By Justin Renck:
It is a very busy weekend in UofL sports, which is always a great thing! Rather than throw the whole weekend schedule at you, we will focus on just today’s events.
*Men’s Tennis
The Cards are in Oxford, MS taking on NC St. in the first round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Kick-Off Regional. The match started at 9 a.m. this morning.
The 36th ranked Cards are the #2 seed in the Oxford Regional. The other two teams are 13th ranked Ole Miss and 44th ranked Columbia. The winner of this weekend’s regional will advance to the ITA National Men’s Team Indoor Championship which will be hosted next month by the University of Washington.
U of L enters the weekend with a 3-1 record. The 36th ranked Cards are coming off of a 4-1 loss at Northwestern. Prior to that, they had opened the season with three straight wins.
*Track & Field
Both the men and the women are competing today in two different places. The teams are competing in the Rod McCravy Memorial in Lexington, KY and also in the IU Relays in Bloomington, IN. The majority of the team will be in Lexington, and the distance group will be in Bloomington. Here are the schedules for those events today:
ROD McCRAVY MEMORIAL (LEXINGTON, KY. – NUTTER FIELDHOUSE)
Women’s Weight Throw, 2:30 p.m.
Hannah Baker, Patrice Gates, Amashi Kendall, Rachel Serafin
Women’s Open Long Jump, 4 p.m.
Kim Cardeiro, Hannah Cox, Margret Harris
Men’s High Jump, 4:30 p.m.
Chrisjaan Smith
Women’s Pole Vault, 5 p.m.
Chelsea Bingham
Men’s Open Long Jump, 6:20 p.m.
Jeron Brown
INDIANA RELAYS (BLOOMINGTON, IND. – GLADSTEIN FIELDHOUSE)
Women’s Mile, 4:20 p.m.
Megan Klein, Cassie Martin, Michelle Molodynia
Men’s Mile, 4:40 p.m.
Luke Lovelace, Evan Hibbs, Andrew Stewart
Women’s 3,000m, 5 p.m.
Paige Dooley, Maria Frigo
Women’s 600m Finals, 6:25 p.m.
Jordan Diaz
Women’s Distance Medley Relay, 8:45 p.m.
Louisville `A’ (J. Diaz, K. Cramsey, M. Klein, M. Molodynia)