Cardinals Wrap Up Road Swing at Miami (Ohio) Wednesday

The University of Louisville softball team will close out a 14-game road stretch with a midweek contest at Miami (Ohio) Wednesday at 3 p.m.

QUICK HITS
• Louisville brings an 8-5 overall record into the week following a three-game series at No. 10/8 Arkansas. The Razorbacks took the opening game, using a late-inning rally to beat Louisville 8-5. The Cardinals evened the series with an 8-4 win in game two and Arkansas won the final game 14-0.
• The Cardinals are led offensively by graduate senior Carmyn Greenwood is hitting .409 with a team-high 19 runs and 15 RBIs along with an .841 slugging percentage and a .469 on-base percentage.
• Redshirt senior RHP Taylor Roby has shouldered the bulk of the pitching duties and holds a 3.29 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 34.0 innings of work. She has also belted out a team-best five homers.
• Graduate senior Hannah File is currently on a five-game hitting streak and has reached safely via a hit or walk in each of the last seven games.
• The Cardinals return 15 players from last year's team including NFCA All-Southeast Region and All-ACC selections Carmyn Greenwood and Taylor Roby.
• Among the returners are 12 upperclassmen including seven seniors and five juniors, as well as senior transfer Hannah File (James Madison) and graduate transfer Kendall Smith (Western Kentucky).
• Louisville was picked to finish sixth in the ACC in a preseason vote by the league's head coaches.
• Graduate senior Carmyn Greenwood was selected to the Preseason All-ACC Softball team.

THE APRILE ERA
• Holly Aprile is entering her fourth season as UofL's head coach. With the 2020 campaign suspended prior to its midway point due to the outbreak of COVID-19, Aprile has compiled a 73-67-1 record and guided the Cardinals to an NCAA regional final appearance in 2019.
• Prior to her arrival at Louisville, Aprile, 2018 ACC Coach of the Year spent 10 seasons (2009-18) as Pittsburgh's head coach and five years (2004-08) as an assistant. In 2018, she earned ACC Coach of the Year honors after leading the Panthers to the 2018 ACC Coastal Division title and a runner-up finish in the ACC tournament.

UP NEXT
Louisville will open the home season with the Cardinal Classic this weekend when the Cardinals welcome Hofstra, Western Michigan and Illinois to Ulmer Stadium.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Miami (Ohio)
Series History: Louisville leads 4-3
Last Meeting: March 7, 2021 - Miami won 4-0 at Ulmer Stadium.
Scouting the RedHawks: Miami enters Wednesday's midweek matchup with a 3-6 record following a 1-4 showing at the Carolina Classic in Columbia, S.C. last weekend. The RedHawks opened the tournament with an eight-inning loss to Troy University and rebounded with a 5-0 win over the host Gamecocks. Miami went on to fall to No. 7/7 Virginia Tech and Ohio State.
• Miami is led offensively by Karli Spaid who boasts a .516 batting average with four home runs and 10 RBIs.
• Brianna Pratt (2-2) carries a 1.75 ERA with 27 strikeouts and two shutous in 24.0 innings of work while holding opponents to a .211 batting average.

Cardinals Wrap Up Road Swing at Miami (Ohio) Wednesday

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Players Mentioned

Hannah File

Carmyn Greenwood

Taylor Roby

Kendall Smith

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