Cardinals Begin ACC Play Against No. 6 North Carolina

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville baseball team begins Atlantic Coast Conference play with a weekend series against No. 6 North Carolina. The series will feature a Friday doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. ET with the finale on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. The Friday games will be televised on ACC Network Extra, with Sunday's game to appear on the ACC Network. 970 WGTK will have radio coverage all weekend, with 93.9 The Ville carrying the Sunday game.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE ALTERED
Due to inclement weather in the forecast for Saturday, the series will now include a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 3 p.m. ET. There will be no game on Saturday and the Sunday game will remain at 3 p.m. ET.

TICKET UPDATES WITH SCHEDULE CHANGE
Tickets purchased for the Friday, March 14th game will remain valid for the newly scheduled start time on Friday. These tickets will also be valid for the 2nd game on Friday.

Tickets purchased for the Saturday, March 15th game can be exchanged for the double header on Friday or for the game on Sunday. Tickets purchased for the Saturday, March 15th game can also be exchanged for any remaining ACC home game this season.

OFFENSE ROLLS IN PAIR OF MIDWEEK WINS
Louisville cruised to a pair of midweek victories, defeating Lipscomb 13-0 in seven innings and Oakland 13-5. The Cardinals pounded out 31 hits in the two games and scored double digit runs for the seventh and eighth times this season.

McDONNELL AGAINST TOP-10 OPPONENTS
Under Dan McDonnell's leadership, the Cardinals are 50-37 all-time against teams ranked inside the top 10, including a 28-20 mark at home. Louisville is 1-0 in 2025 after defeating No. 7 Texas on opening night.

NORTH CAROLINA SERIES HISTORY
Louisville is 7-12 all-time against North Carolina, but holds a 4-2 mark against the Tar Heels in Louisville. UNC last traveled to The Ville in 2022, when the Cardinals got walk-off victories in the Saturday and Sunday games to claim the series.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville is 10-0 all-time in ACC openers, including a 9-6 victory over Virginia Tech last season, and has won the opening conference series in eight of its 10 seasons in the ACC.
UofL is 57-33-2 in its 92 all-time ACC series (one series ended 1-1, one ended 1-1-1) since joining the league and is 62-27-1 in its series finales during that span, including a 21-14-1 record in rubber games.
The Cardinals have won 33 of their 45 ACC series at home since debuting in the conference.
Louisville owns 171 conference wins since joining the ACC in 2015, the most conference wins during that time of any current Power Four school.
The Cardinals cranked up the running game in the last two weeks, swiping 21 bases in the last six games. Louisville is currently third in the ACC with 36 overall.
The Louisville offense has tallied double digit hits in 11 of 16 games to start the season, going 10-1 in those contests. The Cards notched at least 10 hits 29 times in 2024, posting a 22-7 mark when doing so.
Louisville hitters have kept their strikeouts to a minimum on the homestand, striking six times or less in all 13 games.
The Cardinals have nearly equal walk and strikeout numbers this season, taking 78 free passes to just 81 strikeouts.

PLAYER NOTES

Jake Munroe has made an immediate impact in the middle of Louisville's lineup. The junior college All-American leads the ACC in hits, and ranks third in batting average, fourth in triples, sixth in runs, seventh in on-base percentage and ninth in total bases. Munroe has a hit in 14 of 16 games this season and leads the team with 10 multi-hit games.
Tague Davis came to Louisville as a highly touted prospect and has lived up to the billing early. The freshman has been one of the top hitters in the ACC, ranking second in home runs and slugging percentage. He is also ninth in on-base percentage and 11th in RBIs. Davis is also in the top 10 nationally among freshmen in home runs (2nd), slugging (3rd), RBIs (4th), OBP (5th) and batting average (8th). Over his last nine games, Davis is hitting .500 (14-for-28) with six home runs, 16 RBIs, 11 runs, seven walks and only three strikeouts.
Matt Klein had a breakout summer in the Cape Cod League that saw him hit .375 for the Cotuit Kettleers. His hitting ways have continued to start the spring, as he has recorded multiple hits in eight games and multiple RBIs in eight as well. Klein leads the Cards and ranks eighth in the ACC with 22 driven in.
Lucas Moore has been the ultimate table-setter at the top of the lineup for the Cards. Moore leads the Cardinals with 25 runs scored and tops the ACC in runs per game. The speedy outfielder is also a perfect 12-for-12 in stolen bases, the second-highest total in the conference.
Patrick Forbes has been dominant in his first four starts of 2025. The right-hander has surrendered just three earned runs over 21 innings, striking out 39 batters to just three walks. Opponents have managed just 14 hits against Forbes, who is currently leading the ACC in strikeout-to-walk ratio and second in strikeouts. His 39 punchouts are the third-most by a Louisville pitcher through the first four weekends, trailing only Reid Detmers in 2020 (48) and 2019 (41).
Peter Michael transferred to Louisville with a career 13.25 ERA after one year each at San Diego and Northwestern. However, the right-hander has taken huge steps forward as the Sunday starter for the Cards. Michael is 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA through four starts with 21 strikeouts in 18.1 innings.
Brennyn Cutts has been excellent through his first five appearances in a Louisville uniform. The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year has allowed just two runs in 11.2 innings across five relief appearances. Cutts earned victories with 3.2 shutout frames against Western Michigan and 2.0 more versus St. John's.
Wyatt Danilowicz missed all of the 2024 season due to injury, but has been outstanding in his return to the mound. In six relief appearances, the southpaw has allowed just one unearned run over 6.2 innings with 12 strikeouts. Danilowicz earned his first career save in the weekend finale against UIC, recording the final four outs.

LOUISVILLE FEATURES ONE OF NATION'S TOP OFFENSES THROUGH FIRST MONTH
With the regular season almost exactly one year old, the Louisville offense has been one of the best in the entire country in 2025.

The Cardinals hold the second-best batting average in the country at .348 entering the weekend. They also rank top 25 nationally in triples (6th), hits (12th), on-base percentage (17th), slugging percentage (17th) and runs per game (21st).

Louisville ranks top three in the ACC in all the aforementioned categories, as well as stolen bases.

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Players Mentioned

Brennyn Cutts

Wyatt Danilowicz

Tague Davis

Patrick Forbes

Matt Klein

Peter Michael

Lucas Moore

Jake Munroe

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