Following the announcement of the teams that Louisville will face in their NCAA Regional, players and coaches express their opinions and thoughts on the draw.
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Following their elimination to the hands of Florida State from the ACC Baseball Tournament, Brendan McKay and Associate Head Coach Roger Williams spoke to the media. Head Coach Dan McDonnell was unavailable as he left immediately after the game to go to his son’s graduation.
In front of a crowd full of the Louisville faithful with a berth in the ACC semifinals against Duke on the line, the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals could not get over the hump and were defeated by the Florida State Seminoles, 6-2. The Cards faced an early deficit due to shaky pitching and some slight defensive miscues, and…
In a game that didn’t have much at stake for either team, the No.1 overall seed Louisville Cardinals defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 10-3 in the Cards’ first game of pool play. Although the Cards managed to come away victorious, it didn’t really mean much in terms of advancing past pool play and onto the…
Following the postponement of Wednesday’s Boston College/North Carolina & Georgia Tech/Wake Forest baseball games, the following changes have been made: Boston College/North Carolina & Georgia Tech/Wake Forest will now be played at 11am and 1pm respectively. Georgia Tech/Wake Forest will now be played at Jim Patterson Stadium instead of Louisville Slugger Field. Duke/Virginia has been…
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced their 2017 Baseball Honors this afternoon, and 3 Louisville Cardinals were awarded these honors. Coach Dan McDonnell was awarded Coach of the Year for an ACC record three straight times, Devin Hairston was awarded the inaugural Defensive Player of the Year, and Brendan McKay was awarded Player of the Year.
After losing in Bloomington to the Indiana Hoosiers and getting swept in a 2 game series at home against the Florida State Seminoles, the Cardinal Nine saw a slight dip in the polls to end the regular season. Baseball America, D1Baseball, USA Today, as well as the RPI rankings all have the Cardinals taking the…
Every person who is a fan of the Louisville Baseball program knows that we have something special down at Jim Patterson Stadium. Since Dan McDonnell took over as the head coach, the program has experienced unprecedented success and continues to raise the bar every season. This is especially true since Louisville has joined the prestigious…
Riding on their second-longest win streak of the season with the ACC regular season title on the line, the Cardinal Nine did not have the smoothest of finishes to the season, as they would go 0-3 against the Indiana Hoosiers and Florida State Seminoles. Game 3 against the Seminoles would be cancelled due to rain,…
All of us here at Cardinal Sports Zone as well as the city of Louisville and the University of Louisville would like to welcome all the ACC baseball fans to our great city. While you are here we hope you have a safe and enjoyable time. We have put together an informational guide, complete with…
The Baseball Cards traveled down to South Carolina this weekend to face the Clemson Tigers, and they came back to the Ville unscathed. They swept the Tigers in a three game series to put them at 46-6 on the season, and 23-4 in the conference. (Click on more below for the rest of the story)
Drew Ellis has been named the National Player of the Month for the month of April, according to the panel of writers at the National College Baseball Writers Association. This is the second time in 2017 that a Louisville player has been named NCBWA Player of the Month, following Brendan McKay in February. NEWS: Ellis…
Cardinal Forever and current Milwaukee Brewers prospect Corey Ray hasn’t changed much since we last saw him in a Cardinal uniform. Playing for the Carolina Mudcats, the Class-A Advanced affiliate for the Brewers, Ray came through in the clutch and drove in a walk off double to win the game 5-4 for the Mudcats. Corey…
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In a longer than usual week, the Louisville Cardinals handled it with ease as they went 5-0 against the Northern Kentucky Norse & Toledo Rockets as well as the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in a rain-delay makeup game. The perfect week put them at 38-6 on the season, and their conference record of 17-4 remained the…
Prior to the 2017 University of Louisville baseball season we put together a Brendan McKay highlight video for you to enjoy. The highlights are from last season but rest assured that after the MLB draft we will bring you a Brendan McKay tribute video complete with all his Louisville highlights. Enjoy this video and enjoy watching history…
Per gocards.com, RICHMOND, Ky. – All-American Brendan McKay matched a school record with four home runs and finished with a career-best nine RBI to lead the No. 2 Louisville baseball team to a 14-4 road victory against Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon at Earle Combs Stadium.
After having a somewhat dominate performance against Kentucky in their home game against them earlier this month, the Cards were the ones who got dominated this time around in the road edition of the Battle of the Bluegrass. However, they responded with a series win against Duke, 2 games to 1. They move to 33-6…
The Louisville Baseball Cardinals continued their dominant season by going 4-0 against Purdue and Georgia Tech this past week, and outscoring them 31-7. This now puts the number two team in the nation at 31-4 overall, and 15-3 in ACC play.
After earning their sixth straight win against rival Kentucky, the Cardinals took two of three at home against #17 Wake Forest. The Cards are now 6-2 against ranked opponents in 2017, and 20-1 at home. Cards Drop Opener to Deacs 2-1 A two-run home run in the fourth inning from Gavin Sheets gave the Deacons the deciding…