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If you haven’t been following women’s swimming and diving, it’s about that time to make your approach. The Cardinals were already elites on campus, but they just upped the ante with a historic finish at the national level. Louisville finished fourth overall at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, marking the highest finish in program history. The team combined for 235 points, five AllAmerican finishes, four record-breaking finishes, three medals and two national titles. “We battled so many different things this season, but this group continued to find different ways to perform,” head coach Arthur Albiero said. “The fact that 11 years ago, we went to this meet and we scored one point and now 11 years later,
to be standing here with the elite of the elite is incredible. I’m honored to be a part of this, it has been an incredible journey.” Mallory Comerford stole the show and cemented herself as one of the most decorated student-athletes in school history. The senior won gold medals in the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle, along with bronze in the 50 freestyle. With her third consecutive NCAA title in the 200 free, Comerford becomes the first three-time NCAA champion in a single event in school history. And with four NCAA titles across her career, Comerford steps on level ground with Olympian and former Cardinal Kelsi Worrell Dahlia for the most NCAA titles won by a U of L swimmer. “I’m proud of this group, and obviously Mallory,” Albiero said. “Winning a title never gets old. As a matter of fact, this is the eighth consecutive year winning an NCAA individual title. It says a lot about
the program and the support we have that goes with it.” Comerford shined at the NCAA Championships, and she was not the sole Cardinal to do so. Several performances are worthy of loud recognition, in addition to the team as a whole that topped its fifth-place finish from last year’s NCAA Championships.
freshmen in there on the anchor leg. We put (Kraus) in a tough position, but she handled it well.”
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Senior Alina Kendzior, sophomore Mariia Astashkina, junior Grace Oglesby and Comerford combined for fifth place in the 400 medley relay. Kendzior’s leg of the relay set a new 800 freestyle relay school record, along with beating her Senior Sophie Cattermole, Comer- own mark set at last year’s NCAA Chamford, sophomore Arina Openysheva and pionships. freshman Alena Kraus combined for sixth 200 medley relay place in the 800 free relay. The group Kendzior, freshman Kaylee Wheeler, earned All-American honors, tied the best Oglesby and junior Lainey Visscher placed NCAA finish in program history in the fifth in the 200 medley relay, posting the event and posted the second-fastest 800 fourth-fastest time in school history. free relay in Louisville history (6:56.07). “We battled hard to put ourselves in a “This meet is different. It’s unlike any position for success,” Albiero said. “We other meet, it’s a meet where you come were seeded 22nd, nowhere to be found. to compete,” Albiero said. “I think that’s To qualify for the final and hold on for where I’m most proud of this group, to fifth overall was exciting.” be able to come in and complete with a CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN
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School of Music Instrument theft suspects arrested, charged
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The University of Louisville Police Department arrested two suspects March 21, charging them with stealing musical instruments from the School of Music over the past 30 days. Alphonso Monrew and Anthony Abrams are charged with burglary and theft. Police say the suspects have no affiliation with the university. All of the stolen instruments and electronics, valued at more than $50,000, have
been found. According to John Karman, U of L’s director of media relations, ULPD is returning all of the stolen items to the proper owners. ”The ULPD Detective Unit deployed a number of due diligence tactics,” said ULPD Chief Gary D. Lewis Jr. “All of the instruments have been recovered and will be returned to the students impacted in the coming days.” Karman said that police will be increasing their presence around the School of Music.
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Associate dean Teresa Reed will become the new dean of the U of L School of Music June 15. University of Louisville Provost Beth Boehm announced the appointment March 18. Reed said her goals are to listen and learn. She was an associate dean of the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tulsa. She wrote two award-winning books about African-American music: “The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular Music” and “The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor.”
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Reed was invited to apply for the position and went through three separate interviews. “I was really impressed with the array of programs and opportunity for students; just a great variety ranging from a nationally renowned jazz program, internationally renowned choral program, and music therapy program,” said Reed. Reed said she has a passion to teach and build confidence in students. “I am very student-centered. In fact, if someone were to ask me what I do, my short answer is that I am a teacher. I am a teacher at heart. I do administration and enjoy it very much but at the core of what I do and how I operate is I am a
teacher who cares very much about her students and their success,” said Reed. Reed will replace Christopher Doane, who was dean for 17 years. “My goal is for the School of Music to pass from his leadership to mine in a way that is very smooth and that really continues and builds upon what is already there,” she said. She attended Valparaiso University for her B.A., the University of Tulsa for a masters degree in music theory and Indiana University for a PhD in music theory, history and literature along with African-American studies.
