Sunday Cardinal Couple -- Softball, Lacrosse in action today

SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Softball (hopefully) against Wisconsin this morning

-Lacrosse travels to Drexel for Sunday match

-Way to go, guys!

-Cardinal Couple Radio recap

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SOFTBALL TODAY AT ULMER STADIUM HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER IN LOUISVILLE

NO SOFTBALL TODAY!


Weather permitting, the University of Louisville softball team will kick off Day 3 of the Louisville Softball Classic against Wisconsin at 10 a.m. this morning. Rain is forecasted for the Louisville area Sunday and, indeed, it was raining early this morning when Paulie padded out to get the morning paper.

Louisville (23-3) took the day off Saturday after two wins on Friday. The Cards extended their win streak at Ulmer Stadium to 11-0 with a exciting 4-2 win over UNC and then blasted EMU 6-1 in the second game.

Louisville will close out the Classic on Monday against Iowa at 1:30 and also will face Indiana Wednesday at Ulmer with a 6 p.m. game.

Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin...didn't Sandy get the memo that Louisville is headed to the ACC instead of the Big 10? Oh well, domination of one conference at a time...

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Louisville Lacrosse is 6-1 on the season and faces another 6-1 squad today at 1 p.m in Philly against the Drexel Dragons.

Drexel is 1-1 in their last two, falling to Maryland-Baltimore County and then downing Colgate 12-7. Our guess is that if Rachel LeCoq "Le Gran Le Coq" was still at Colgate...the teeth-cleaners would have won.

The Cards have won their last two...both on the road...romping Presbyterian in Georgia and demolishing Detroit Wednesday 19-2.

Louisville is ranked #5 nationally in scoring offense and scoring margin. The Dragons are #14 in the nation in scoring defense.

Drexel was a pre-season pick to finish third in the Colonial Athletic Conference. Kelli Joran leads the Dragons with 19 goals on the season. Goalie Teresha Bradley is allowing just 7.36 goals allowed in seven games.

Our thoughts are with the team, staff and students of Seton Hill University...who lost their lacrosse coach, unborn son and bus driver in a crash yesterday while on the road.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/16/us/pennsylvania-bus-crash/index.html



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We'd be remiss if we didn't extend our hearty congratulations to the Louisville men's basketball team who won the BIG EAST Tournament last night in New York's Madison Square Garden with 78-61 win of Syracuse.

Back-to-back titles for Pitino's players and back-to-back MVP Tournament awards to Peyton Siva.

After a rough start that had Louisville down 35-23 at the half, the Cards dominated the final 15 minutes of the second half, going on a 24-3 run that was incredible to watch and led 56-48 with 8:51 to play. Louisville would continue to increase that margin and was up 73-55 with two minutes left.

How about freshman Montrezl Harrell with 20 points? The Cards have won their last 10 in a row and if they're not a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, maybe the top seed of ALL the teams playing...somebody has some explaining to do.

Great job...Peyton, Russ, Montrezl, Gorgui, Luke and crew!

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We found parking on Frankfort Avenue and stumbled in for another Cardinal Couple Radio show yesterday and had a lively time discussing Louisville women's basketball, softball, lacrosse, swimming, the Selection Show Party and first and second NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the KFC YUM! Center.

Down one co-host...(Jenny was in Indianapolis trying out for the WNBA Indiana Fever squad)...we still managed to make it through the broadcast in one piece. Thanks to the brilliant Jeff McAdams and also to Coach Walz for the segment. And, Monkberry Moon Delight...in the control booth keeping us on the air and inserting the taped clips.

Did ya miss the live feed? Not to worry, it's available on the Crescent Hill Radio Soundcloud.

www.crescenthillradio.com

Paulie

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Saturday Cardinal Couple -- Softball win, Big Sports weekend!

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SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

-Connell blanks Kent State in Cardinal Classic

-Lacrosse hosts Old Dominion today

-Oh, yeah...it's on!


The University of Louisville Softball team is glad to be home and playing softball after two straight weekends on the road playing in tournaments in Las Vegas and Jacksonville. Probably no one more happier than junior pitcher Caralisa Connell...who blanked Kent State Friday in softball action at Ulmer Stadium. "Carl" allowed one hit in the win, picking up her second shutout of the year in a 5-0 win over the Golden Flashes.

How much is enough? Coach Pearsall waxed philosophical about the win:

"Caralisa pitched a very good game. Defensively, I thought we did what we needed to do. Even though we scored five runs, as an offensive coach, I'm always thinking we can improve and make better decisions. Overall, I was pleased with the win."

( Awwww...Coach P, we love ya and don't find anything at all offensive about ya. Unless you let your dogs do their business in the outfield berm..)

Louisville broke open a scoreless battle in the second inning, using hits by Jordy Trimble ( my favorite player!) and Whitney Arion...plus a couple of Kent State defensive errors to go up 2-0. Louisville added three more runs in the fifth, Arion getting a triple and scoring on Katelyn Mann's single and Katie Keller driving home two more.

Connell (2012 CARDINAL COUPLE reader-selected Favorite UofL women's athlete) retired the final 10 batters she faced. What she's doing pitching to people getting ready to retire...we have no clue...but I hope their financially ready for the "golden years".

#18 Louisville (9-2) plays again tomorrow at Ulmer. Get out there and cheer them on. They face Buffalo at 12:30 p.m.

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Lacrosse attempts to go 3-0 against Old Dominion at 1 p.m. in the Lacrosse Stadium today. Been to a lacrosse game yet? It's a shame that softball and lacrosse are within a half-hour of each other...gotta choose Cardinal fans...but Kellie Young has a heckuva team and they are a lot of fun to watch.

Go see one or the other, Cardinal fans. You'll have a big time at either.

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And, yes...it's true! CARDINAL COUPLE will be going on the radio with a weekly show beginning next Saturday (March 2nd.) on Crescent Hill Radio

http://www.crescenthillradio.com

We report on the joy and excitement of UofL women's sports here. It's what we do. We're going to do the same on the air. We've got our favorite Robbie Bartlett for the intro and exit song, the staff chimps have been bathed and dressed for the occasion and Bill the Goat will be out front nibbling on the hedges and chasing people down Frankfort Avenue.

A guaranteed good time for all...




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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.