The eighth-ranked and top-seeded Louisville baseball team saw its 16-game winning streak halted on Wednesday night at Bright House Field falling 3-2 in 12 innings to Connecticut in a first round game at the 2013 BIG EAST Championship.
Louisville junior righthander Jeff Thompson was honored as BIG EAST Conference Pitcher of the Year while a school record-tying 10 Cardinals earned All-BIG EAST accolades during Tuesday night's BIG EAST baseball awards ceremony at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort.
Riding the nation's longest active winning streak, the eighth-ranked Louisville baseball team enters this week's BIG EAST Conference Championship as the No. 1 seed after clinching the program's fourth BIG EAST regular season title in five seasons.
University of Louisville junior designated hitter Jeff Gardner was named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Monday, while sophomore righthander Nick Burdi was chosen as the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week as the Cardinals swept the conference's weekly honors for the first time in school history.
With the most impressive finish to a regular season in school history, the 10th-ranked Louisville baseball team clinched sole possession of the 2013 BIG EAST Conference regular season championship and won its 16th straight game overall with a 7-4 triumph over No. 16 Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon at Jim Patterson Stadium.
Jeff Gardner hammered a pair of home runs and had four RBI while Adam Engel and Nick Ratajczak combined for four hits and five RBI as the No. 10 Louisville baseball team clinched a share of its fourth BIG EAST Conference regular season title in five years with a 12-4 victory over 16th-ranked Pittsburgh on Friday night Jim Patterson...