Louisville Downs Green to Win 5th Straight DI Sectional

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Louisville 7, Green 1

The 5th Seeded Louisville Lady Leopards defeated the visiting 6th Seeded Green Bulldogs 7-1 in the DI Massillon Sectional Finals Monday. Louisville has now won 5 consecutive Sectional Titles and advances to play top seeded North Canton Hoover in the DI Massillon District Semifinals at Washington High School Wednesday at 2:00 PM.

Kylie Zifer led the Leopards by batting 2-for-3 with a 2-run double in the third inning. Amy Hoover Beatty's Sports Spring 2014 Softball Shirt 2also tallied 2 hits and Keri Hupp cracked a triple. Both Hoover and Hupp scored a pair of runs during the contest.

Louisville took advantage of 3 errors by Green in the field and several passed balls. As a result, the only other Lady Leopard RBI came from a Katie Cozy Sac Fly in the first inning.

In the circle, Kirsten Wharmby pitched a complete game, gave up just 1 run in the seventh, and struck out 1. The Freshman pitcher is now 11-3 on the year and Louisville as a team is 18-6.

With the win, the Lady Leopards have now defeated the Lady Bulldogs three straight years in the DI Sectional Finals. Louisville is now 6-3 against Green overall which includes 3-2 record in tournament play. The Leopards have won the last 6 games in the series overall, all of which were played in Louisville.

UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Marlington to finished their suspended game with the Dukes on Tuesday, May 20 at 4:30 PM.

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BOX SCORE

LEOPARDS 7, BULLDOGS 1

Team 123-456-7–R-H-E

Green 000-000-1–1- 0-7-3

Louisville 123-100-X–7-7-0

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BATTING
Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Amy Hoover 3 2 2 0 0 0
Grace Jackson 3 0 1 0 1 1
Katie Cozy 2 1 0 1 1 0
Annie Woolf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Kylie Zifer 3 1 2 2 0 0
Emily Cantley 2 1 0 0 0 1
Keri Hupp 3 2 1 0 0 0
Lexi Givens 3 0 1 0 0 1
Meghan Leasure 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 7 7 3 2 3
Batting

2B: Kylie Zifer
3B: Keri Hupp
TB: Amy Hoover 2, Grace Jackson, Kylie Zifer 3, Keri Hupp 3, Lexi Givens
RBI: Katie Cozy, Kylie Zifer 2
SF: Katie Cozy
ROE: Katie Cozy, Kylie Zifer, Keri Hupp
HBP: Amy Hoover, Emily Cantley
SB: Amy Hoover, Grace Jackson, Kylie Zifer

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS PITCHING
Pitching IP H R ER BB K HR S%
Kirsten Wharmby 7.0 7 1 1 1 1 0 .000
Totals 7.0 7 1 1 1 1 0
Pitching

W: Kirsten Wharmby (11-3)

 

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