Leopards Fall to Panthers 9-0, Finish as District Runner-Up – Softball

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#2 Perry 9, #1 Louisville 0

The top seed Louisville Leopards Softball Team was shutout by the 2nd seed Perry Panthers 9-0 in the DI Massillon District Championship game Thursday Evening at the Eagles #190 Sports Complex. The loss snaps the Lady Leopards second 11-game winning streak of the season as they fall to 22-2 on the year.

Beatty's Sports - Louisville Leopards Softball Shirt 2018Teagan Rice batted 2-for-3 with a double to lead Louisville. Sarah Cantley also singled in the seventh and threw 9 strikeouts in a complete game effort for the Leopards.

Payton Gottshall pitched a complete game 3-hit shutout in the circle for the Panthers. Gottshall fanned 9 Louisville batters on the way to earning the victory.

Sunny Armstrong batted 3-for-4 with a 2-run homer in the fifth and a 3-run homer in the seventh to lead the Panthers offense. Gia Durieux also broke the deadlock with a 2-run blast in the fourth and Gottshall hit the second of back-to-back homers in the seventh. The only other Perry run came when Madison Snyder hit a sac fly to score Rylee Pireu in the fifth.

The Leopards have now finished as District Runner-Ups 5 times in their history with this being their second time doing so in Division I. Louisville is now 34-34 all-time in postseason play which includes a 5-15 mark in tournament games played at a neutral location.

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VARSITY SOFTBALL BOX SCORE

PANTHERS 9, LEOPARDS 0

Team 123-456-7–R-H-E

Perry 000-230-4–9-10-2

Louisville 000-000-0–0-3-2

PERRY PANTHERS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS

Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
R Lesh 3 2 1 0 0 0
M Snyder 4 1 0 1 0 2
S Armstrong 4 2 3 5 0 0
P Gottshall 4 1 2 1 0 2
A Cunningham 3 0 0 0 1 2
M Holzopfel 4 0 0 0 0 3
G Durieux 4 1 2 2 0 0
M Johnston 2 0 1 0 0 0
R Pireu 3 1 1 0 0 0
K Dietrick 0 0 0 0 0 0
H Wheeler 0 1 0 0 0 0
B Borck
M Holzopfel
Totals 31 9 10 9 1 9
Batting

HR: S Armstrong 2, P Gottshall, G Durieux 
TB: R Lesh, R Pireu, S Armstrong 9, P Gottshall 5, G Durieux 5, M Johnston 
RBI: S Armstrong 5, P Gottshall, G Durieux 2, M Snyder 
SAC: R Lesh 
ROE: R Lesh, M Snyder 
FC: R Pireu 
HBP: M Johnston 
CS: K Dietrick 

Totals

Team QAB: 16 (47.06%) 
R Lesh 3, R Pireu 2, S Armstrong 3, P Gottshall 3, A Cunningham 2, G Durieux, M Johnston, M Snyder 

Team LOB: 4

Fielding

E: R Pireu 2 

PERRY PANTHERS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB HR
P Gottshall 7.0 97 .722 3 0 0 9 1 0
Totals 7.0 97 .722 3 0 0 9 1 0
Pitching

W: P Gottshall 
Pitches-Strikes: P Gottshall 97-70 
Groundouts-Flyouts: P Gottshall 6-5 
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: P Gottshall 19-25 

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS

Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
Sydney McKeever 3 0 0 0 0 1
Teagan Rice 3 0 2 0 0 0
Kaycee Ollis 3 0 0 0 0 1
Sarah Cantley 3 0 1 0 0 1
Alex Fankhauser 3 0 0 0 0 2
Shae Thomas 3 0 0 0 0 2
Justina Sirohman 3 0 0 0 0 2
Ellie Jackson 1 0 0 0 1 0
Lexi Zavarelle 2 0 0 0 0 0
Kaylee Nolte 0 0 0 0 0 0
Riley Bobo
Totals 24 0 3 0 1 9
Batting

2B: Teagan Rice 
TB: Sarah Cantley, Teagan Rice 3 
ROE: Sydney McKeever 
PIK: Ellie Jackson 

Totals

Team QAB: 7 (28.00%) 
Sarah Cantley, Alex Fankhauser, Ellie Jackson, Kaycee Ollis, Teagan Rice 2, Justina Sirohman 

Team LOB: 4

Fielding

E: Sarah Cantley, Justina Sirohman 
DP: Alex Fankhauser, Sydney McKeever 

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB HR
Sarah Cantley 7.0 116 .750 10 9 7 9 1 4
Kaycee Ollis 0.0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 7.0 116 .750 10 9 7 9 1 4
Pitching

L: Sarah Cantley 
HBP: Sarah Cantley 
Pitches-Strikes: Sarah Cantley 116-87, Kaycee Ollis 0-0 
Groundouts-Flyouts: Sarah Cantley 5-5, Kaycee Ollis 0-0 
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Sarah Cantley 27-34, Kaycee Ollis 0-0 

Records: Louisville 22-2

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