Monday Cardinal Couple -- Sandy's Laundry Day

MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE


(Staff Columnist Sandy Walker appears a daily earlier than normal this week, due to some creative scheduling to fit Cardinal Women's Basketball and her column today focuses on several of the team's schedules as well.)

Today’s Focus Is On Many Small But Important Laundry Loads.

Now that I am back from my travels to New Orleans and back I find that I had so much laundry that it has taken awhile to sort through it all which includes a picture of the Cardinal Faithful at the top of the column. LIC4!

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Formula for a Louisville Win at Providence  

On a night when Sara Hammond was not having her best game others stepped up to create such a balanced attack that Providence could not shut Louisville down by focusing on only one.  Note: Shoni Schimmel with 17 Bria Smith scored 17 Nita Slaughter 12 and Monique Reid 11.

                               University of Connecticut ahead

Be sure to check the site tomorrow for Quentin and Paul’s planned in depth pre-game report regarding Tuesday’s away game at Hartford against UConn.   It is reported to be available on the CBS Sports Network at 9 PM.

                                               Bearcats to visit the KFC YUM! Center

We have to wait until this Friday to again see the basketball women in person.  They will be playing Cincinnati at the home beginning at 7:00.   The fans have been great with almost 10,000 at last mid-week week’s game against Rutgers but it is time for us to step it up.  This week the holidays are behind us and the game is not on a weekday night so this is the time for Louisville to challenge Tennessee for the #1 school for fan attendance.

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GOLF

UCF CHALLENGE

Women’s Golf is gearing up for a February 10-12 winter challenge located in Sorrento, FL. while later  in the month they will strain themselves to spent time in Miami Lakes, FL so they can participate in the Sir Pizza Challenge.  A trip to Hawaii follows in March.   Congratulations to the team’s scheduler!  I am sure their future recruits are taking note and just in case they are I found a woman’s golf recruiting form at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/lou-w-golf-recruit-form.html.

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LACROSSE

The Lacrosse team’s scheduler should confer with the golf team’s person  for instead of suffering through Florida and Hawaii  like their fellow Louisville athletes, instead, in less than a month, they begin their schedule here at the U of L LaCrosse Stadium on Feb. 10^th, 16^th and 23 against Canisius, Ohio State then Old Dominion.  Coach Kellie Young enters her 6^th season as head coach.

(Editor's note)

Lacrosse is a sport that several of us here at CARDINAL COUPLE haved vowed to learn more about this season. Our current plans are to send Sandy to a lacrosse boot camp and have her go through the day-to-day practices and activities that the players in training participate in. We'll probably have Timmy the Intern and a EMS staffer or two accompany her. In our never-ending quest to provide you the best in Louisville womens' athletics, we feel this is a novel idea and ground breaking.

We just haven't told her about it yet...


http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-lacros/mtt/young_kellie00.htmlCoach.

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TRACK

Fortunately for the track team, indoor arenas not only exist but are scheduled for their January 25-26 participation in the IU Relays being held at Bloomington, Indiana and in the Rod McCravy Memorial being held at Lexington, KY.  Without the indoor arenas, imagine the hurdlers in full snow bunny outfits where all of the hurdles are knocked over by their bunny feet shoes.  Instead, they have posted three wins and hit 18 Big East qualifying marks on the final day of the Kentucky Invitational, which was last Saturday.   Details of the meet are available at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-track/recaps/011213aaa.html.

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TENNIS

Xavier and Morehead State arrive in Louisville for a match at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center this Sunday, January 20 with Southern Illinois and Miami of Ohio following on Saturday the 26^th.  They keep a pretty busy schedule through February with the Big East Championships set for Mid-April.   You can check out their complete schedule at http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-tennis/sched/lou-w-tennis-sched.html.  They go into this season for “the first time in program history”, with two players ranked in the top 100 going into the dual match season.   Those players are Junior Rebecca Shine and junior teammate Julia Fellerhoff ranked No. 84 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Our swim and diving team has only 4 events left before the Feb 27 Big East Championships at Indianapolis.  They swept visiting BIG EAST rival Cincinnati Saturday afternoon at the Ralph Wright Natatorium. The Cardinal men won 184-100 and the Cardinal women won 188-104.  All but 1 of the upcoming matches are away starting in Dallas but on the January 26^th they will be in Lexington Kentucky before a final match against Indiana is held at the Ralph Wright Natatorium on February 1.

