Babcock Nets 8 Goals as Lady Leopards Roll Past Wolverines 12-2 – Girls Lacrosse
Louisville 12, West Geauga 2
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The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team continued its strong late-April stretch Tuesday evening, rolling past the host West Geauga Wolverines 12-2 at Howell Field. Louisville jumped in front with four first-quarter goals, never trailed, and closed the match with four more scores in the final stanza to secure its second straight victory. With the win, the Lady Leopards improved to 7-4 on the season, while West Geauga dropped to 2-7.
Babcock Buries 8 Goals to Lead Louisville
Izzy Babcock turned in a dominant performance for Louisville, scoring 8 of the Leopards’ 12 goals in the victory. Babcock struck early and often, netting the first two goals of the match before adding a third off a feed from Grace Diller to complete a first-quarter hat trick and give Louisville a 4-0 lead.
Babcock kept the pressure on in the second quarter with a free-position goal, added Louisville’s lone goal of the third quarter, and then took over again in the fourth. Babcock scored twice in the opening 92 seconds of the final period to push the lead to 10-2, including a hustle play where she knocked the ball loose with a stick check, scooped up the ground ball, and took it in herself for the score. She capped her huge night with Louisville’s final goal off an assist from Abby Demos with 13 seconds remaining.
Genet Scores Twice in Final 25 Seconds of Opening Half
Louisville also got balanced contributions around Babcock’s huge night. Gianna Pentito scored an unassisted goal in the first quarter to make it 3-0, while Claire Genet delivered a key late-second-quarter burst with back-to-back goals in the final 25 seconds of the half.
Genet’s first score came off an assist from Kloey Rukavina with 25 seconds left before halftime. She then scored again unassisted with just six seconds remaining in the half to send Louisville into the break with a commanding 7-1 advantage.
Natalie Warner added the Leopards’ 11th goal of the game late in the fourth quarter off Diller’s second assist of the game.
Lady Leopards Dominate Early and Late
Louisville established control right from the opening draw by scoring four times in the first quarter and carrying a 4-0 lead into the second. West Geauga briefly answered when Ailsa Mancino scored off an assist from Lena Wright early in the second quarter, but Babcock answered with a free-position goal less than a minute later to keep the Wolverines at arm’s length.
The Wolverines got another goal on a free-position attempt from Elia Congdon early in the third quarter to trim the deficit to 7-2. But that would be as close as West Geauga would get. Babcock answered midway through the third, and Louisville dominated the fourth quarter 4-0 to close out the 10-goal road win.
Louisville Stays Perfect Against West Geauga
With the victory, Louisville improved to 2-0 all-time against West Geauga. The Leopards also defeated the Wolverines 13-3 on Senior Night at home last season.. Tuesday’s 12-2 result marked another convincing win in the young series, as Louisville has now outscored West Geauga 25-5 across the two meetings.
The Leopards have now won back-to-back games and continue to build momentum heading into the final stretch of the regular season.
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UP NEXT: The Louisville Girls Lacrosse Team will next host the Beaumont Blue Streaks on Saturday, May 2. Game time is set for 1:00 PM from Louisville Leopards Stadium.
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Louisville at West Geauga Girls Lacrosse Scoring Summary
LEOPARDS 12, WOLVERINES 2
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 4-3-1-4–12
West Geauga 0-1-1-0–02
1st Quarter
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Unassisted) | LHS 1, WGHS 0, 9:58
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Free Position) | LHS 2, WGHS 0, 8:06
LOUISVILLE – Gianna Pentito (Unassisted) | LHS 3, WGHS 0, 7:03
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Grace Diller) | LHS 4, WGHS 0, 5:58
2nd Quarter
WEST GEAUGA – Ailsa Mancino (Lena Wright) | LHS 4, WGHS 1, 10:35
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Free Position) | LHS 5, WGHS 1, 9:34
LOUISVILLE – Claire Genet (Kloey Rukavina) | LHS 6, WGHS 1, 0:25
LOUISVILLE – Claire Genet (Unassisted) | LHS 7, WGHS 1, 0:06
3rd Quarter
WEST GEAUGA – Elia Congdon (Free Position) | LHS 7, WGHS 2, 10:30
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Unassisted) | LHS 8, WGHS 2, 6:00
4th Quarter
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Unassisted) | LHS 9, WGHS 2, 11:47
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Unassisted – Knocked the Ball Loose off a Stick Hit, Fielded Ground Ball, and Took it in for Score) | LHS 10, WGHS 2, 10:28
LOUISVILLE – Natalie Warner (Grace Diller) | LHS 11, WGHS 2, 1:59
LOUISVILLE – Izzy Babcock (Abby Demos) | LHS 12, WGHS 2, 0:13
Records: Louisville 7-4, West Geauga 2-7
