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Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics
Cardinals Sweep Bradley in Home Opening Doubleheader
March 05, 2021 | Softball
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville softball team opened the 2021 home season with a doubleheader sweep of Bradley on day one of the Cardinal Classic. UofL won the first game 9-1 and took the second 9-0, both games ended in five innings via the eight-run rule.
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Louisville (5-6) will continue play in the Cardinal Classic on Saturday when they take on DePaul at 12 p.m.
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"It was really fun to be back home after playing on the road the last three weeks," said UofL head coach Holly Aprile. "Offensively, I was really pleased with our poise at the plate overall, and that's been a real point of emphasis for us, having quality at bats and I was really proud of them for that. I thought we did a really nice job on the mound, I think that Taylor Roby came out and did well. I thought her pitch total was a little bit higher than we would have wanted from her, but still a quality outing and I thought both Gabby and Jennifer came in and did a nice job as well."
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Louisville 9 – Bradley 1 (5 innings)
In the opening game of the tournament, Cassady Greenwood went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run while junior Makayla Hurst was 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI to help lead the Cardinals at the plate. Taylor Roby (2-3) pitcked up the win, allowing one earned run on four hits and striking out three in 4.0 innings.
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Louisville jumped to an early lead, using three hits and four walks to put up a six-spot in the home half of the first.
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Bradley (1-4) got on the scoreboard in the top of the second when Camryn Monteer singled and came around to score on Lucy Mead's RBI hit, bringing the score to 8-1.
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The Cardinals tacked on two more runs in the home half of the second. Roby delivered a one-out double and was lifted for pinch-runner Jenna Servi who crossed the plate on Cassady Greenwood's RBI single. Hurst doubled pinch-runner Mia Forsythe home to make the score 8-0.
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Louisville completed the scoring in the bottom of the fifth when Hurst led off with a hit and Jordyn Wolfe entered to run. Singles by Taryn Weddle and Charley Butler loaded the bases for Maddy Newman who drew a walk to plate the game-ending run for the 9-1 final.
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The RBI was Newman's second of the game after her sacrifice fly scored Hurst in the Cards' six-run first innings.
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Gabby Holloway retired all three batters she faced in the top of the fifth.
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Mead and Monteer registered two hits apiece to lead Bradley at the plate. Grace French (0-2) took the loss, allowing five earned runs on three hits in 0.1 inning.
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Louisville 9 – Bradley 0 (5 innings)
In the nightcap, drove in three runs with her team-best fourth home run of the season. Weddle and Butler each scored a pair of runs to lead Louisville at the plate. Gabby Holloway and Jennifer Leonhardt combined for a one-hit shutout with Holloway fanning three and Leonhardt striking out four.
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The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the first when senior Celene Funke connected on her second triple of the season and scored on Rebecca Chung's double.
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Louisville tallied five runs in the second, highlight by Roby's three-run homer. Weddle was hit by a pitch, Butler reached on an error and Newman walked to load the bases. Carmyn Greenwood was hit by a pitch to score Weddle. Funke's groundout plated Butler, leaving two on for Roby who crushed a shot over the centerfield fence to extend the lead to 6-0.
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The third inning brought three more Louisville runs as the Cardinals used five walks to make it a 9-0 game.
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Holloway (2-2) retired the first eight batters she faced before surrendering a two-out double to Vicki Zaluske in the third for Bradley's only hit of the game. After issuing a leadoff walk in the fourth, Leonhardt sat down the next six batters to end the game.
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Morgan Radford took the loss, giving up eight runs, one earned, on three hits and striking out one in 2.1 innings.
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Louisville (5-6) will continue play in the Cardinal Classic on Saturday when they take on DePaul at 12 p.m.
