TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

( Staff columnist Sandy Walker opens her weekly can of mixed nuts for us to sample with a look at softball, basketball, volleyball, fiscal cliff solutions, the extinction of dinosaurs, Chef Boyardee selections and the entire catalouge from Harry and David. Put the callers on hold and lock the office door...Sandy reveals all...)




Lots of laundry this week with games, matches and banquets to attend.

SOFTBALL

The league’s 13 head coaches have picked Louisville in a preseason poll to finish third in BIG EAST Softball. USF was the preseason favorite with Notre Dame edging the Cards for second place.  As reported last week, the National Fastpitch Coaches Division I Preseason Poll have ranked our ladies at number 18 in the nation.  It is soon time to show them wrong, starting in Las Vegas with a win against UCF then UNLV on February 8 in the Sportco Kick-Off Classic.  The tournament continues the next day against Minnesota then Texas Tech with Depaul on the 10^th.  It will be a busy 3 days for the Softball Cards but also a great way to begin the season with a 5-0 sweep.
 

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BASKETBALL

REPLAYS

At the YUM center Sunday I found myself wondering and wishing to see replays of exciting plays on a regular basis.   This weekend against St. Johns I believe there were 2-3 replays which found me wishing for more.  The Sugar Bowl was exceptionally great to attend as every play was shown again on the big board – maybe we can soon see replays shown more regularly during basketball as it adds a lot to the in person experience.

 

SOUTH FLORIDA WBB GAME

 

This Wednesday finds our women at South Florida in what should be a particularly tough game.  More info on that tomorrow from Quentin as he scouts the game for us. At the moment all I have found for video of the game is the Bulls all access streaming video broadcast and local radio with Matt and AJ who are suffering on our behalf through the Florida weather.   The site will publish additional means of broadcast as we learn of them.  

( Editor's note. We considered tying a string between two cans and stretching it from Louisville to Tampa. Cletus volunteered to travel to Tampa and give us a verbal account of the action. That's a whole lotta string. We recanted. Listen to A.J. and Matt instead. And sing along each time the Fischer's commercial comes on.)   

VOLLEYBALL

Jeff McAdams wanted to make sure that everyone is aware of this Saturday night's Volleyball Banquet.  Doors open at 5:45 for the 6:30 event which is being held at the PNC Club.  Attendance is $40 a person with a table costing $400.  The banquet is a celebration of the successful season which has resulted in Gwen, Lola and Kaitlynn now occupied with their pro teams.

Contact info for the event is:

Ms. Christy Waltrip

Special Events, Louisville Athletics

Louisville, KY 40292

christy@gocards.com

(502)852-0706

( Editor's comment -- Thanks to Christy for extending two media passes to CARDINAL COUPLE for the banquet! It'll be either Sonja and Paul or Timmy the Intern and Mondo Vendo attending. Attempts to get Charlie Sheen to fly in were unsucessful)

 

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TRACK AND FIELD
 

Last weekend found Margret Harris taking first in the 60 meter semi finals and finals as well as 4^th in the 200 meter.  She ran her personal best in the 60 with a time of 24.27.  The complete meet results can be found at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-track/recaps/012613aaa.html

Link to http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/lou/sports/w-track/auto_pdf/2012-13/stats/season_stats.pdf to find a copy of the 2013 Women’s indoor performance chart.  In the meantime the team plans to add to these numbers by participating in the Meyo Invitational on the 1^st and 2^nd in South Bend, Indiana prior to the Big East Championships n Geneva, Ohio on the 16^th and 17^th of the month.
 

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SCHOOL SONGS

When Nell on Wheels visited during the UL v UK she decided to have a competition between the fans where the singing our school song was part of the competition.  Sadly, it was obvious that most of the UL crowd did not know their school song(s).  Just in case you are interested:

( Editor's note. Nell also delivered a stirring rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" for the crowd...accompanied by Al Greener on guitar and Sean Moth on wind chimes and tuba.)
 

"All Hail U of L" - by Alan Greener

All hail to thee our U of L
As we stand up for her fame.
All hail to thee our U of L
As we fight to win this game.
Sing praises for a victory,
We wish our heroes well.
All hail the Cardinal Spirit.
All hail our U of L!
GO CARDS!

