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June 18, 2007

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OMAHA, Neb. - Following Sunday's 12-4 win over Mississippi State at the College World Series, the University of Louisville baseball team spent Monday morning visiting the Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha and will hold a light practice session later in the afternoon at Bellevue East High School. The Cards will face No. 3 seeded North Carolina in another CWS elimination game on Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET at historic Rosenblatt Stadium and the game will be televised nationally by ESPN2.

The Cards (47-23) improved to 5-0 in elimination games in this year's NCAA Tournament with another impressive offensive performance, including four home runs and 18 total hits, and a strong outing on the mound from freshman Justin Marks. U of L led 8-0 after four innings and after the Bulldogs closed to within 8-3 in the sixth, the Cards added three more in the seventh to close the door on any comeback attempts by the SEC foe.

Louisville became just the fifth school to score double figures in each of its first two MCWS games (accomplished seven times), joining Tennessee (2001), LSU (1998 and 2000) and USC (1998) and Arizona State (1965). Rice became the sixth school to accomplish the feat in Sunday night's 14-4 win over North Carolina, sending the Tar Heels to Tuesday's elimination game with the Cards.

UNC (54-14) fell behind the hot-hitting Owls 6-0 early in Sunday night's game and was never able to fully recover while using a CWS-record eight pitchers in the loss. The 14 runs by Rice were the most runs surrendered by North Carolina in 119 games since a 15-8 loss to Maryland on March 17, 2006.

The Cards will enter Tuesday's game as the home team for the first time in the 2007 College World Series, and the winner of the elimination game will face Rice on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2.