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"It was really fun to be back home after playing on the road the last three weeks," said UofL head coach Holly Aprile. "Offensively, I was really pleased with our poise at the plate overall, and that's been a real point of emphasis for us, having quality at bats and I was really proud of them for that. I thought we did a really nice job on the mound, I think that Taylor Roby came out and did well. I thought her pitch total was a little bit higher than we would have wanted from her, but still a quality outing and I thought both Gabby and Jennifer came in and did a nice job as well."
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Louisville 9 – Bradley 1 (5 innings)
In the opening game of the tournament, Cassady Greenwood went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run while junior Makayla Hurst was 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI to help lead the Cardinals at the plate. Taylor Roby (2-3) pitcked up the win, allowing one earned run on four hits and striking out three in 4.0 innings.
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Louisville jumped to an early lead, using three hits and four walks to put up a six-spot in the home half of the first.
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Bradley (1-4) got on the scoreboard in the top of the second when Camryn Monteer singled and came around to score on Lucy Mead's RBI hit, bringing the score to 8-1.
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The Cardinals tacked on two more runs in the home half of the second. Roby delivered a one-out double and was lifted for pinch-runner Jenna Servi who crossed the plate on Cassady Greenwood's RBI single. Hurst doubled pinch-runner Mia Forsythe home to make the score 8-0.
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Louisville completed the scoring in the bottom of the fifth when Hurst led off with a hit and Jordyn Wolfe entered to run. Singles by Taryn Weddle and Charley Butler loaded the bases for Maddy Newman who drew a walk to plate the game-ending run for the 9-1 final.
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The RBI was Newman's second of the game after her sacrifice fly scored Hurst in the Cards' six-run first innings.
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Gabby Holloway retired all three batters she faced in the top of the fifth.
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Mead and Monteer registered two hits apiece to lead Bradley at the plate. Grace French (0-2) took the loss, allowing five earned runs on three hits in 0.1 inning.
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Louisville 9 – Bradley 0 (5 innings)
In the nightcap, drove in three runs with her team-best fourth home run of the season. Weddle and Butler each scored a pair of runs to lead Louisville at the plate. Gabby Holloway and Jennifer Leonhardt combined for a one-hit shutout with Holloway fanning three and Leonhardt striking out four.
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The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the first when senior Celene Funke connected on her second triple of the season and scored on Rebecca Chung's double.
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Louisville tallied five runs in the second, highlight by Roby's three-run homer. Weddle was hit by a pitch, Butler reached on an error and Newman walked to load the bases. Carmyn Greenwood was hit by a pitch to score Weddle. Funke's groundout plated Butler, leaving two on for Roby who crushed a shot over the centerfield fence to extend the lead to 6-0.
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The third inning brought three more Louisville runs as the Cardinals used five walks to make it a 9-0 game.
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Holloway (2-2) retired the first eight batters she faced before surrendering a two-out double to Vicki Zaluske in the third for Bradley's only hit of the game. After issuing a leadoff walk in the fourth, Leonhardt sat down the next six batters to end the game.
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Morgan Radford took the loss, giving up eight runs, one earned, on three hits and striking out one in 2.1 innings.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Roby, Taylor (2-3)
L: French, Grace (0-2)
Batting:
RBI: Mead, Lucy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Monteer, Camryn 1
Batting:
2B: Roby, Taylor 1 ; Hurst, Makayla 1
RBI: Chung, Rebecca 1 ; Greenwood, Cassady 2 ; Hurst, Makayla 1 ; Butler, Charley 1 ; Newman, Maddy 2
SF: Newman, Maddy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Greenwood, Carmyn 1 ; Roby, Taylor 1 ; Chung, Rebecca 1 ; Greenwood, Cassady 1 ; Forsythe, Mia 1 ; Hurst, Makayla 1 ; Wolfe, Jordyn 1 ; Weddle, Taryn 1 ; Servi, Jenna 1
SB: Greenwood, Carmyn 1 ; Forsythe, Mia 1 ; Ornelas, Elana 1
CS: Funke, Celene 1
HBP: Funke, Celene 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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RBI
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AB
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RBI
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AB
2
R
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H
1
RBI
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