Leopards Take Off Against Aviators in Scrimmage – Softball
Louisville 18, Alliance 1, 5 Innings
The Louisville Leopards Varsity Softball Team routed the visiting Alliance Aviators 18-1 in a 5 inning scrimmage Monday Evening at the Diamond of Dreams. With the win, Louisville improves to 2-0 on the preseason.
Pitcher Shae Thomas batted 3-for-3 with 3 RBIs to lead the Lady Leopards offense. Thomas cracked an RBI single as part of a 7-run Louisville third and smacked a 2-run double during the Leopards 8-run fourth inning. Thomas also earned the victory in the circle pitching the first three innings, giving up 1 unearned run on 1 hit, and fanning 1 batter. Sarah Cantley also pitched two hitless and scoreless innings while striking out 4 in relief.
Sydney McKeever also finished 3-for-3 at the top of the lineup for Louisville. Despite only three plate appearances, she scored 6 times including crossing the plate thrice in the fourth inning alone. Due to the nature of the scrimmage, McKeever scored 3 times as a courtesy runner as well. Katie Porter in similar fashion scored 4 runs.
All in all the Lady Leopards pounded out 15 hits for the game. Kaycee Ollis and Lexi Zavarelle both batted a perfect 2-for-2 for the evening. Cantley went 1-for-1 with a 2-run single and 3 RBIs. Kaylee Nolte, Teagan Rice, and Ollis all recorded a pair of RBIs each as well.
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VARSITY SOFTBALL BOX SCORE
LEOPARDS 18, AVIATORS 1, 5 INNINGS
Team 123-45–R-H-E
Alliance 010-00–1-1-3
Louisville 127-8-X–18-15-3
ALLIANCE AVIATORS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
#40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
#24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
#23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
#25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
#9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
#3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
#21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
#11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
#18 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
ALLIANCE AVIATORS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#24 | 2.0 | 59 | .424 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
#18 | 2.0 | 61 | .689 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 4.0 | 120 | .558 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sydney McKeever | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teagan Rice | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Kaycee Ollis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Alex Fankhauser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Sarah Cantley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Kaylee Nolte | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Shae Thomas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Justina Sirohman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lexi Zavarelle | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lauren Bennett | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ashley Zifer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Katie Porter | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shae Thomas | 3.0 | 45 | .644 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sarah Cantley | 2.0 | 46 | .565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 5.0 | 91 | .604 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 2-0 Preseason