Cards Fall to No. 4/4 Florida, No. 14/14 Duke Saturday at T-Mobile Classic

Saturday, February 19

Gainesville, FL

2:00 P.M.

University of Louisville

6-2

Florida

9-0

Louisville

Florida

Photo by: Cyndi Chambers

Cards Fall to No. 4/4 Florida, No. 14/14 Duke Saturday at T-Mobile Classic

February 19, 2022 | Softball

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By: Lori Harmon

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Louisville softball team fell 9-1 to No. 4/4 Florida and 6-3 to No. 14/14 Duke on day two of the T-Mobile Tournament Saturday at Florida's Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

The Cardinals (6-3) will wrap up the weekend against Villanova Sunday at 9 a.m.

#14/14 Duke 6 – Louisville 3
Freshman Ally Alexander went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI to lead the Cardinals at the plate in a 6-3 loss to No. 14. Duke.

The teams played through two scoreless innings before the Blue Devils (7-2) broke through with a pair of runs in the third courtesy of Kamryn Jackson's two-run double. A fourth inning home run by Ana Gold and an RBI single by Caroline Jacobsen gave Duke a 4-0 lead.

The Cardinals answered in the home half of the fourth when Taylor Roby's RBI single plated Carmyn Greenwood who had reached on an error.

The fifth inning brought two more Louisville runs. Senior Rebecca Chung got the offense started when she drove a pinch hit double into left field and freshman Dylann Cravens entered to run for her. Freshman Ally Alexander followed with a double of her own to make the score 4-2. Alexander then moved to third on a wild pitch and crossed the plate on an error to pull the Cardinals within a run.

Louisville had another scoring opportunity in the sixth when Roby walked and Hannah File's single moved her into scoring position, but Duke reliever Peyton St. James delivered a strikeout to end the inning.

Gisele Tapia's two-out, two-run homer in the seventh extended Duke's lead to 6-3.

Roby (2-1) took the loss, giving up four earned runs on five hits and delivered one strikeout in 4.0 innings.

Shelby Walters (3-2) picked up the win after allowing three runs, one earned, on five hits in 4.2 innings of work. Tapia went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to pace the Blue Devils offensively.

#4/4 Florida 9 – Louisville 1 (6 inn.)
Graduate senior Carmyn Greenwood belted out an RBI double and junior Jenna Servi singled and scored a run, but a five-run sixth inning by Florida propelled the fourth-ranked Gators to a 9-1 win.

Florida (8-0) jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first when Kendra Falby tripled and scored on Hannah Adams' sacrifice fly.

The Gators had a chance to push more runs across in the third, using three singles to load the bases with one out, but Chardonnay Harris got the next two batters to fly out to Korbe Otis in right field to escape the jam.

Florida used three hits to tack on three more runs to take a 4-0 lead in the home half of the fourth.

The Cardinals got on the scoreboard in the fifth when Servi broke up Lexie Delbrey's no-hitter with a single up the middle and freshman Easton Lotus reached on an error to set up graduate senior Carmyn Greenwood's RBI double, making the score 4-1. A walk to Kendall Smith loaded the bases, but Delbrey issued a strikeout, stranding all three runners.

The Gators countered in the home half of the sixth, capitalizing on six hits and an error to plate five more runs for the 9-1 final.

Chardonnay Harris (3-2) took the loss after surrendering four earned runs on seven hits and striking out two in 4.0 innings of work.

Delbrey (3-0) picked up the win, allowing one earned run on two hits and striking out eight.