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Education and Human Development. Lingo will take over the position starting April 8. According to Boehm, Lingo started at the university in 2005 as an assistant professor before working her way into a faculty professor position.
Lingo has also served as an assistant chair of the Department of Special Education from 2009 to 2015 as well as a special assistant to the dean from 2014 to 2015. ”When the CEHD did a national search for the position of associate dean for academic affairs and unit effectiveness, Dr. Lingo was selected from a large pool of candidates, and she has served in that role since 2015,” said Boehm.
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Meet SGA President-Elect Jasper Noble GABRIEL WIEST @THECARDINALNEWS
The University of Louisville’s Student Government Association announced Jasper Noble as the 2019 President-elect. Noble is a junior political science and history double major at U of L. Noble started his career with SGA as a task force freshman before continuing on to the student senate his sophomore year. His first presidential initiative is to make a website similar to Rate My Professor for off-campus housing. The proposal is to help hold landlords accountable, as well as giving students a voice when it comes to the issues that come with living off campus. “We don’t really have that kind of open forum where students can kind of air grievances that everybody will see, so I think that can make the off-campus community safer, it could make it more accessible and we could make sure that we are getting the very best possible options on campus,” said Noble. He explained the new administration
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is enthusiastic about moving forward and hearing new ideas from students. Every role in the executive top four
has their own set duties. It is important that the team works cohesively. Noble will work with Executive Vice
President-elect Kayla Payne, Services Vice President-elect Lydia Burns, and Academic Vice President-elect Sabrina Collins. “I think this team is really showing up to be exceptional. I am in the president’s role, and then there are three really strong, very powerful women that are going to be fulfilling their roles. They are going to be taking initiatives and really making change, which I think is going to be great,” said Noble. The SGA President is a liaison between campus administration and the student body. The president also holds a position on the Board of Trustees. Noble said, “Before I even set foot in a room I want to make sure I have read every single relevant document, I want to know the legal context, I want to know the financial context, I want to know the student opinion on all these different things so preparation is the first thing I want to do.” Their induction will be held May 11.
LouVelo bikes roll onto campus
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The LouVelo bikes seen in downtown Louisville have made their way to campus. They are pay-to-ride bikes meant to help with commuting. They have different payment options available for all riders. Their student plan is $7.50 a month. Their other plans are $99 per year and $20 per 300 minutes. If needing to use it for a one way trip then it is $3.50 for 30 minutes. According to the website louvelo. com, “The first 60 minutes of each ride is included in the base price of Daily Passes
and with annual/yearly memberships.” ”Once signed up, you can easily check out a bike and return to any station within the system.” There are 32 stations so far in Louisville with 321 total bikes. The stations have a smart dock that allows you to unlock the bike with a key, smart card or code. It also has a kiosk for easy payment. There are also solar panels to make the stations more self-sufficient. Five stations have been built around campus. They are next to Threkeld, Floyd Street Parking Garage, the Speed School, Third and Brandeis streets and Brook Street at Cardinal Boulevard.
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Solange breaks new ground and celebrates the past BLAKE WEDDING @THECARDINALNEWS
Solange Knowles has had a lot riding on her fourth studio album, “When I Get Home.” “When I Get Home” is a bold and brave artistic statement. While there are similarities to her first album “A Seat at the Table,” Knowles instead opts to craft something entirely different and experiment with her sound. “When I Get Home” is characterized by its atmospheric production, which also, is its greatest quality. The production and music on this album almost defy classification in that nothing in R&B really sounds like this. The sounds that Knowles manages to put together on this album ensure that the album has a remarkable fluidity, where each track seems to coalesce into the next. There is almost a jazz-like quality to some of the tracks here, where the beats and production seem to bounce off her empowered voice.
