By Brendan Holba (The views of Brendan Holba do not necessarily reflect those of Cardinal Sports Zone) The 2024 season for the University of Louisville Softball team was nothing short of an emotional rollercoaster for the team and us as fans. What began as a promising campaign, building on the momentum from last year’s return…
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By Brendan Holba (The views of Brendan Holba do not necessarily reflect those of Cardinal Sports Zone) This weekend Holly Aprile and the Louisville Cardinal Softball program will continue their early season road trip, setting their sights on Coastal Carolina. This weekend it is the Battle at the Beach in Conway, South Carolina. After…
In collegiate sports, players come and go, but we’ve learned that legends stay forever. That sentiment rings true for Louisville softball’s Taylor Roby. Although we may not be seeing her sport the #8 jersey again for the Cardinals, the legacy she leaves behind will have a resounding effect—like the crack of a bat. From highly-touted…
Carmyn Greenwood’s career as a Louisville softball player might be over, but her legacy will be felt for years to come. A transfer from Auburn, she joined the program before the COVID-shortened 2020 season, where she was immediately productive on the field. But it was the overall impact that the community had on Greenwood and…
Louisville softball star Carmyn Greenwood was named the ACC Player of the Week on Tuesday after a handful of solid outings at the plate. The graduate outfielder has been one of the most dynamic hitters not only in the conference, but in the country this season. Greenwood is currently slashing a staggering .415 on the…
University of Louisville Head Softball Coach Holly Aprile met with the media on Tuesday afternoon along with outfielder Carmyn Greenwood and pitcher Taylor Roby for media day. The trio discussed the upcoming season, returning players, the program’s mindset, and more. The full press conference can be watched below. Press Conference: The 2022 television schedule has…
Holly Aprile had been a successful head coach of softball before her decision to come to Louisville as new head softball coach in July of 2018. At Pittsburgh, she led the program to their first ACC Coastal Division title in 2018 and was named ACC Coach of the Year for that season. In the prior…
The UofL Athletics Hall of Fame is set to induct six new members for their 2021 class. The class will be headlined by two Louisville football legends, Elvis Dumervil and Harry Douglas. Joining them will be one of the first members of Louisville Lacrosse Bergen Foley, second baseman on Louisville baseball’s first College World Series…
The Cards faced #19/16-ranked Virginia Tech on Saturday for a doubleheader at Ulmer Stadium. The Cards dropped the opening game of a 4-game series on Friday, 0-3. In game one of Saturday’s doubleheader, the Cards could only muster two hits. Despite their lack of hits, they played VT scoreless through 5 innings. But in the…
On this episode of the CSZ Podcast, brought to you by the Jamon Brown Foundation, we come to you live from the Custom Multicades Studios! Our guys Jeremy, Shawn, Sam, Joey, Dalton, and Wes talk about what’s been going on in the land of the Cards. We discuss the Men’s Tournament snub, WBB seeding, Baseball…
The ACC Network is going to have another day exclusively dedicated to Louisville Athletics. That’s right, we Card fans will be able to watch our athletic program all day on the ACC Network. Set your calendars for August 1st and get ready to enjoy your favorite Cardinal sports programs for an entire day. From 10…
On Friday afternoon, the Cardinals got a stellar pitching performance from Auburn transfer Chardonnay Harris. She pitched a no hitter for the first time in her career. Chardonnay struck out four batters and only walked one batter. Redshirt sophomore Taylor Roby led the Cardinals offense with her 5th home run of the season and 2…
Over the weekend the Cardinals competed in Clearwater, Florida in the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic. Here is how they fared. Friday Game #1 vs #21 Ole Miss: The Cardinals jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on Ole Miss in the second inning with redshirt sophomore Taylor Roby connecting on her first homerun of…
On Tuesday evening, the University of Louisville softball team announced via Twitter their new jerseys for the 2020 season. There are new white and black jerseys that the Cards will dawn. As they call them, “icy white” and “blacked out.” The white jerseys are white and red with no black at all. On the front,…
In the Land of the Cardinal, there’s always something happening. In today’s CSZ Weekly Recap, we will get you caught up on all the news and happenings from this week in Cardinal Athletics. Also, there are some cool football features, including this week’s episode of Nunnsense and another detailed football position breakdown from Justin Krueger….
Late Saturday Night it was announced that ACC 2018 Coach of Year Holly Aprile from Pittsburgh would be the next softball coach for the Louisville Cardinals. Then, on Sunday morning University of Pittsburgh announced that she would be leaving. She spent the past 11 years at Pittsburgh as head coach before that she was an…
On Tuesday, Coach Sandy Pearsall announced her retirement effectively immediately. Sandy led the Cards to 718 victories, 6 Conference Championships, & 13 NCAA Tournament Appearances. She had been with the Cardinals since the program started in 2000. Coach Pearsall stated in her final press conference “It is with mixed emotions that I have decided to…
On Tuesday, the ACC announced all conference teams for Softball which included 3 Cardinals. Sidney Melton & Megan Hensley was named to the first team all conference. Freshman Maddy Newman was named to the All Freshman Team. Congrats to these ladies on excellent season. The Cards will take on Syracuse at 1pm Wednesday in the…
On Tuesday, Junior Pitcher Megan Hensley was announced as NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) & USA Softball Collegiate National Player of The Week. She also picked up ACC Pitcher of the week. Hensley pitched all three contests against Boston College only allowing 3 runs and striking out 7 batters. Meagan was hitting .500 average &…
The Cards made the travel up to Bloomington, Indiana to take on the Hoosiers. Led by strong pitching and strong bats the Cards were victorious. Nicole Pufahl single in the top 3rd let the Cards jump out to 1-0 lead.