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Softball Downs Bobcats 8-0
March 08, 2003 | Softball
March 8, 2003
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville softball team defeated Ohio University 8-0 in six innings at Ulmer Stadium Saturday in the Red and Black Classic. Sophomore Aja Sherman posted her first career shutout and no-hitter.
The Cardinals began the scoring in the second inning when Lisa Estes and Michelle Vasquez delivered back-to-back singles. Shannon Nord's base hit brought Estes home. Sara Bausher's two-run double scored Vasquez and Nord to give Louisville a 3-0 lead.
U of L add another run in the fourth when Estes led off the inning with a hit, moved to second on Nord's sacrifice bunt, took third when Lisa McMillan grounded out and scored on a wild pitch to make it a 4-0 game.
The Cards tacked on three more runs in the fifth when Amy Summers and Lacy Wood each singled to set up Keola Calderon's three-run homer, increasing U of L's lead to 7-0.
Louisville's final run came in the sixth when Nord beat out Ohio pitcher Candy Warden's throw for a single, stole second and scored on Sara Bausher's hit to make it an 8-0 game.
U of L starter Aja Sherman (3-2) recorded her first career shutout and no-hitter, striking out six in six innings pitched. Offensively, the Cards pounded out 13 hits. Bausher finished the game batting 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI. Estes was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and Nord was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.
The Cardinals (5-6) will play Bowling Green (3-4) Sunday at 1 p.m. and Illinois State (7-9) at 3 p.m. at Ulmer Stadium in the final game of the Red and Black Classic.
Note: Sherman's no-hitter was Louisville's first since Tara McClure and the Cards defeated Marshall 1-0 on April 4, 2001.
The last time Ohio was held hitless was March 25, 1999 when the Bobcats lost 21-0 against Stanford.
