Louisville Survives Manchester Rally 7-6, Remains Undefeated – Softball
Louisville 7, Manchester 6
The Louisville Leopards Varsity Softball Team withstood a furious comeback by the Manchester Panthers to claim a 7-6 victory on the opening day of the George Duhon Memorial Tournament at Massillon’s Genshaft Park Friday. With the victory, #6 ranked Louisville improves their undefeated mark to 9-0 on the season.
Kaycee Ollis batted 2-for-3 with a 2-run homer in the fifth and 4 RBIs to lead the Leopards. Alex Fankhauser also hit a solo homer during the same inning, Both Sarah Cantley and Ellie Jackson went 2-for-3 with a double and Lauren Bennett and Lexi Zavarelle drove in runs as well.
Shae Thomas started in the circle, pitched 5.2 innings, gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits, and struck out 2 to earn her second victory of the season. Cantley finished out the final 1.1 innings and struck out 2.
Manchester did not get a hit until Bell doubled in Carder with 2 outs in the fifth inning. Louisville tacked on 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to pull ahead 7-2, but the Panthers made things interesting with 4 straight runs following that. Craig doubled to left field in the sixth to score Rucker. Then McVaney hit a 3-run homer to center with 1 out in the seventh. Cantley struck out the next batter and got the last Panther to pop out to herself to end the game.
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UP NEXT: The Louisville Leopards Softball Team will continue competition at the George Duhon Memorial Tournament tomorrow Saturday, April 21 at Genshaft Park in Massillon. They will play the Tuslaw Mustangs at 10:00 AM and then the Dover Tornadoes at 2:00 PM.
VARSITY SOFTBALL BOX SCORE
LEOPARDS 7, PANTHERS 6
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Manchester 001-011-3–6-4-1
Louisville 101-230-X–7-10-6
MANCHESTER PANTHERS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kusmist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| #5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McVaney | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rucker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trchristie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carder | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| #7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 29 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
MANCHESTER PANTHERS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dall | 6.0 | 72 | .653 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 72 | .653 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney McKeever | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teagan Rice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kaycee Ollis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Shae Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Zifer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Cantley | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rylee Squire | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Fankhauser | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellie Jackson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lauren Bennett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lexi Zavarelle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Bobo | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Justina Sirohman | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shae Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shae Thomas | 5.2 | 81 | .654 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Sarah Cantley | 1.1 | 24 | .792 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 105 | .686 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Records: Louisville 9-0