"Fight! U of L" - by R.B. Griffith

Fight now for victory and show them
How we sure will win this game
Fight on you Card'nals and prove to them ( Card'nals....really?)
That we deserve our fame.
Rah, Rah, Rah!
Roll up the score now and beat the foe
So we can give a yell
With a FIGHT! give them all you've got
For we are with you U of L.

"All Hail U of L" - by Alan Greener

All hail to thee our U of L
As we stand up for her fame.
All hail to thee our U of L
As we fight to win this game.
Sing praises for a victory,
We wish our heroes well.
All hail the Cardinal Spirit.
All hail our U of L!
GO CARDS!
 

The audio files can be found at http://www.gocards.com/trads/lou-trads-songs.html

( Editor's note. Did you know NCAA referees have a spirit song as well? It's true, they do! Google the words to "Three Blind Mice" and sing along! )

 

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LACROSSE

Rules of the Week

Courtesy of US Lacrosse

AND

http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/081506aab.html

Women's lacrosse is a non-contact game played by 12 players: a goalkeeper, five attackers and six defenders. The object of the game is to shoot the ball into the opponent's goal. The team scoring the most goals wins.

(If the game is non-contact ---- why is protective gear worn during the games?)

 

The collegiate game is 60 minutes long, each half being 30 minutes. The high school girl's game is 50 minutes long, each half being 25 minutes. In both collegiate and high school play, teams are allowed one timeout per half.

 

2013 SEASON

 

This year’s team was picked by the BIG EAST Coaches Preseason poll to finish 6^th in the conference.    Our first chance to see them play this season is on Sunday February 10^th against Canisius.  The match is played at U of L’s Lacrosse Stadium at 12:00.  Gear up for the weather but you are forewarned not to purchase foot warmers from Timmy the Intern as they are rumored to actually be freshly packaged “Bill the Goat” droppings.

Monday head coach Kellie Young announced the signing of seven student-athletes for the 2013 season.  “The 2013 class is comprised of Carolyn Dottino-Buenahora (Huntington, N.Y.), Hannah Koloski (Lakeville, Minn.), Anne L'Heureux (Winter Springs, Fla.), Steph McNamara (Melbourne, Australia), Ashley Peacock (Crofton, Md.), Kaelyn Sclavounos (Ashton, Md.), and Heidi Smith (Ashburn, Va.).

 

Each recruits profiles can be found at  http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/012813aad.html

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TENNIS
 

The Bass-Rudd Tennis Center was the location of Louisville’s sweep of visiting Miami of Ohio Saturday night.  The 4-0 Cardinals took the doubles point as well as all six singles positions.  Nancy Allison Worley, Associate Director, Sports Information produced the match results article with these results below:
 

Singles competition

1. Julia Fellerhoff (LOU) def. Nimisha Mohan (MIAMIOH) 6-3, 6-4

2. Rebecca Shine (LOU) def. Christinana Raymond (MIAMIOH) 6-0, 6-3

3. Manuela Velasquez (LOU) def. Alix Thurman (MIAMIOH) 6-2, 6-2

4. Stefanie Villajuan (LOU) def. Christine Guerrazzi (MIAMIOH) 5-7, 6-4, 10-6

5. Mandy Brown (LOU) def. Ramona Costea (MIAMIOH) 6-2, 7-5

6. Becky Bodine (LOU) def. Ana Rajkovic (MIAMIOH) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Julia Fellerhoff/Manuela Velasquez (LOU) def. Christine Guerrazzi/Nimisha Mohan (MIAMIOH) 9-7

2. Becky Bodine/Rebecca Shine (LOU) def. Christinana Raymond/Alix Thurman (MIAMIOH) 8-4

3. Mandy Brown/Stefanie Villajuan (LOU) def. Ana Rajkovic/Chloe Heerden (MIAMIOH) 8-2

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SWIMMING / DIVING
 

Men's and Women's Swimming Both Beat Kentucky

 

The University of Louisville men's and women's swimming and diving team beat Kentucky Saturday afternoon at the Lancaster Aquatic Center. The men won 152-148 and the women prevailed 168-132.  Check it out at http://www.gocards.com/sports/c-swim/recaps/012613aaa.html where all of the individual results are shown.

