Volleyball takes huge win over Marquette

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MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Volleyball beats previously undefeated Marquette in four games.

-Shine, Fellerhoff advance to quarterfinals.

-Swimming finishes fifth in SMU Classic.

Lola's 24 kills lead Cards to road win

The University of Louisville Volleyball team knocked Marquette out of sole possession of first place in the BIG EAST with a convincing 20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-19 win over the Golden Eagles in Milwaukee Sunday.

Leading the way for birthday girl Anne Kordes' squad was the irrepressible Lola Arslanbekova with 24 kills. Huge efforts from Emily Juhl (a season high 13 kills) and Caitlin Welch (22 digs) helped the Cards advance to 20-3 and a league leading 9-1 in the BIG EAST. Marquette falls to 18-4 and 8-1 in conference play.

The Cards fell behind early in the first game but battled back to gain a 14-13 advantage against MU. The Golden Eagles zipped off a 8-2 run after that before a rowdy crowd to go up 21-16. Despite scores from Juhl and Kaitlynn James, Marquette prevailed by five in the opener.

In the second game, Louisville broke open a close 11-8 contest with a 9-2 run to double up the Golden Eagles at 20-10. Louisville prevailed with the eight-point victory...Lola getting five kills, Juhl four and Tanya Lukyanenko adding three kills and three blocks.

After the break, the two teams battled closely before Marquette broke open a 13-13 tie with five unanswered points. That necessitated a Kordes timeout, and it worked for the Cards...finishing the match with an 11-1 run to win by four. Juhl's four kills led the Cards.

In the final game, Louisville held a 13-7 lead before Marquette countered with a 7-3 run to climb within two at 16-14. From there on, the teams exchanged mini-runs...Louisville getting a game ending 6-3 finish to take game and match.

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Fellerhoff, Shine reach ITA quarterfinals

Louisville's top two singles players, Rebecca Shine got to the quarterfinals and Julia Fellerhoff reached the semifinals of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional on the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, IN. before bowing out.

Shine fell to Brynn Boren of Tennessee 3-6,6-2,6-2 and Fellerhoff lost to #2 seeded Kata Szekely, also from UT, 5-7,7-5, 6-1.

"Julia and Becca had an incredible tournament. Neither one of them had advanced to the quarterfinals before, so it was a huge accomplishment for Louisville Tennis. They keep adding to their resumes as the two best players to play here at Louisville" - Mark Beckham, head women's Tennis coach.

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Louisville women's swimming finishes fifth at SMU

#24 Cards swimming and diving ends of fifth in the highly ranked SMU Classic Saturday night. The Cards finishing with a total of 236 points, which placed them behind USC, UNC, Florida and Texas. Some highlights for Arthur Albiero's squad:

-- Hannah Gadd, winner of 3-meter diving

-- A fifth place finish in the 200-medley relay, from Eszter Povazsay, Lucy Kramer, Tanja Kylliainen and Kelsi Worrell.

-- Kylliainen grabbing third place in the 200-fly.

-- Fifth place in the final event, the 200-free relay for Povazsay, Worrell, Erika Belcher and Hanna Cowley.
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So Much Laundry, So Little Time!

 

We were live and greeting people at the CENTRAL CARDINAL CLUB BOUTIQUE AND FASHION SHOW.

HI! Paulie here and we had a blast meeting and talking to all the womens' sports fans here at the show! Thanks to columnist Jeff McAdams and Donny Yaste for helping Sonja and I man (and woman) the booth. Also, thanks to everyone who stopped by and saw us!

THE WINNING TICKET NUMBER FOR THE 1980 UofL MEN'S TEAM PLAQUE WAS 702211 AND THE WINNER WAS AL PARRISH..

TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Our staff columnist Sandy Walker is back with her weekly romp through all things Cardinal Women's sports related. Be sure to stop by the CARDINAL COUPLE table to meet her this evening at the Central Cardinal Club Holiday Bazaar and Fashion Show at the PNC Club inside Papa John's Cardinal Stadium! Hours are 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. While at the table, be sure to register to win UofL memoribilia and talk Cardinal womens' athletics with us! See you there!

