Lady Leopards Ice Polar Bears 11-0
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Louisville 11, Jackson 0, 5 Innings
The Lady Leopards exploded for five runs in the opening inning and never looked back as they went on to mercy the visiting Jackson Polar Bears 11-0 Monday evening. Katie Cozy hit a 2-run homer and Gianna Falcone hurled a 1-hit shutou to lead Louisville.
The Lady Leps batted around the lineup in the first inning. Cozy set the tone for the season by ripping a screaming line drive over the left-field fence for a 2-run homer. Following that, Chandler Rice reached base via a walk and proceeded to swipe both second and third cleanly. On the next pitch, Annie Woolf blooped a single to left which allowed Rice to score easily making it 3-0.
Kylie Zifer walked next, then Jordan Monnot loaded the bases via a bunt single. On the next at-bat, a bunt single by Falcone brought home the pinch-running Grace Jackson from third. Two batters later, Amy Hoover was issued a walk with the bases loaded allowing Zifer to make it 5-0 Louisville.
Rice did all of the Leopards damage in the second inning. She single to right to get herself aboard and then hustled to steal second. After two overthrows by the Polar Bears defense, Rice found herself crossing home plate as she went from first to home in one play. In the third inning, Hoover singled home Monnot for the first score and then Hoover crossed homeplate via two passed balls to make it 8-0 Louisville.
Louisville tallied three more runs in the fourth inning. Woolf singled home Cozy to start the scoring. Then Rice stole her fourth base of the game before coming home courtesy of a passed ball. Finally, Monnot sacrificed herself to score the pinch-running Jackson. 11-0 Leopards.
After a 1-2-3 fifth inning, the Lady Leopards won via the mercy rule. Falcone was solid on the mound as she allowed just 1 hit and retired 15 of the 17 Polar Bears that she faced. Louisville will open up NBC play on Tuesday at Alliance.
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STATISTICS
LEOPARDS 11, POLAR BEARS 0
Team 123-45–R-H-E
Jackson 000-00–0-1-4
Louisville 512-3X–11-8-0
Hoover | 1-2 | BB, 1B, 2 RBIs, Run
Swigert | 0-3 | Run
Cozy | 2-3 | HR, 1B, SB, 2 RBIs, 2 Runs
Rice | 1-1 | 2 BBs, 1B, 4 SBs, 3 Runs
Woolf | 2-3 | 2 1Bs, 2 RBIs
— Jackson | 0-0 | 2 SBs, 2 Runs
Zifer | 0-1 | BB, Run
— Hupp | 0-1 |
Monnot | 1-1 | 1B, BB, SAC, RBI, Run
Falcone | 1-3 | 1B, RBI
— Givens | 0-0 |
Cox | 0-2 |
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Alliance to take on the Aviators on Tuesday, April 2 at 4:30 PM.
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