Louisville Races Past Boardman 9-5 After Fast Start – Girls Lacrosse
Louisville 9, Boardman 5
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The Louisville Leoaprds Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team defeated the visiting Boardman Spartans 9-5 Friday evening at Louisville Leopards Stadium. Louisville surged in front with a four-goal first quarter, controlled the match for most of the night, and held off a late Boardman rally to improve to 6-4 on the season.
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Leopards Build Early Lead and Never Trail
Louisville wasted no time taking control, scoring four times in the opening quarter to seize command of the match. Gianna Pentito opened the scoring at the 11:06 mark before Claire Genet doubled the lead less than three minutes later. Abby Demos then found the back of the net with 6:30 left in the quarter, and Izzy Babcock capped the early outburst with a goal at the 1:30 mark to put the Leopards in front 4-0 after one.
That fast start proved to be the difference in the final tally. Boardman managed just one goal in the first three quarters, while Louisville steadily added to its advantage.
Babcock Records Another Hat Trick
Josie Butler scored in the second quarter off an assist from Grace Diller to make it 5-1 at halftime. Babcock then struck again in the third quarter, finishing a rebound after a free-position attempt to stretch the lead to 6-1.
Babcock opened the fourth-quarter scoring to record her hat trick. She collected her own rebound and slipped a quick shot underneath the goalkeeper to make it 7-2.
Demos and Pentito each added 2 goals in the win. Demos juked a defender and found space down the seam to put Louisville in front 8-2 with 7:25 remaining. Pentito scored on a free-position chance 58 seconds later to open up the Leopards largest lead of the contest at 9-2.
Boardman Pushes Late Behind Ava Gaps Hat Trick
The Spartans mounted their best push in the fourth quarter after trailing 6-1 entering the final stanza. Ava Gaps led Boardman with a hat trick, scoring twice on free-position attempts and also via an assist from Lily Vondran. Gaps also assisted a late goal scored by by Valerie Hoysack.
Lydia Kenney started the fourth-quarter rally when she scored after collecting the rebound of her own shot to trim the deficit to 6-2. Louisville matched that goal just 16 seconds later on Babcock’s hat trick score and that started a string of three straight Leopard goals that put them in command up 9-2 midway through the final quarter.
Boardman added three goals in the final 4:48, but the late rally came too late to erase Louisville’s early dominance. the loss is the third straight for the Spartans as they drop to 3-8.
Leopards Win Third Straight Against Spartans
The Lady Leopards have now won their last three meetings against the Lady Spartans. This included an 8-7 double overtime home win last year and a 12-9 road victory earlier this month on April 6.
Louisville is now 8-1 against Boardman all-time, which includes a perfect 4-0 record when playing at Louisville Leopards Stadium.
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UP NEXT: The Louisville Girls Lacrosse Team will next travel to take on the West Geauga Wolverines on Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30 PM.
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Boardman at Louisville Scoring Summary
LEOPARDS 9, SPARTANS 5
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Boardman 0-1-0-4–05
Louisville 4-1-1-3–09
1st Quarter
LOUISVILLE – Gianna Pentito | LHS 1, BHS 0, 11:06
LOUISVILLE – Claire Genet | LHS 2, BHS 0, 8:51
LOUISVILLE – Abby Demos | LHS 3, BHS 0, 6:30
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock | LHS 4, BHS 0, 1:30
2nd Quarter
BOARDMAN – Ava Gaps (Free Position) | LHS 4, BHS 1, 5:17
LOUISVILLE – Josie Butler (Grace Diller) | LHS 5, BHS 1, 2:39
3rd Quarter
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Rebound and Score after Free Position Attempt) | LHS 6, BHS 1, 8:30
4th Quarter
BOARDMAN – Lydia Kenney (Rebounded Her Owen Shot and Scored) | LHS 6, BHS 2, 10:36
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Got Her Own Rebound and Slid it Underneath | LHS 7, BHS 2, 10:20
LOUISVILLE – Abby Demos | LHS 8, BHS 2, 7:25
LOUISVILLE – Gianna Pentito (Free Position) | LHS 9, BHS 2, 6:27
BOARDMAN – Ava Gaps (Pickles Lily Vondran) | LHS 9, BHS 3, 4:48
BOARDMAN – Valerie Hoysack (Ava Gaps) | LHS 9, BHS 4, 0:30
BOARDMAN – Ava Gaps (Free Position) | LHS 9, BHS 5, 0:12
Records: Louisville 6-4, Boardman 3-8
Note: We do not have first quarter assists or details on how those goals were scored.
