Louisville Drops First Game of OK State/Tulsa Invitational

Friday, February 28

Stillwater, OK

1 PM

University of Louisville

5-10

Illinois - Chicago

5-6

UIC

Louisville

Louisville Drops First Game of OK State/Tulsa Invitational

February 28, 2020 | Softball

Box Score

By: Lori Harmon

STILLWATER, Okla. – The University of Louisville softball team lost to UIC 10-2 in the opening game of the OK State/Tulsa Invitational Friday afternoon at Oklahoma State's Cowgirl Stadium.

The Cardinals (5-10) will return to action Friday evening when they take on No. 15/14 Oklahoma State at approximately 6 p.m. (ET).

Sophomore Cassady Greenwood went 2-for-2 with a double and a home run to lead Louisville at the plate. Seniors Celene Funke and Caitlin Ferguson and sophomore Charley Butler also singled as the Cardinals tallied five hits in the game.

UIC (5-6) wasted little time taking a 1-0 lead when Samantha Ferguson led off the game with a solo home run.

Louisville countered with a run in the home half of the first. Senior Celene Funke earned a leadoff walk and stole second to move into scoring position. Junior Maddy Newman's sacrifice bunt sent Funke to third and an error on the play allowed her to score, tying the game at 1-1.

The Flames regained the lead with a pair of runs in the third. Kayla Wedl singled and eventually scored on an RBI hit by Alyssa Griman. Kayla Pociejewski singled Griman home to extend the lead to 3-1.

UIC used two hits, two walks and a hit batter to tally three runs in the fourth to make the score 6-2.

Cassady Greenwood led off the fourth with a shot over the fence in right centerfield. The sophomore catcher's first career home run to cut the lead to four runs.

The Flames put the game away with four runs in the fifth, bringing the score to 10-2.

Louisville attempted to rally in the bottom of the fifth when sophomore Charley Butler led off with a single. Newman's fielder's choice saw Butler out at second. An error on Taylor Roby's grounder put two on for Cassady Greenwood who walked to load the bases with two outs, but a groundout ended the threat.

Redshirt sophomore Taylor Roby (3-5) took the loss, allowing three earned runs on six hits in 3.0 innings.

Christina Toniolo (2-3) got the win for UIC after allowing two runs on five hits and striking out two in 5.0 innings. Maddie Spinks led the Flames with a 3-for-4, three RBI performance at the plate.