We rank every position group for Coach Scott Satterfield and Louisville soccer and determine where the energy and weaknesses lie. There’s been plenty taking place across the Louisville football program because November 24th, 2018, when the Cards were destroyed on their home discipline through arch-nemesis Kentucky, completing their downward spiral of the season at 2-10, the worst report in view that going 1-10 in 1997.
Since then, a brand new head coach has been announced, a new way of life promise has been made, a cutting-edge team of workers has been formed, a brand new recruiting elegance has been launched featuring 14 high school signees and three graduate transfers, new spring football traditions have been mounted, and, of course, the pretty mentioned roster modifications have been made, with 13 scholarship players moving to other schools.
Heading into summertime workouts and post-spring soccer for a maximum of the alternative programs throughout the U.S., Louisville could have upwards of 6-10 scholarships to apply on graduate transfers or conventional take-a-seat transfers to offer intensity where it’s far presently missing on the roster. In the instruction of the 2020-2021 season and beyond, they shall pick out, too. But for now, the roster stands as is.
As the roster presently is located, Louisville has some positions wherein they’re set and ready to head, in particular, once the 2019 elegance arrives on campus, and others in which the team of workers nevertheless has paintings to do to provide intensity and assist the modern players at the roster take a breakthrough on the field. Let’s look at every function organization (as it presently stands), notice where there are strengths and weaknesses, and rank them from worst to best.
Surging Ateneo seeks to extend its prevailing streak to three matches when it clashes with National University on Sunday in the UAAP Season 81 men’s soccer event at the FEU-Diliman pitch.
The Blue Eagles and the Bulldogs collide in the closing health at three:30 PM.
The University of Santo Tomas and the defending champion University of the Philippines collide in different fixtures at 1:30 p.m. At the same time, De La Salle attempts to check a -in shape slide towards Adamson University at 9 a.m.
Behind Jarvey Gayoso, who has league-fine nine desires this season, Ateneo sits on top of the desk with 19 factors, one-off 2d-jogging Far Eastern University.
The Eagles are coming off a massive three-1 victory over the Green Archers remaining Thursday, as train JP Merida’s aspect overcame an early one-intention deficit to their 1-2 first-round loss.
NU has been struggling to remain outside the pinnacle of four varieties.
After consecutive attracts, the Bulldogs suffered a 1-2 defeat from the fingers of the Tamaraws ultimate Thursday.
The Growling Tigers, who have 17 factors, hope to solidify their preserve of the No. Three slots, while the Fighting Maroons go for their third, immediately win to stay in the fourth area.
UP is honestly level with De La Salle with 13 factors, but the Diliman-primarily based squad is ahead through desires.
The University of Sto. Tomas discovered another weapon in Ysa Jimenez, as the rookie played an inspired recreation to lift the Tigresses past the University of the East, 25-20, 25-20, 25-sixteen, Saturday in the UAAP Season 81 girls’ volleyball tournament at the Big Dome.
Jimenez gave a lot wished aid on offense to lower back regular factor-producers veteran Sisi Rondina and rookie Eya Laure as UST progressed to a 7-4 slate on the third spot at the back of league-main Ateneo de Manila University (nine-1) and three-time protecting champion De La Salle University (7-3).
Laureled the Tigresses with 14 points with 12 coming off attacks while including thirteen digs and eight first-rate receptions. Rondina was given 11 markers constructed on nine spikes, an ace, and a kill block simultaneously as Jimenez played her quality sport of the season with ten factors off six assaults, three aces, and a kill block for UST.
Katelyn Galdones scored eight factors even as Mafia Galanza tallied 26 extremely good units that helped the Tigresses nail 38 spike factors. “Ang motivation namin sa group namin ay ‘we’re ready for conflict’ sino man ang katapat namin. Si UE kasi may additionally risk. Any moment na magbigyan mo lang ng kaunting momentum para sa kanila kakainin ka ng buhay ni UE. Ina-examine nga namin sa past few video games nila nakailan silang 5 sets, kung natapos nila ng maayos yun baka sila pa ang nasa itaas,” stated Tigresses coach Kungfu Reyes, whose squad completed its elims sweep of the Lady Warriors. “Ni-ready naman namin kung paano kami ka-counter sa kanila, paano namin sila aatakehin, sinong target kapag nasa likod sila. Those matters ang pina-polish namin in the course of practices.
The Espana-based total squad formally eliminated the Lady Warriors in the semis race.
The Tigresses erased an early 5-nine deficit within the 1/3 set with a telling run behind the troika of Rondina, Laure, and Jimenez to take a comfy 23-16 lead. Caitlyn Viray nailed an ace inside the next play to transport at suit point before freshman Katelyn Galdones sealed the win with a kill block on Mean Mendrez. UE absorbed its ninth loss in eleven outings and 1/3 in a row after sorry five-set defeats in opposition to Far Eastern University and the University of the Philippines. Judith Arbil had 11 factors, 15 superb receptions, and eight digs even as Mendrez changed into confined to the most effective six markers for the Lady Warriors.