 

Swimming’s season top times can be found at http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/lou/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/womentoptimes.pdf

 

SENIORS NIGHT

 

Next Friday is seniors night when our men and women meet Indiana in their final home meet.  First race begins at 5:00.  See you at the Ralph Wright Natatorium.

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

February 27 will find the team in Indianapolis at the Big East Championships.  They run through March 2 are in preparation for the Championship Qualifying Meets then the NCAA tournament.

 

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                                                                    GOLF

The golf team continues to take one for the school by struggling through their preparation for matches in the Florida then Hawaiian weather.  As someone who is preparing for travel to St. Paul, Minnesota – I look forward to hearing of their results in the UCF Challenge beginning February 10 in Sorrento, FL.


( As you can tell from Sandy's report today, it's not just basketball that occupies the sports calender during the month of Feburary on the Belknap Campus. CARDINAL COUPLE also has interviews planned with Jeff Walz, Sandy Pearsall and...hopefully...Kelly Young from Lacrosse in the next couple of weeks. Some coaches and assistant sports information directors are easier to catch up with than others. We're pretty certain Ira Green is just an alias for someone else down at UofL...Ira never returns our e-mails and requests. We also heard that when it was made known to Coach Walz we wanted an interview with him, he specifically requested either Bill the Goat or Timmy the Intern conduct it. Sorry, Coach. They're booked...)

Another day in the life...More pizza, sir! 
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Skipping Laundry and Going to Tonights B-ball Game

TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

( Tuesday brings us Sandy Walker's transition fast-break through the world of Womens' Sports at UofL. Our hearts go out to Shawnta Dyer, the versatile Cardinal front-liner done for the season with an ACL and MCL injury to her left knee.)

TONIGHT AT THE KFC YUM! CENTER

Our 9-2 Louisville women return home tonight as part of an away and home agreement with Washington State and also welcomes the return of leading rebounder Sara Hammond.  Tipoff is 7:00 and begins a 3 game home stand which will complete the 2012 calendar of games for this year’s team. The Cougars 3-5 record is deceptive as they are fresh off a Saturday 62-55 upset win over 20^th ranked Ohio State.  Last year it took a Shawnta’ Dyer breakout 16 point game and a late game surge by the Louisville team to pull off a 75-71 win.   

Dyer is done for the season. An ACL and MCL injury to her left knee...suffered in practice Sunday will have her on the sidelines for the rest of the season. A starter of late on the front line, Dyer had 14 points in the Cards loss to Oregon. WE wish her a full and complete recovery.  

 

The women need your attendance and support so take a break from the pre-holiday madness and continue to be a part of the growing national recognition of Louisville as a women’s sports town.  If you just can’t be there you can tune into WHAS (Channels 11.2, Insight 432, Comcast 207 or you can listen in at WKRD 790 and @ www.GoCards.com with Louisville’s own Matt Andrews and Adrienne Johnson call of the game.

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GAMES ON TV THIS WEEK




 

Tuesday December 18

Tennessee at Baylor Tennessee at Baylor Southeastern Big 12 ESPN 8 p.m.

UC Santa Barbara at BYU UC Santa Barbara at BYU Big West West Coast BYUtv 4 p.m.

Ole Miss at Cleveland St. Ole Miss at Cleveland St. Southeastern Horizon horizonleague.com 7 p.m.

Butler at IUPUI Butler at IUPUI Atlantic 10 The Summit HTSN 7 p.m.

New Mexico at New Mexico St. New Mexico at New Mexico St. Western Athletic Mountain West AggieVision 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday December 19

Missouri St. at Iowa Missouri St. at Iowa Missouri Valley Big Ten BTN.com 6:30 p.m.

Georgia at TCU Georgia at TCU Southeastern Big 12 FSSW 8 p.m.

Western Ky. at Wright St. Western Ky. at Wright St. Sun Belt Horizon horizonleague.com 5:30 p.m.

Stanford at South Carolina Stanford at South Carolina Pac-12 Southeastern FSS/FSC 7:30 p.m.

