Louisville Falls in Rematch at Jackson 3-1
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Jackson 3, Louisville 1
The Jackson Polar Bears avenged an 11-0 opening day loss to the Louisville Lady Leopards with a 3-1 victory at Jackson High School Monday. The loss snaps a 7-game winning streak for the 
Lady Leopards and drops them to 10-2 on the season.
The Leopards only run came in the opening inning. Shelby Swigert singled, stole second, and then scored on a double by Chandler Rice. Rice finished 2-for-3 for the game, while Swigert went 3-for-4. Swigert also hit a 2-out triple in the third inning, but could not advance the final 60 feet to get on the board.
Louisville’s biggest threat to get back in the game came in the sixth inning when they loaded the bases. But the Polar Bears got out of the inning keeping the score 3-1. The Leopards had 2 on with 2 out in the 7th when a pick-off by the catcher ended the ball game giving the Polar Bears a stunning 3-1 win.
Gianna Falcone also fanned 5 on the mound for the Leps. Louisville is now 10-25 against Jackson all-time according to Leopard Nation records, but the series is tied 5-5 over the last 10 meetings.
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STATISTICS
POLAR BEARS 3, LEOPARDS 1
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 100-000-0–1-6-1
Jackson 100-200-X–3-7-0
Batting
Hoover | 0-4 |
Swigert | 3-4 | 3B, 2 1Bs, SB, Run
Cozy | 0-3 |
Rice | 2-3 | 2B, 1B, SB, RBI
Woolf | 1-3 | 1B
Monnot | 0-3 |
Jackson | 0-3 |
Hupp | 0-1 |
— Zifer | 0-2 | BB
Cox | 1-3 | 1B
Pitching
Falcone L (10-2) | 6 Innings, 24 AB, 5 Strikeouts, 0 BB, 7 Hits, 3 Runs
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Marlington to play the Dukes on Tuesday, April 23 at 4:30 PM.
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