Cantley Hurls No-Hitter, Ties Strike Out Record Vs. Massillon – Softball

Louisville 11, Massillon 0, 5 Innings
The Louisville Leopards Varsity Softball team caged the visiting Massillon Tigers 11-0 in 5 innings Monday Evening at the Diamond of Dreams. With the victory, Louisville remains undefeated and unscored upon with a mark of 3-0.
Sarah Cantley became the second Leopards pitcher to throw a no-hitter this season and tied the school record for strikeouts in a single game. Cantley pitched all 5 innings and struck out 14 to earn her first victory of the season. In terms of the LHS record, Brittany Flanigan previously fanned 14 batters at Canton McKinley in 2012 in 7 innings and Morgan Harris struck out 13 at Alliance for the previous 5-inning record.
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Cantley issued two walks for her only blemishes of the night. A groundout to end the fourth inning was the only pitch that Massillon put into play. The other 14 outs were strikeouts and the Tigers watched strike three on 5 of them.
There was no shortage of Louisville offense either. Alex Fankhauser went 2-for-2 at the plate with a 2-run double, RBI single, and a sacrifice fly to lead the Leopards. Savannah Miner also homered for the second straight game with a 3-run shot in the second inning.
That dinger capped off a 6-run Louisville second inning that made it 9-0. Kaycee Ollis batted 2-for-2 with an RBI triple and RBI single, Sydney McKeever was 2-for-2 with 3 runs scored, and Rylee Squire also singled home a run for the Leopards.
This was the first meeting between Louisville and Massillon since the 2010 season. The Leopards have now won the last 3 meetings against the Tigers overall and lead the all-time series 17-9.
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Alliance to take on the Aviators on Tuesday, April 4 at 5:00 PM.
VARSITY BOX SCORE
LEOPARDS 11, TIGERS 0, 5 INNINGS
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Massillon 000-00–0-0-1
Louisville 362-0X–11-11-0
MASSILLON TIGERS VARSITY BATTING
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hachenbracht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Schweier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
#16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wolfe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Polilli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Reiman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lolek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Beihl | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Richards | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Smith | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Wolfe | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Lynn | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
MASSILLON TIGERS VARSITY PITCHING
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schweier | 1.2 | 50 | .600 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
#16 | 2.1 | 36 | .611 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 4.0 | 86 | .605 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS VARSITY BATTING
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Teagan Rice | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sydney McKeever | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kaycee Ollis | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Fankhauser | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Sarah Cantley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Riley Bobo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rylee Squire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Justina Sirohman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ellie Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cassidy Glyder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Savannah Miner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Ashley Zifer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lexi Zavarelle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Peyton McKeever | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 23 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS VARSITY PITCHING
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sarah Cantley | 5.0 | 77 | .649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 5.0 | 77 | .649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 3-0