2012 class. Monny Niamke, a transfer from Lindsey Wilson College is expected to join the Lady Cards as well when fall practice begins.


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Softball plays two games Friday against BIG EAST foe Rutgers at Ulmer Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for noon. 

The Scarlet Knights (16-17, 5-3 BIG EAST) stepped out of conference play Tuesday when they hosted a double-header against Hofstra and lost both...8-2 and 8-0.


Freshman Alyssa Landrith is the pitching ace for Rutgers with 11 wins on the season, six shutouts and a 2.85 ERA.

Senior Brittany Lindley leads at the plate with a .382 batting average. 


Rutgers has won their last five BIG EAST contests after getting off to a slow start in BIG EAST play. 


Louisville (30-2) is 14-0 at Ulmer Stadium this year. 


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A battered Bobby talk to the media

Current Arkansas head football coach and former Louisville head football coach Bobby Petrino has been placed on administrative leave for the events surrounding a motorcycle crash Sunday. 


Razorback Athletic Director Jeff Long made the move after Petrino admitted he had a passenger on his cycle during the crash. 

Was Dorrell helping Bobby
switch gears?  

Jessica Dorrell, 25, was on the motorcycle with Petrino when he laid the motorcycle down in a ditch after losing control because "of the wind and sun". She was not injured in the wreck. She is a former volleyball player at Arkansas and is currently the student-athlete development coordinator for the Arkansas football team. Her duties consist of organizing the recruiting process for the team and determining the initial eligibility for each incoming player. 

Petrino reported Thursday that a passer-by took him and Dorrell to the hospital after the crash. She was not admitted to the hospital and dropped off at her car. Petrino  apologized to his family, the administration and Arkansas football fans for an inappropriate relationship with Dorrell.

Louisville's womens golf
team begins play today
in the Bryan National
Collegiate Tournament
in Brown Summit, NC.
It is not known yet if
Katie Petrino made the
trip. 

Petrino is married and has four children. His youngest daughter Katie is a member of the UofL women's golf team and played softball last year for the Cardinals. 


Long promised a swift and concise decision would follow after all the facts had been  reviewed after the incident. 


Looks like Bobby picked the wrong time to be "Easy Rider" with a beautiful blonde. One thing that we can surmise from the incident is that Petrino probably wasn't scouting out other job opportunities Sunday...at least he didn't leave Dorrell in the ditch. 

Why the cover-up? Dorrell was not mentioned originally in the accident report. Petrino claims he spent Sunday with his wife at a lake and then went for an evening ride after that. Only minutes before Long was to address the media about the accident did Petrino tell Long about Dorrell's presence at the wreck.  


The real victim here might be Becky Petrino, Bobby's wife. One would hope that it's just a case of Dorrell being a family friend and Becky knew in advance about the impending bike ride. With Petrino's admission of inappropriate behavior, though...that seems unlikely. The effect the possible scandal will have on Petrino's children is potentially saddening.


Louisville fans grew weary of Petrino's mis-information on job searches while he was the Cardinal head football coach.


It appears that Bobby might be up to his old tricks again.
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