Lyrically Knowles finds herself in an interesting place with “When I Get Home.” The theme of paying homage to home and how the idea of home is such a profound part of who we are is obvious and clear, but this message works as a metaphor for how she acknowledges her R&B roots. On a larger level, Knowles reflects on many social and racial issues that were omnipresent throughout “A Seat at the Table” and could be tied to the emotional cathartic nature of that album. However, “When I Get Home” is a different emotional place with these themes, as she sounds far more self-assured and composed, and establishes an almost celebratory quality to these lyrical topics. As a whole “When I Get Home” is quite an enjoyable album. There are low spots and the album is also tarnished a bit with some filler tracks, but that does not take away from what Knowles has accomplished here. It is an arbitrary affair to compare this
album with her previous work considering just how different they both are. “When I Get Home” is an album concerned with how the past affects us, more importantly, it’s concerned with connecting this theme to black culture and ongoing racial injustice in America. Instead of sinking into sorrow, she chooses to connect these themes back to black listeners by encouraging them to celebrate themselves and to empower themselves as a form of resistance. This decade has largely seen a sea of change in what R&B sounds like. Artists have transformed the genre’s appeal and have made “alternative-R&B” the new norm. Alternative R&B rose out of a sense of genre fatigue. Artists became disinterested in neosoul and contemporary R&B and paved the way for what would become one of this decade’s defining sounds. Yet, on the other side of the spectrum sits Knowles. Along with a few other artists of her
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caliber such as D’Angelo and Anderson Paak, Knowles is still keen on showcasing why neo-soul still matters and why it is relevant in today’s musical landscape. She did so with “A Seat at the Table,” and with “When I Get Home,” she emphasizes that idea further by paying homage to her past while also yearning to delve into new sonic styles.
U of L’s Ville’ns take on Des Moines SAM COMBEST @SAMICOMBEST
I am the current Editor-in-Chief for The Louisville Cardinal and hold the titles of Director of Marketing and Recruitment for The Ville’ns. Men’s basketball kicked off the very first game of March Madness in Des Moines, Iowa. Members of The Ville’ns Executive Board were invited to join the fun by the
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athletic department. If you have not been to any athletic event in the last three years, or follow University of Louisville Athletics, The Ville’ns is the official student section of U of L. Wednesday we kicked off the nineand-a-half hour drive for the ultimate fan experience. Our midnight arrival was welcomed with parking alongside the team bus and staying at the team hotel. Cardinal decals were on all doors and several portions of the lobby. Staff wore the ever-so-stylish “Welcome to the Ville” t-shirts along with other red and black attire. Local sports media members, players’ family members and Bill Murray, the best fan in college basketball, were also at the hotel. March Madness banners were plastered all over the city skywalks and hotel room keys. After a three block walk with fans from across the nation, there we were. We were just five college kids a few rows behind our student athletes and Bill Murray who was somewhere in the front row mixed in with the Cardinal family. Fans from all over wore their team
gear while taking in the raw reality that we were about to experience the NCAA tournament live. The Wells Fargo Arena was a tight squeeze with a capacity of only 16,110 seats, reminding us of how spoiled we are with the KFC Yum! Center and its 22,090 capacity. Few things will ever be more satisfying than receiving texts from friends and family saying they heard your battle cry while a Minnesota player was up for a free throw. I live for the moments when my voice is recognized as being the loudest in a room, let alone in an arena with over 16,000 fans. In the section of proud parents, donors and avid U of L fans, I was one of the few who stood the majority of the game. Murray was able to rile the crowd back up each time the game got heated. It became an ongoing joke between us: “When Bill stands, we all stand.” “It was an incredible experience that I wouldn’t change for the world. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity presented for us, but I wish we could’ve come home with a win,” said Ville’ns President, Andrew Wiemels.
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After a season of highs and lows, there isn’t a group of people I would rather have traveled to see. Our team had the heart and drive to surpass all expectations this season, making it to the tournament despite the consistent negative media attention. While I wish I was able to watch Team 105 advance further, I will remember how I got to watch them grow to the team that showed the world the holes in Duke and UNC. Never underestimate a Cardinal.
