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 also 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 |
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 | — |