Leopards Overcome Early Deficit, Blow Past Cardinals 11-4 – Softball

Sydney McKeever Louisville Leopards Softball Tournamen 2018 Vs. Lake Blue Streaks

Louisville 11, Canfield 4

The Louisville Leopards Varsity Softball Team rallied back from a 4-run first inning deficit to defeat the visiting Canfield Cardinals 11-4 Thursday Evening at the Diamond of Dreams. With the victory, Louisville improves to 11-2 on the year and extends their current winning streak to 6 games heading into the Duhon Tournament this weekend in Massillon.

Kaylee Nolte batted 3-for-4, drove in 4 runs, and scored a pair of runs to lead the Lady Leopards. Nolte singled home Kaycee Ollis in the opening inning to start her evening. Then doubled to begin the fifth inning and came home via a single by Sarah Cantley. She topped her day off with a 3-run homer to center field that gave the Lady Leopards a commanding 11-4 lead that they would take to the end. The dinger was Nolte’s third of the season and Louisville’s 17th as a team for the year.

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Sydney McKeever also had a 3-hit day with a pair of RBIs and 3 runs scored. Trailing 4-0, McKeever started the Leopards comeback by beating out a ground ball to third base for an infield single in the bottom of the first. She made history two pitches later when she swiped second base to record the 50th stolen base of her varsity career. Teagan Rice singled on a the following pitch and McKeever sped in to score from second to get Louisville on the board.

McKeever reached on an error in the second inning which allowed Justina Sirohman and Lexi Zavarelle to score on the play to tie the game at 4-4. Ollis hit a sacrifice fly to plate McKeever for the go-ahead run two batters later.

Ollis finished a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with a double and 2-out RBI single in the fifth to put the Lady Leopards ahead 6-4. Louisville out-hit Canfield 15-3 as a team. Rice and Zavarelle both batted 2-for-3 for the evening as well.

With the victory, the Leopards have now won 3 out of their last 4 against the Cardinals. Louisville is now 5-2 against Canfield all-time which includes a 3-1 mark at home.

UP NEXT: The Louisville Leopards Softball Team will next compete at the Duhon Tournament at Genshaft Park in Massillon this weekend. 

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VARSITY SOFTBALL BOX SCORE

LEOPARDS 11, CARDINALS 4

Team 123-456-7–R-H-E

Canfield 400-000-0–4-3-2

Louisville 230-114-X–11-15-3

CANFIELD CARDINALS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS

Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
Jadallaz 2 1 0 0 1 0
Gomez 3 1 1 0 0 2
Kelly 2 1 0 0 1 2
Kovach 2 1 1 0 1 1
Crissman 2 0 0 0 0 1
Orlovsky 3 0 0 0 0 1
Ferarro 3 0 1 2 0 1
Valcav 3 0 0 0 0 2
Kinnick 2 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 4 3 2 3 10
Batting

2B: Kovach 
TB: Gomez, Ferarro, Kovach 2 
RBI: Ferarro 2 
SAC: Crissman 
ROE: Jadallaz 
CS: Jadallaz 

Totals

Team QAB: 14 (51.85%) 
Jadallaz, Gomez, Kelly, Crissman 3, Orlovsky, Ferarro 2, Kinnick, Kovach 3, Kelly 

Team LOB: 2

Fielding

E: Orlovsky 
DP: Valcav 

CANFIELD CARDINALS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB HR
Crissman 6.0 85 .624 14 11 8 0 3 1
Totals 6.0 85 .624 14 11 8 0 3 1
Pitching

L: Crissman 
WP: Crissman 
Pitches-Strikes: Crissman 85-53 
Groundouts-Flyouts: Crissman 2-10 
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Crissman 20-33 

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS

Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
Sydney McKeever 4 3 3 2 0 0
Teagan Rice 3 1 2 1 1 0
Kaycee Ollis 2 2 2 2 1 0
Kaylee Nolte 4 2 3 4 0 0
Sarah Cantley 4 0 2 1 0 0
Alex Fankhauser 3 0 0 0 1 0
Shae Thomas 3 0 0 0 0 0
Justina Sirohman 3 1 1 0 0 0
Lexi Zavarelle 3 2 2 0 0 0
Ashley Zifer 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauren Bennett
Totals 29 11 15 10 3 0
Batting

2B: Kaylee Nolte, Kaycee Ollis, Teagan Rice 
HR: Kaylee Nolte 
TB: Sarah Cantley 2, Sydney McKeever 3, Kaylee Nolte 7, Kaycee Ollis 3, Teagan Rice 3, Justina Sirohman, Lexi Zavarelle 2 
RBI: Sarah Cantley, Sydney McKeever 2, Kaylee Nolte 4, Kaycee Ollis 2, Teagan Rice 
SF: Kaycee Ollis 
ROE: Justina Sirohman 
FC: Shae Thomas 
SB: Sydney McKeever, Justina Sirohman 
PIK: Justina Sirohman 

Totals

Team QAB: 16 (48.48%) 
Sarah Cantley, Alex Fankhauser 3, Kaylee Nolte 2, Kaycee Ollis 4, Teagan Rice 2, Justina Sirohman, Shae Thomas 2, Lexi Zavarelle 

Team LOB: 4

Fielding

E: Sydney McKeever, Kaylee Nolte, Lexi Zavarelle 

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB HR
Shae Thomas 0.2 37 .486 2 4 3 1 3 0
Sarah Cantley 6.1 82 .720 1 0 0 9 0 0
Totals 7.0 119 .647 3 4 3 10 3 0
Pitching

W: Sarah Cantley (8-1)
WP: Shae Thomas 
Pitches-Strikes: Sarah Cantley 82-59, Shae Thomas 37-18 
Groundouts-Flyouts: Sarah Cantley 2-6, Shae Thomas 0-1 
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Sarah Cantley 16-20, Shae Thomas 3-7 

Records: Louisville 11-2

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