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Archivist Tom Owens walks through U of L’s history JOSEPH GARCIA @JOSEPH_G08
With Spring just beginning, more and more students can be seen sitting or walking around campus. What many don’t realize is the amount of history that surrounds them. This semester Tom Owens is leading two walking tours highlighting the University of Louisville’s lively past. The tour is definitely worth the time whether you love history or just want to have a fun experience with a charismatic tour guide on a Friday afternoon. Owens has been an Archivist in Ekstrom Library’s Archives and Special Collections for 44 years. The 55-minute tour pointed out the eight oldest surviving campus buildings. These buildings were Civil War era structures owned by the city and functioned as an orphanage and reform school called the House of Refuge. The oldest of the eight is Gardiner Hall, built
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in 1872. While going around, Owens energetically pointed out other interesting pieces of history. For example, have you ever wondered why the main campus is called Belknap campus? “William Belknap was a member of our Trustees in World War I. He bought a farm out in the Douglass Loop area and that was where the University was going to move its new campus to,” Owens said. In 1925 a $1 million dollar bond issue
was eventually passed, this time promising $100 thousand for African-American higher education. “We sold the farm and used the money to buy this campus which we named after him for buying the farm for the suburban campus,” Owens said. Grawemeyer Hall was the first building built in 1927. Another example is Miller IT was once the Student Center up until 1990. “It housed cafeterias, a faculty dining club, bookstores and all kinds of activity
Miller IT, Bookstore (1959)
Honors Overseers House (1900s)
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spaces for students. It was even supposed to include a bowling alley, but it was never built,” Owens said. The Honors Overseers house along First Street Walk is also the only surviving house from 1870. It was part of the original neighborhood that the University acquired when it was expanding. As Owens concluded his tour he reminded the group that this campus is more than just a gathering of buildings where people learn or research. “This campus is a destination. It’s Tree Campus USA because of the way we care for our trees. It’s a place for the exhibit of modern sculpture, the place for water features, the place where people come just because it is a warm, relaxing place,” said Owens. Owens next walking tour is Friday, March 29 at noon. It starts outside Ekstrom Library on the side facing Bingham Humanities.
Miller IT (2019)
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Honors Overseers House (2019)
Grawemeyer Hall (2019) PHOTOS BY JOSEPH GARCIA / THE LOUISVILE CARDINAL
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Letter: Re-purpose the McConnell Gallery This letter was submited by Bayne Lutz, a senior English and Library Science double major. The spirit of renovation is in the air at the University of Louisville’s Ekstrom Library. In the upcoming summer, the library will undergo extensive thirdfloor renovations, temporarily displacing collections to provide more study space for students. These renovations fit with the library’s stated goal to “provide spaces where/when our users need them.” The inconvenience should result in a more efficient and welcoming use of the library’s limited space. In contrast, the Civic Education Gallery of the McConnell-Chao archive is neither efficient nor welcoming. You have likely noticed the exhibit
space dedicated to Senator McConnell and Secretary Chao in your time on the library’s lower level and may know it as the “McConnell Shrine.” The gallery contains personal papers, artifacts, and electronic resources and its stated goal is to use the lives of both political figures to “create a greater awareness and appreciation for primary sources and their importance in documenting the past to understand the present.” The gallery was built a decade ago as part of the 7,000 square feet archive construction that cost 3.6 million dollars in private donations. The space is maintained by the McConnell Center, outside the jurisdiction of U of L’s Archives and Special Collections. The problems? Students, staff nor faculty use the
space for its explicit educational purpose, barring some satirical comments & mockery. I have worked in the library for nearly four years and I can count on one hand the number of times I have directed a patron there. For a library that is so desperately searching for student space, the gallery’s lack of appeal to the U of L community is an issue. By permanently exhibiting memorabilia from McConnell & Chao’s lives, the university is supporting the idea that only people with power and money deserve to be archived. Furthermore, dedicating a space on campus to idealize a man who actively votes to take away the rights of immigrants, women, the LGBTQ+ community, people of color, and low-income citizens sends the message that our university and library
do not care about oppressed groups, inclusion or equality. With the support of the student body, we will urge university administration to re-purpose the Civic Education Gallery, possibly into a morerelevant rotating archival exhibition or more space for student study. To be clear, we are not proposing that the archival material itself be eliminated, only that space be used for the active benefit of the U of L community instead of the interests of a few powerful individuals. If you would like to read more and support our re-purposing proposal to university administration, follow the link to our petition at tinyurl.com/ McConnellRepurposing. Email our team at Bmlutz01@louisville.edu to express any questions, concerns, or disagreements you may have.
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Women’s basketball reaches third straight Sweet 16
Dana Evans (left), Arica Carter (center) during the 71-50 win over Michigan.
