Pregame Notes: Good afternoon Card Nation and happy Sunday. Today is the home opener for the Jeff Walz-led University of Louisville Women’s Basketball team. The Cards lost their opening game to the defending National Champion UConn Huskies 66-79. In her Louisville debut, Laura Ziegler finished with 16 points and a career high 18 rebounds. Fellow…
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Louisville (17-8, 8-4 ACC) scored their biggest win of the season on Sunday, taking down #11 North Carolina (17-6, 8-4) 62-55 inside the KFC Yum! Center. Relive the game through the gallery below.
Louisville (12-5, 3-1 ACC) took a 63-55 win over Georgia Tech (9-6, 0-4) on Thursday night, led by Hailey Van Lith’s 24 points on 10-of-20 shooting. Olivia Cochran also had double figures with ten points and six rebounds. Below is the gallery.
Louisville (7-4) took an 86-72 win over rival Kentucky (7-2) in Rupp Arena, their sixth straight win over the Wildcats in the rivalry. Hailey Van Lith led the team with 21 points and went 13-of-15 from the free throw line, part of Louisville’s 33-of-39 effort at the line. Liz Dixon and Morgan Jones also had…
No. 7 Louisville advanced to 2-0 on Thursday night, beating the IUPUI Jaguars 84-62. Catch Sam’s recap here. Below is a gallery from the game.
Imani Lester is officially a Card. The 6’3 post player is ranked the 57th-best player according to ESPNW Hoopgurlz. Lester committed to Louisville earlier this year on June 29th. She held offers from some of the nations top schools, schools such as: North Carolina, UCONN, Duke, Mississippi State, Florida, Florida State, and NC State (her father,…
Coach Walz and staff continue their hard work on the recruiting circuit and they were rewarded with a commitment and signed LOI from 4 Star CG (combo guard) Zyanna Walker. The 5’9 Wichita, Kansas native is currently ranked 38th-overall in the class and is the 17th-best guard according to ESPNW Hoopgurlz. It's 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 ✍️ Welcome…
Ahlana Smith: Number: 2 Height: 5’9 Class: Senior Position: Guard Hometown: Charlotte, NC Rating out of High School: 5 Star Accolades: 31st-ranked player class of 2018 (ESPNW Hoopgurlz) 34th-best player (Prospects Nation) Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) First Team All-American NJCAA (National Jr College All-American) Smith was one the top JUCO players two years ago….
Emily Engstler Number: 21 Height: 6’2 Class: Senior Position: Forward Hometown: New York, NY (Syracuse transfer) High School Rating: 5 Star Accolades: 2018 McDonald’s All-American 2017 NYSSWA 6th-Team Class AA All-State No.2 Wing in The Class of 2018 (ESPNW Hoopgurlz) 37th-Overall Player in the Class of 2018 (Prospects Nation) 2020-2021 ACC Co-Sixth Player Of The…
UofL women’s basketball played their lone exhibition game tonight against Union College. The Cards soared to a resounding 106-32 victory over the Bulldogs. UofL was led by Chelsie Hall, who scored 12 points after going a perfect 5-5 from the field including 2-2 from the arc. Hailey Van Lith chipped in 11 points, 4 rebounds,…
Chelsie Hall Jersey: 23 Height: 5’7 Class: Graduate Student Hometown: Boca Raton, FL Rating: 4 Star Guard High School Rankings: 11th-Ranked Point Guard (Prospects Nation) 34th-Ranked Overall Player (Prospects Nation) 1st Team FABC 3A All-State in 2016 2nd Team FABC 3A All-State in 2015 College: 2018 SEC All-Freshman Team 2019-2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll 38th…
Ramani Parker: Number: 0 Height: 6’4 Class: Redshirt Sophomore Position: Forward Hometown: Fresno, California High School Rating: 4 Star Accolades: Top 100 player in the class 2019 (ESPNW Hoopgurlz) 29th overall player & 7th best forward (Prospects Nation) Citizen Naismith High School Girl’s Watch List Coach Walz: “Ramani is a face-up forward with guard skills….
Louisville Women’s Basketball Head Coach Jeff Walz met with media during Louisville Women’s Basketball Media Day. He discusses a myriad of topics including his experience moving to and living in Louisville after being hired as UofL head coach 15 years ago, his early goals for the UofL women’s basketball program, his recent contract extension and…
Louisville sophomore Hailey Van Lith was named to the All-ACC preseason team. Van Lith had a really good freshman season that helped catapult her into a really great offseason. Hailey Van Lith was a 2020-2021 All-ACC Freshman team member. During her freshman campaign, she averaged 11.2ppg, 5.2rpg, 2.1 apg, and 1.2 spg. Meanwhile this summer,…
For the sixth consecutive year, the Louisville Women’s basketball team is ranked in the top 10 in the country. Louisville is currently ranked 6th in the country and is the second highest rated ACC team. Although Louisville is 6th, they didn’t receive any first-place votes. South Carolina (14), Connecticut (10), and reigning champions Stanford (5)…
Dana Evans’ WNBA career didn’t start off the way she nor most national media anticipated. Evans was once considered a top-6 pick in the draft and the belief was there was no way she’d drop past the 8th pick. The entire 1st round was called and Evans was still on the board. She didn’t have to…
The 2021-2022 Louisville men’s and women’s basketball season is just around the corner. With that in mind, Louisville Athletics released information for fans that will be attending the men’s basketball scrimmage and the home games for men’s and women’s basketball. For information on mobile ticketing, health and safety protocols in regards to the ongoing pandemic,…
As most of you all know, CSZ has re-started their YouTube channel. You can find it at @CardinalSportsZone. (Cheap Pop) We started it way back in 2013. The first video was of Coach P getting his 2013 National Championship tat done. However, the first sideline action we got footage of was the gem from Teddy…
The Big Ten, ACC, and PAC 12 commissioners met with media yesterday announcing an alliance between the three conferences. While it was somewhat lite on details, there is basically a mutual partnership in place to help better the student-athletes of the 41 member institutions through supporting their mental, physical, and academic well being as well…
Card Nation, one of our very own needs our assistance. Your 2-time Gold medalist Payton Verhulst and her sister Ashton Verhulst are trying to raise funds for an amazing cause. As many of you know, Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions associated with…