Grambling at LSU Grambling at LSU Southwestern Southeastern CST 8 p.m.

Thursday December 20

Duquesne at West Virginia Duquesne at West Virginia Atlantic 10 Big 12 Root Sports 7 p.m.

East Tenn. St. at Iowa St. East Tenn St. at Iowa St. Atlantic Sun Big 12 Cyclones TV 8 p.m.

Valparaiso at Michigan Valparaiso at Michigan Horizon Big Ten BTN 6 p.m.

Oral Roberts at Nebraska Oral Roberts at Nebraksa Southland Big Ten BTN.com 8 p.m.

UC Riverside at Oklahoma UC Riverside at Oklahoma Big West Big 12 SSTV web stream 8 p.m.

Cornell at Texas Cornell at Texas Ivy League Big 12 LHN 8 p.m.

Akron at Youngstown St. Akron at Youngstown St. Mid-American Horizon horizonleague.com 7:05 p.m.

Oral Roberts at Nebraska Oral Roberts at Nebraksa Southland Big Ten BTN.com 8 p.m.

Thursday 20-Dec Seattle at BYU Seattle at BYU Western Athletic West Coast BYUtv 5 p.m.

Friday December 21

Washington at Georgia Tech Washington at Georgia Tech Pac-12 Atlantic Coast ESPN3 12 p.m.

Xavier at Indiana Xavier at Indiana Atlantic Coast Big Ten BTN.com TBA

Illinois St. at Illinois Illinois St. at Illinois Missouri Valley Big Ten BTN.com 8 p.m.

Southern U. at Ohio St. Southern U. at Ohio St. Southwestern Big Ten BTN.com 7 p.m.

IUPUI at Purdue IUPUI at Purdue The Summit Big Ten BTN.com 12 p.m.

Saturday December 22

Duke at Southern California Duke at Southern California Atlantic Coast Pac-12 Pac-12 3 p.m.

Tex.-Pan American at TCU Tex.-Pan American at TCU Independents Big 12 FrogVision 3 p.m.

Madonna (Mich.) at Detroit Madonna (Mich.) at Detroit No Classification Horizon horizonleague.com 2 p.m.

Northern Ill. at Ill.-Chicago Northern Illinois at Ill.-Chicago Mid-American Horizon horizonleague.com 2 p.m.

New Hampshire at Cleveland St. New Hampshire at Cleveland St. America East Horizon horizonleague.com 2 p.m.

Chicago St. at Loyola Chicago Chicago St. at Loyola Chicago Independents Horizon horizonleague.com 3 p.m.

Stanford at Tennessee Stanford at Tennessee Pac-12 Southeastern SPSO 4 p.m.

Sunday December 23

NJIT at Penn St. NJIT at Penn St. Independents Big Ten BTN.com 1:30 p.m.

 

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ANGEL CONTINUES TO GIVE BACK TO LOUISVILLE

 

Angel McCoughtry, Louisville’s undisputed all time top Louisville player is giving back to Louisville. She has founded the Angel McCoughtry Dream Foundation, who announced a personal contribution of a $15,000 grant to fund educational and learning.  Information is available at her website http://angel35dreamfoundation.com/.  “AMDR is committed to helping youth gain a positive experience by choosing sports as an instrument to compete athletically, as they strive to be enriched as lifetime learners.” Her “Team Angel Basketball Camp included a stop in Louisville last August.

 

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2013 FULL COURT TOP RANKED RECRUITS

 

Full Court has published their updated top 50 player rankings for the 2013 class.  The top 10 are indicated below with the remainder found at http://www.fullcourt.com/prep/2013players. Rankings are determined by the independent, panel of Clay Kallam, Bob Corwin, Dan Olson, Kelvin Powell and Kelly Kline  One interesting observation is that Diamond De Shields has taken over the number one class ranking from former Louisville recruit Mercedes Russell.