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No. 1 seed women’s basketball has reached its third consecutive Sweet 16 with a 71-50 win over No. 8 Michigan. The Cardinals now move to Albany, New York to play in the round of 16 and potentially the Elite Eight. Louisville will face the winner of No. 4 Oregon State and No. 5 Gonzaga on March 29. Asia Durr, Arica Carter and Sam Fuehring kissed the Cardinal at mid-court and ran a victory lap around the hardwood after the game, celebrating their final win at the KFC Yum! Center. They will depart the program as the winningest class in program history. The seniors and their teammates combined for a great offensive and defensive performance against the Wolverines. Louisville capitalized on 22 turnovers from its opponent and outscored Michigan each quarter. Durr scored 24 points, including five three-pointers, with five assists and two rebounds. Fuehring followed with 10 points and two rebounds, looking healthy after her bout with injuries in the ACC tournament. Carter only scored two points, but she also notched seven rebounds and three assists in her first NCAA tournament game this postseason. “To all three of our seniors, just a wonderful group of young women,” head coach Jeff Walz said. “So proud of Arica Carter, being able to get back out there and play. She did not want to end her career not having a chance to play the last game at home.”
Looking at the bigger picture
Seniors Carter, Durr (left) and Fuehring (right) played their final home game.
With so much success in recent years, it’s easy to forget the amount of growth that Louisville women’s basketball has experienced. The Cardinals have reached the NCAA tournament 11 times in the last 12 seasons, along with three Final Fours in the last 10 years under head coach Jeff Walz. Earning an appearance in the round of 16 is no easy task. And with each successive win in the Big Dance, the Cards continue to build their brand on the national level. “The growth of our program is just outstanding,” Walz said at the beginning of the season. “When I got the job, Tom’s (Jurich) goal was for us to get to the Sweet 16. Now we could lose in the Sweet 16 and it’s a terrible year for some people.”
Remaining wary
This year, Louisville arguably faces the toughest route to the Final Four out of all No. 1 seeds. Assuming they win their next game, the Cards will most likely face No. 2 Connecticut in the Elite Eight. On the one hand, U of L knows it can beat UConn. Their meeting during the regular season resulted in a solid 78-69 victory for the Cardinals. On the other hand, the Huskies have yet to lose a game since their loss at Louisville and probably remain hungry for revenge because of the defeat. UConn has also reached the Final Four every season across the past 10 years, so U of L should remain wary that they might be approaching their most difficult matchup in the 2018-19 season.
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IGNITING INSPIRATION. BETTERING THE WORLD. 2019 GRAWEMEYER AWARDS LECTURE SERIES APRIL 9 The Grawemeyer Awards program at the University of Louisville pays tribute to the power of creative ideas, emphasizing the impact a single idea can have on the world. Prizes are awarded annually to inspire, honor and nurture achievements in music composition, education, ideas improving world order, religion and psychology. The winners visit Louisville each spring to discuss their awardwinning ideas.
1:00 P.M., EKSTROM LIBRARY, CHAO AUDITORIUM FULFILLING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Terra Lawson-Remer and Susan Randolph, Ideas Improving World Order recipients 7:00 P.M., LOUISVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, CALDWELL CHAPEL THE END OF WHITE CHRISTIAN AMERICA Robert P. Jones, Religion Award recipient
APRIL 10 12:00 P.M. (noon), STRICKLER HALL, MIDDLETON AUDITORIUM INCENTIVE-SENSITIZATION THEORY OF ADDICTION Kent Berridge and Terry Robinson, Psychology Award recipients
APRIL 11 3:00 P.M., SCHOOL OF MUSIC, BIRD RECITAL HALL NOMADEN Joël Bons, Music Composition recipient
The lectures are free and open to the public. For additional details, visit grawemeyer.org.
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Peaks and Valleys: Men’s basketball season in review CONNER FARRELL
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Men’s basketball season ended with an 86-76 loss to Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA tournament. This shortlived appearance in the Big Dance capped a 20-14 campaign for the Cards in their first season under head coach Chris Mack. Minnesota shot 40 percent from beyond the arc for 11 three-pointers. This is a notable stat, considering the Gophers only average 5.1 per game and shot nine percent from three in their second-round loss to Michigan State. Sure, the first-round exit for U of L is disappointing, especially since they were the higher seed in the matchup. However, the Cardinal faithful should not let this defeat mar the season as whole. The season for the Cards had a number of peaks and valleys. Let’s examine them closely in this season review.
