Lady Leps Fly Above Aviators 12-0 Victory

By Leopard Nation · Published March 27, 2012 · Updated March 31, 2012

Alliance Aviators at Louisville Leopards Girls Softball

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Louisville 12, Alliance 0, 6 innings

Amy Hoover and Katie Cozy both went yard in the sixth inning to give the Lady Leopards a 12-0 walk-off 6 inning victory over the Alliance Aviators Tuesday evening at the Field of Dreams. Brittany Flanigan also pitched a one-hit shutout and struck out 8 in the victory.

In the previous three meetings against the Alliance Aviators, Louisville managed to score just 6 runs. Louisville finally solved the mystery of how to hit Alliance with a four-run third and a five-run sixth.

Before their explosive innings, the Leopards scratched and clawed their way onto the scoreboard. Chandler Rice batted in the first two runs by hitting home Flanigan and Emily Isla to make it 2-0. Then she used a few Alliance errors to created a run by herself as she went from first to home without the ball ever being put into play.

Flanigan was sharp as usual on the mound. She struck out the side in the second inning and took a no-hitter into the fourth inning. She also retired 18 of the 21 hitters she faced on the evening and only surrendered that lone hit in the fourth.

At the plate, Flanigan went 3-for-4 which included a double in her first at-bat. She then had a three-run single in the fourth that brought Jordan Monnot, Carlee Baumgardner, and Hoover to the plate. She then took home, standing up, on a wild pitch to make it 7-0 Leps.

Baumgardner led off the sixth inning with her third hit of the contest. Previously she had hit two doubles to the warning track that possibly could have cleared the fence had the wind not been blowing in. Wind or no wind, Hoover followed by crushing a no-doubter over the right field wall to score both herself and Baumgarner. The speedy Sophomore zoomed around the bases before being greeted by an entourage of Leopards at home plate. Louisville 9, Alliance 0.

The machine continued. Flanigan singled. Isla walked. Then Cozy stepped up to the plate. The freshman had gone hitless in her previous three at-bats, but took out all her frustrations on the second pitch she received. The Leopards clean-up hitter planted the ball into a tree deep beyond the left field fence. Leaves fell to the earth, the Lady Leopards soared to their second victory of the season.

Box Score

Flanigan | 3-4 | 2B, 2 RBI, 3 Runs

Isla | 1-3 | 2B, BB, 2 Runs

Cozy | 1-4 | HR, 3 RBI, Run

Rice | 1-3 | 2 SB, RBI, Run

Woolf | 1-3 |

Swigert | 0-3 |

Monnot | 1-3 | Run

Baumgardner | 3-3 | 2 2B, SB, 1 RBI, 2 Runs

Cox | 0-1 |

— Hoover | 1-1 | HR, BB, 2 RBIs, 2 Runs

Team 123-456–R-H-E

Alliance 000-000–0-1-4-3

Louisville 102-405–12-11

LOB: 1-1

Records: Louisville 2-0, 1-0; Alliance 0-2, 0-1

NEXT UP: The Leps will next travel to Carrollton to take on the Lady Warriors on Thursday, March 29 at 5:00 PM. JV will play at Carrollton at the same time. The Lady Leps are 29-17 all-time against the Warriors and have won 7 of the last 8. However, Carrollton handed Louisville their only regular season loss last year, a 7-1 loss at home. Louisville avenged the loss in their most recent meeting on May 5, 2011 with a 7-3 win at Carrollton.

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JV REPORT

Louisville 14, Alliance 10

The Lady Leopards stormed out of the gate pouring on seven runs in the first inning against Alliance. The Aviators rallied to tie the game at 7-7 in the second inning before Louisville’s Keri Hupp and Lexi Givens each hit a 2-run homer to rip open the game. A few more insurance runs sealed the deal for the Lady Leps 14-10.