Louisville Falls to Waynedale at Home 8-5 – Softball

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Jenny Can Cleaning AdThe Louisville Leopards Varsity Softball Team fell to the visiting Waynedale Golden Bears 8-4 Thursday Evening at West Main Vet Clinic Field. With the loss, Louisville drops to 4-6 on the season.

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Leopards Belt 3 Home Runs in Loss

Senior third baseman Brooke Brendle and senior first baseman Jenna Collins hit back-to-back solo shots in the opening inning to give the Lady Leopards an early 2-0 lead. For Brendle, it was her second home run of the season. For Collins, it was her team leading third dinger of the year.

Louisville would surrender eight straight runs to Waynedale to fall behind 8-2. Later in the bottom of the fifth, Benson smashed a two-run homer to center field to cut the Leopard deficit in half at 8-4. Sophomore center fielder Kenzi Denzer, who doubled in the at-bat before, also came home on the play.

Benson now has three home runs this season to match Collins for the team lead. All three of her round trippers have come in the past two days of action. Benson and Brendle finished with two hits each to lead Louisville who finished with seven hits as a team. 


Louisville’s Comeback Falls Short

My Fit Life Personal Trainer Side AdThe Lady Leopards threatened in the last of the seventh. Denzer walked and Benson singled to right field to start the inning. Louisville nearly loaded the bases with no one out on the next play when Brendle reached via an error by the center fielder. However, because of the nature of it being a fly ball the runners had to wait to tag up. As a result, the Golden Bears managed to get the force out at second.

Denzer scored in the inning, but 8-5 was all the closer the Leopards would get.


Schlabach Leads Waynedale

Lingenhoel Group - Arden and Lisa Lingenhoel - Cutler Real Estate AdPitcher Brooklyn Schlabach batted 3-for-4 with an RBI double in the second inning to lead Waynedale. Shortstop Katilyn Miller also went 2-for-4 with a two-run single in the Golden Bear’s four-run second frame.

Waynedale added four more runs in the third inning to pull ahead 8-2. First baseman Kiahna Miller recorded an RBI single and second baseman Emma Stanley also cracked a two-run single.

This was the first ever meeting between the two schools in softball. The Golden Bears are the 71st different opponent that Louisville Softball has played against all-time.   

UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next compete at the George Duhon Tournament on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 at Arthur Genshaft Memorial Park in Massillon. Louisville will take on the Lake Blue Streaks Friday at 5:00 PM. Then on Saturday they will challenge the Dover Tornadoes at 10:00 AM and the Perry Panthers at 2:00 PM.

Cover Photo By The Louisville Herald


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Waynedale at Louisville Softball Box Score

GOLDEN BEARS 8, LEOPARDS 5

Team 123-456-7–R-H-E

Waynedale 044-000-0–8-8-2

Louisville 200-020-1–5-7-3

WAYNEDALE GOLDEN BEARS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS

Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
Kenzie Gatti 4 1 0 0 0 2
Emma Stanley 3 1 1 2 1 0
Kaitlyn Miller 4 1 2 2 0 0
Brooklyn Schlabach 4 0 3 1 0 0
Brooklyn Yoder 3 0 0 0 1 1
Chloe Wolfe 4 1 0 0 0 0
Lacey Walters 3 0 0 0 1 0
Kiahna Miller 3 2 1 1 0 0
Neveha Persinger 2 2 1 0 1 0
Cailey Miller
Totals 30 8 8 6 4 3
Batting

2B: Brooklyn Schlabach
TB: Emma Stanley, Kaitlyn Miller 2, Brooklyn Schlabach 4, Kiahna Miller, Neveha Persinger
RBI: Emma Stanley 2, Kaitlyn Miller 2, Brooklyn Schlabach, Kiahna Miller
ROE: Kenzie Gatti, Chloe Wolfe
FC: Kiahna Miller

Totals

Team QAB: 18 (52.94%)
Kenzie Gatti, Emma Stanley 2, Kaitlyn Miller 3, Brooklyn Schlabach 3, Brooklyn Yoder, Chloe Wolfe, Lacey Walters 3, Kiahna Miller 3, Neveha Persinger

Team LOB: 5

Fielding

E: Kiahna Miller, Neveha Persinger

WAYNEDALE GOLDEN BEARS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB HR
Brooklyn Schlabach 7.0 98 .673 7 5 4 3 3 3
Totals 7.0 98 .673 7 5 4 3 3 3
Pitching

W: Brooklyn Schlabach
Pitches-Strikes: Brooklyn Schlabach 98-66
Groundouts-Flyouts: Brooklyn Schlabach 10-5
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Brooklyn Schlabach 26-32

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS

Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
Kenzi Denzer 3 2 1 0 1 0
Matti Benson 4 1 2 2 0 0
Brooke Brendle 3 1 2 1 1 0
Jenna Collins 3 1 1 1 1 1
Shelby Mayle 4 0 1 0 0 0
Stevie Barrett 2 0 0 0 0 1
–Paige Folk 1 0 0 0 0 1
Caitlin Thouvenin 3 0 0 0 0 0
Matti Adams 3 0 0 0 0 0
Olivia Mongiardo 3 0 0 0 0 0
Katie Heath
Kendra Thomas
Totals 29 5 7 4 3 3
Batting

2B: Kenzi Denzer
HR: Matti Benson, Brooke Brendle, Jenna Collins
TB: Matti Benson 5, Brooke Brendle 5, Jenna Collins 4, Kenzi Denzer 2, Shelby Mayle
RBI: Matti Benson 2, Brooke Brendle, Jenna Collins
ROE: Brooke Brendle, Caitlin Thouvenin
FC: Shelby Mayle

Totals

Team QAB: 15 (46.88%)
Matti Adams, Matti Benson 2, Brooke Brendle 3, Jenna Collins 2, Kenzi Denzer 3, Paige Folk, Shelby Mayle 2, Caitlin Thouvenin

Team LOB: 6

Fielding

E: Matti Adams, Shelby Mayle, Caitlin Thouvenin
DP: Matti Benson, Brooke Brendle

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS SOFTBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB HR
Katie Heath 2.1 65 .508 7 8 4 2 4 0
Kendra Thomas 4.2 46 .652 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 7.0 111 .568 8 8 4 3 4 0
Pitching

L: Katie Heath
WP: Katie Heath 2
Pitches-Strikes: Katie Heath 65-33, Kendra Thomas 46-30
Groundouts-Flyouts: Katie Heath 3-1, Kendra Thomas 6-6
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Katie Heath 10-20, Kendra Thomas 9-14

Records: Louisville 4-6

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