Peaks
In the preseason ACC coaches poll, Louisville was picked to finish 11th in the conference. The ranking was justifiable for three reasons: U of L missed the NCAA tourney last year, brought in a new coach with no recruiting class and lost four of its five starters. All of these factors seemed to leave the Cards undeterred as they rolled through the non-conference schedule, which was arguably one of the toughest in the conference, with a 9-4 record. This included a home upset of then-No. 9 Michigan State in overtime. After dropping their first ACC road game to Pittsburgh, the Cardinals made national buzz as they upset No. 12 North Carolina in an 83-62 rout on the road. This was UNC’s worst home loss in 16 seasons under head coach Roy Williams. Following the rout, Louisville picked up a couple more wins and entered the AP poll for the first time in months. U of L tallied one more win against a ranked team at No. 11 Virginia Tech on Feb. 4. For the remaining portion of the season, the team toiled through a tough ACC schedule, but there were some bright SWIMMING FROM COVER
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Visscher, Comerford, junior Avery Braunecker and junior Casey Fanz placed fourth in the 200 free relay for the best finish in school history. The group also broke the record for fastest time in school history (1:26.71).
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spots. Sophomore Jordan Nwora solidified his candidacy for the ACC’s Most Improved Player of the Year, with an average of 17 points per game. Graduate transfer Christen Cunningham came into his own running the team from the point averaging 4.8 assists per game.
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a 20-point rout from the Syracuse Orange and a questionable double-digit road loss to Boston College. The two biggest weaknesses for the team throughout the season were keeping teams off the offensive glass, which plagued them in big games throughout the season, and defending the paint. OpValleys It is undisputed that this year’s edition posing teams shot 46 percent inside the of the men’s basketball team exceeded arch against the Cardinals, good enough many expectations prior to the season for 29th nationally. starting, but the tough stretch in the Looking Ahead month of February cannot be overlooked. In year two under Mack, the program For starters, the epic 23-point collapse to will bring in the seventh-ranked recruitNo. 2 Duke was perhaps one of the worst ing class in the nation. Forward Samuell Cardinal losses of the decade. Unfortu- Williamson and center Aidan Igiehon nately, this loss went on to shape the rest highlight the group ranked 39th and 48th of the season. in the nation, respectively. The Cards only managed to win one The team will lose starting graduate game against teams with a winning re- transfer guards Cunningham and Khcord following Feb. 4. The 3-7 finish fol- wan Fore, and center Akoy Agau. Every lowing the Virginia Tech victory featured other player is eligible to come back for
the 2019-20 season. Expect players who return to feel much more comfortable in Chris Mack’s system, especially on the defensive side of the ball in the Pack Line formation, as well as the six-player freshmen class to make an immediate impact. After the season-ending defeat, Mack expressed how this team meant to him. “It’s a really tough feeling, you know, to end your season so quickly in the NCAA tournament,” Mack said. “I am very proud of our group. They exceeded a lot of people’s expectations. It’s sorta hard to see that in the moment, but to get a group that was picked 11th preseason in our conference and to represent our conference in the NCAA tournament, I don’t take that lightly.” It may not be universal, but that sentiment is viewed the same by a majority of Louisville fans as the first chapter of a new era comes to a close.
place in the 200 fly. The junior’s bronze medal time solidified her as the fifth-fastest performer in history.
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The team of Comerford, Openysheva, Fanz and Visscher capped Louisville’s successful showing with fifth place in the 400 free relay.
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After finishing second at the ACC With 12th place on the platform, juChampionships, and ninth at last year’s nior Molly Fears became the first diver national championship, men’s swimming in school history to earn Honorable Menand diving competes at the 2019 NCAA tion All-American honors. Championships from March 27-30 in 200 fly Austin, Texas. Comerford is now tied for most NCAA titles won by a U of L swimmer (4). Oglesby posted the first top-three NCAA finish of her career with third PHOTOS COURTESY / LOUISVILLE ATHLETICS
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Senior Arica Carter with a young fan after Louisville’s second-round win.
Head coach Chris Mack led MBB to a 20-14 record and NCAA appearance. PHOTOS BY TARIS SMITH / THE LOUISVILLE CARDINAL
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