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SOFTBALL

The softball team scheduler seems to have split allegiances with that of the golf and Lacrosse teams folks.   They open the season Feb 8th. in Las Vegas and will then spend time in Jacksonville, Florida for games on the 15^th, 16 and 17^th.   The women will play Stony Brook, Bethune Cookman, Ohio State, Jacksonville, and again against Stony Brook.  They next show a split decision of scheduling with games at Ulmer Stadium on February 22, 23 and 24 in the Cardinal Classic.

Feburary in Las Vegas, Jacksonville or Louisville can be hit or miss on the weather. Here's hoping for blue skies and sunny days for Sandy Pearsall's squad. 

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Tuesday Cardinal Couple -- Laundry Day - Again

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TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE


-Sandy Walker on hoops, caravans, Olympics and mathematics.


( The Tuesday CARDINAL COUPLE features staff columnist Sandy Walker, who aires her laundry once again for the benefit and enjoyment of our readers. We need to send her a bottle of fabric softener for her efforts...Here's Sandy! )




Predicted rain showers does not stop Sandy's Laundry day.

RECRUITS

Picture by Denis Gostev

Recent good news includes 5’9” senior point guard Saniya Chong naming Louisville as one of her final four college choices.   She is on target to end her high school career as one of the leading scorers to play in the state of New York.  Plans are for official visits to begin in September.   You can check out more information about her at:

http://m.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/final_four_ossining_pheonom_chong_j4Yr9zpT9W56g6FM3ckRcL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Basketball

It is also reported that Emmonnie Henderson, a power forward from Edwardsville, Ill., has reduced her final consideration list to 5 teams which also includes Louisville.

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CARDINAL CARAVAN

Remember to not only mark your calendars but also to pre-register to attend any of this week’s Cardinal Caravan’s.   Louisville’s event is set for this Thursday at 5:30 and is being held at Captain’s Quarters.  Call  Katie Kiper at 502-852-0721 to make your reservations which will include Louisville coaches, players and the Cardinal Couple along with staff writers.  http://www.uoflalumni.org/s/1157/internal-3column.aspx?sid=1157&gid=1&pgid=1144&cid=2116&content_id=860

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STUDENT ATHLETE AWARDS

A joint announcement by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine and the NCAA has recognized 10 U of L student-athletes as excelling in the athletic field, classroom and as a contributors to the campus or community.  UofL women award winners were basketball players Shawnta Dyer, Tia Gibbs and Antonita Slaughter, Amashi Kendall, Chinwe Okoro, Michelle Theophille, and Gabrielle Jackson from track and field and from the softball team, Tesha Paysen.  These special honors did not come easily as to qualify, each as of last fall, must have a grade-point average of 3.2 or higher after at least one full academic year which included that of an active athlete and who was recognized as providing a campus or community service.

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PASO FINO HORSE SHOW

For any horse enthusiast, don’t forget that this weekend beginning on Friday July 22 stars the Kentucky Classic Paso Fino Horse Show.   It is held again this year at the Shelbyville Fairgrounds in Shelbyville KY and admission is free.    For details, class schedules or any other information about this gaited breed check out http://www.kentuckypasofino.us/   Our Kentucky Association is fortunate to sponsor one of the top shows in the nation where many of the top national horses will be competing in what many see as a social atmosphere which more resembles a throw back country fair.  You can also check out the farmers market held on the fairgrounds on Saturday morning.

YOU TUBE

I found a great youtube University of Louisville promotion where we are shown how with new math we can learn how that “346 Plus Eight Equals One - Louisville First, Cards Forever “ http://youtu.be/mbuko7umlD0  The video highlights Louisville as the only 2011-2012 Division 1 school to have 8 teams in NCAA Postseason play.  The women’s teams were Volleyball, Soccer, basketball and softball.

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GOLF

Congratulations to Katie Petrino, University of Louisville sophomore golfer who this week qualified for the US Open as an Amateur.  The tournament is held at The Country Club in Cleveland, Ohio on August 6-12.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OLYMPICS

Here's an update of the women’s Olympic team which includes Angel McCoughtry. They defeated Brazil 99-67 in a pre-Olympic tune up. Ms. McCoughtry saw 11 minutes of action in a reserve role and ended up with four points. 




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