Lady Leopards Pound Falcons 11-0 in Season Opener – Softball
Louisville 11, Austintown Fitch 0
The Louisville Leopards Varsity Softball Team blanked the host Austintown Fitch Falcons in their season opener Monday Evening at AFHS.
Sarah Cantley pitched a complete game 2-hit shutout in striking out 8 to lead the Lady Leopards.
Shae Thomas and Lexi Zavarelle each batted 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs to lead the Louisville offense. Thomas hit a 2-out, 2-run homer in the first inning to start off the scoring and later singled home Sydney McKeever in the fifth. Zavarelle also cracked a 2-run double as part of the Leopards explosive 5-run sixth inning.
Rylee Squire also had a pair of hits and scored twice. Lauren Bennett drove in a run for LHS in the seventh as well.
With the victory, the Leopards are now 2-1 against the Falcons all-time which includes a 1-1 mark in games played at Fitch.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Carrollton to take on the Warriors on Tuesday, March 26.
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VARSITY BOX SCORE
LEOPARDS 11, FALCONS 0
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 200-025-2–11-7-1
Austintown Fitch 000-000-0–0-2-1
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL BATTING
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sydney McKeever | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Teagan Rice | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Kaycee Ollis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Shae Thomas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Sarah Cantley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Rylee Squire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Justina Sirohman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ashley Zifer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Riley Bobo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lauren Bennett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lexi Zavarelle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ellie Jackson | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 27 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL PITCHING
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sarah Cantley | 7.0 | 103 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 7.0 | 103 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
AUSTINTOWN FITCH FALCONS SOFTBALL BATTING
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L Spalding | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
C Spalding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
K Roth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
L Simons | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K Kelly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A Fuller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
C Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
A Mickey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
L Franken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
#9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
#28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
AUSTINTOWN FITCH FALCONS SOFTBALL PITCHING
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L Spalding | 5.0 | 97 | .495 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
A Fuller | 2.0 | 54 | .481 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 7.0 | 151 | .490 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Records: Louisville 1-0; Austintown 0-1