1	Diamond DeShields	Guard	Norcross, GA
2	Mercedes Russell	Center	Springfield, OR
3	Kaela Davis	Guard	Suwanee, GA
4	Taya Reimer	Forward	Fishers, IN
5	Oderah Chidom	Forward	Oakland, CA
6	Tyler Scaife	Point Guard	Little Rock, AR
7	Linnae Harper	Point Guard	Chicago
8	Rebecca Greenwell	Guard	Owensboro, KY
9	Kailee Johnson	Forward	Portland, OR
10	Erica McCall	Forward	Bakersfield, CA

2014 FULL COURT TOP RANKED RECRUITS

The Full Court Fresh 50 for the 2014 class is interesting in that only 8 are currently indicated as having given a verbal commitment to a college and none of the top 10 have done so.  The complete list can be found at http://www.fullcourt.com/prep/2014players.

1	Brianna Turner	Forward	Pearland, TX
2	Aja Wilson	Wing	Hopkins, SC
3	Jordin Canada	Point Guard	Los Angeles, CA
4	Kelsey Mitchell	Point Guard	Cincinnati, OH
5	LaJanna Drummer	Forward	Inglewood, CA
6	Jatari White	Center	Charlotte, NC
7	Azura Stevens	Forward	Raliegh, NC
8	Gabby Green	Guard	Oakland, CA
9	Bianca Cuevas	Point Guard	Bronx, NY
10	Sierra Calhoun	Guard	Brooklyn, NY

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SOFTBALL

 

Saturday January 26 at 7:30 is scheduled for the 2013 Softball Team’s Class Act Federal Credit Union Bullpen Club Dinner. Olympian Danielle Lawrie will be the keynote speaker which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
 

Last year’s team completed a program-best 55-5 season which included winning  of the BIG EAST regular season and tournament titles.   10^th year head Coach Sandy Pearsall’s team opens this year’s season at the UNLV Sportco Kickoff Classic Feb. 8-10. Louisville returns seven starters and 12 letter winners.
 

Banquet, team and season information can be found at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/121012aab.html.
 

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LACROSSE

 

I know it sound crazy but it truly is not too early to add to your 2013 calendar the Lacrosse teams first match will be against Canisius on February 10, 2013 which will be held at the U of L Lacrosse Stadium.  Coach Kellie Young has announced her 2013 schedule at  http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/121012aaa.html which includes 9 home games.

 

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ROWING

 

This month Rowing announced the signing of 9 new additions during the sports early signing period.  Write ups of each new player in the 2017 graduation class can be found at  http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-rowing/spec-rel/120512aaa.html.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

 

Ralph  Wright Natatorium

The swimming and diving team continues their season with Lindsey Stephens being selected as the Louisville Student-Athlete of the Week.  Check out the teams Media Guide @ http://www.guide.provations.com/louisville/swimming2013#pg1.  Their season continues at home on January 12 vs. Cincinnati at the Ralph Wright Natatorium.  

Arthur Albiero

Coach Arthur Albiero is in his 7^th season. 

Something  you may not know is that the Ralph Wright Natatorium is available for use by the public for daily, monthly, semester or annual fee amounts.   Membership information can be found at http://louisville.edu/athletics/natatorium/membership.html.

 

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TENNIS

Coach Mark Beckham

Not to be outdone by swimming’s cold weather schedule, the Tennis team features their next match on January 20 vs Xavier and Morehead State.  It will begin at 10:00 at Louisville’s Home court, the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.  Recruiting has been a part of Head Coach Mark Beckham

recent schedule as he has announced the signing of Cassie Pough of Miramar, Florida and Gabrielle Paul of London, England. Check out complete current team information at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/112912aaa.html.

 

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TRACK and FIELD

 



Michelle Theophille

Margret Harris

At the team's December 7 first meet of the year Louisville’s Margret Harris won the 60m finals behind a collegiate-best 60m mark of 7.38. Her time is currently the third fastest at the Division I level. The Lancaster, Texas, native also took second with a leap of 5.60m/18-4.50

Earlier this month Margret Harris and Michelle Theophille

 

swept the BIG EAST track and field's weekly awards with Harris being name as the BIG EAST Women's Track Athlete of the Week.  The indoor schedule for Track continues on January 11 as our team will compete in the Kentucky Invitational at Lexington, KY.  Team information can be found at   http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/121112aaa.html
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