Louisville Ninth in NCBWA Preseason Poll
February 04, 2019 | Baseball
Cardinals add their sixth top 11 preseason ranking while joining seven other ACC teams in NCBWA Top 40
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville baseball team received its sixth preseason ranking on Monday after being placed No. 9 in the 2019 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 40.
The Cardinals are ranked in the top 11 in each of the six preseason polls for the 2019 season, including No. 4 in the D1Baseball Top 25. Louisville is also No. 8 in both the USA Today Top 25 and Perfect Game Top 25, No. 9 in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll and No. 11 in the Baseball America Top 25. UofL has earned a preseason national ranking in each of the last 12 years (2008-19) extending its school record streak. Louisville has also remained ranked in at least one major national poll every week since the release of the 2012 preseason rankings – the longest such span in school history.
Vanderbilt is No. 1 in the NCBWA poll and followed by No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Texas Tech, No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 Oregon State. The Cardinals are among eight ACC programs in the top 40 joining No. 7 North Carolina, No. 10 Florida State, No. 17 Clemson and No. 25 Duke, No. 28 Wake Forest, No. 30 NC State and No. 31 Wake Forest.
Last season, Louisville registered a 45-19 record overall after advancing to the championship round of an NCAA Regional for the seventh straight season. The Cardinals were ranked as highly as 23rd by Collegiate Baseball newspaper while also landing at No. 25 in the USA Today Top 25 and 27th in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll. Louisville registered its seventh straight 40-win season and the 11th in 12 seasons under head coach Dan McDonnell.
The Cardinals are scheduled to open the 2019 season against UConn (ranked 20th in the Perfect Game Top 25) with a three-game series on Feb. 15-17 at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, the spring training home of the Detroit Tigers. Louisville's home-opener at Jim Patterson Stadium is set for Feb. 20 at 3 p.m., ET against Eastern Kentucky.
2019 LOUISVILLE BASEBALL SEASON TICKETS
After one season of ticketed admission for all home games, the Cardinals are giving free admission back to the fans in 2019. Louisville's 15 ACC games as well as non-conference games against UK and Vanderbilt will be ticketed events at Jim Patterson Stadium. All other non-conference matchups, including games against Ole Miss, Western Kentucky and Xavier, will have free admission.
The 2019 reserved chairback ticket packages, which include one ticket to each of the 17 ticketed games, are priced at $110 for adults, $90 for senior adults/youths and $90 for families of four or more. Season tickets for the Left Field Berm are also available at $50 per ticket. Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online here, by calling 502-GO-CARDS or by visiting the Louisville Cardinals Ticket Office, located near Gate 2 at Cardinal Stadium (2800 South Floyd Street) on weekdays from 9 a.m., until 5 p.m., ET. Complete details on 2019 UofL baseball tickets can be found at gocards.com/bsbtickets.
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