Today is a mixed bag of bleached to delicate articles!

TENNIS

The Tennis team is participating in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships October 15th. - 18th. with matches being played all day at West Lafayette, Indiana.

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Digging specialists!

VOLLEYBALL

The 18-3 VolleyCards with their # 15 NCAA ranking returns to action Friday afternoon at Syracuse and then on to Marquette on Sunday. Louisville is currently in second place in BIG EAST Volleyball and this weekend's action could propel them into the #1 spot if they can win two tough tests on the road. The Marquette game could be crucial, since the Golden Eagles currently sit atop the league with no conference losses. Louisville's only loss was to Notre Dame.



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SOCCER

The Soccer team brings its 9-4-3 record into a home match against Cinncinnati.   The game begins at 7:00 at Cardinal Park Friday night The weekend matches are also a chance to say thank you and goodbye to the hard working seniors on the Cardinal squad.

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SWIM AND DIVE

On Friday the swim team will be in action at the SMU Classic in Dallas, TX.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Saturday at 12:00 we have the opportunity to watch the field hockey team play Villanova at 12:00 with plenty of time to gather elsewhere before the 3:30 football game.  The game is played at our home field, Trager Stadium.  If that is too much activity for you in one day you have a 2^nd opportunity on Monday at 4:00.

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GOLF

Women’s Golf finished 11th at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational which is no small accomplishment.

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WOMENS' BASKETBALL EXHIBITION GAME

15 days remain before the Halloween night (October 31) date our U of L women will match up with the St. Petersburg, FL. Eckard College team for the first exhibition game of the season.    

This is a free game. You don't need a ticket and won't receive one in your season ticket packages, which should be arriving in a couple of days. Just show up, walk in the KFC YUM! Center and have a seat. It's a great chance to see your Lady Cards hoopsters "on the house". The conflict with Halloween is a bit unfortunate, but if you're looking for a way to get out of handing out Halloween candy, here's your  chance.                                           

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WOMENS' BASKETBALL TIP-OFF LUNCHEON

TIP OFF WOMENS' BASKETBALL LUNCHEON

Reminder: The basketball tip off luncheon is set for Tuesday October 23.  Be sure to call and make your reservations for the noon start time on center court of the KFC YUM! Center.   $30.00 tickets can be purchased by calling the U of L special events office at (502) 852-0706 or completing the form found at http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/lou/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012Luncheon.pdf.  Jeff Walz is the featured speaker. Bill the Goat declined an offer to sing the National Anthem but Timmy is calling in favors trying to find a replacement.

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SPORTS GENDER EQUITY STUDY

Student athletes and fans at the University of Louisville are fortunate to be in an era of growing women’s athletic support from both the school and their fans.  Unfortunately this is not apparently the nationwide trend.  Unless we know where we have been we cannot know where we are going and studies like this are still necessary. 

This month a special report was released by the Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls (SHARP).  The original research at can be found at http://irwg.research.umich.edu/pdf/OCR.pdf.  It studied the state of high school athletics and the inequalities in the US public school system. It reports on historical changes in the provision of athletic opportunity in U.S. high schools. It is intended to provide educators and policymakers current information. Unfortunately, even 40 years after the passing of Title IX the report indicated this as the decade of decline as the gender gap in opportunities between boys and girls persisted at 11-12%.  Supporters of girl’s and women’s athletics are the front line of defense in our local grade and high schools.  Awareness and prevention of the continued decline in the opportunities for girls must not be allowed.

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LITIGATION

Just when we had thought that things had calmed down Kelli Anderson of SI.com has posted in her Inside College Basketball an overview of the Tennessee Athletic Departments’ difficulties.  Included was information that others besides Debby Jennings have also filed litigation against the school.   The complete article can be read at:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/kelli_anderson/10/15/Tennessee-discrimination-lawsuits/index.html?xid=si_ncaab

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