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Softball Tops Indiana 6-1
March 25, 2015 | Softball
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Sandy Pearsall discusses the victory over Indiana
Maryssa Becker on the win over Indiana
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Senior Kayla Soles and sophomore Maryssa Becker had two RBIs apiece to help lead the University of Louisville softball team to a 6-1 win over Indiana Wednesday evening at Ulmer Stadium.
The Cardinals (19-8) jumped to an early lead when Maryssa Becker drew a two-out walk and Ashley Nikolao followed with an infield single. An RBI hit by Kayla Soles gave Louisville a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
The Hoosiers (10-23) answered in the top of the second when Shannon Cawley singled, took second on a sacrifice bunt by CaraMia Tsirigos and came home on Katelyn Conenna's double to tie the score at 1-1. A hit by Rachel O'Malley pushed runners to second and third, but Louisville starter Shelby McCombs got Rebecca Blitz to ground out to third baseman Hailey Smith to end the threat.
The Cardinals added a pair of runs in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead. Kayla Soles connected on a leadoff double and came around to score after an error on Nicole Pufahl's hit. A single by Brittany Sims plated Pufahl.
Louisville tacked on two more runs in the fifth. Jones led off with a single and Whitney Arion walked to set up Maryssa Becker's two-run double which made the score 5-1. Morgan Meyer entered to pinch-run for Becker and moved to third on Nikolao's groundout. A sacrifice fly by Soles to increase the lead to 6-1.
Becker ( 8-2) got the win, holding the Hoosiers scoreless on four hits and striking out three in 5.0 innings of relief. McCombs allowed one earned run on three hits and struck out two in 2.0 innings.
Lora Olson (6-16) took the loss allowing six runs, four earned, on eight hits in 4.0 innings. O'Malley paced the Hoosiers offensively with a 2 for 3 performance at the plate.
