The monsoons have stopped, and the temperatures are reaching into the 90s, and we're about to switch over into the collapsed, "Ain't nobody here but us chickens", July calendar on the GoCards website.
The WUGs Return
The biannual World University Games, the Cardinal Couple beloved "WUGs" return this week.
The UofL rooting interest in this one is for Tori Dilfer, one of the two setters on the US Women's Volleyball contingent.
The US Volleyball WUGs participants depart for Napoli Italy today. The beginning of the volleyball competition is Thursday with qualifying rounds getting underway.
Dilfer is officially listed as being from the Cardinals, but has yet to hit the court for an official UofL Volleyball match as she joined the team in January after transferring in from TCU. The current expectation is that the fall setter role on Cardinals squad is Dilfer's position to lose, though there is a good incoming freshman from Arizona, Shannon Shields, who will be looking to win some time in the position.
Cardinals in the Big Leagues
Brendan McKay made his Major League Baseball debut with Tampa Bay yesterday. He pitched for 6 innings, and retired his first 15 batters with no one getting on base. McKay also showed some fielding prowess in the 2nd. The infield was shifted heavily to the right but a pop up just into foul territory by left base had no other infielders left to field it. With a quick run over to the 3rd base line, McKay helped his own cause catching the fly just in foul territory.
McKay, who was much beloved as a Cardinal, has rocketed up through the ranks of pro ball, spending barely a month at the AAA level before being called up to the Rays. OK, admittedly, the Rays have had a rough time of it of late, so they're looking for answers. With the 5-2 win over the Rangers, it looks like they may have one. They may have found two, even, as word on the street is that McKay, who has always gone both ways, with a history of producing some prodigious offense as well, will be getting a chance to shine in the batter's box as well.
We don't typically follow Cardinal Baseball too closely, here at Cardinal Couple, but I did want to stop and take a moment to recognize McKay as an Cardinal to continue to be proud of.
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