Louisville Set for Midweek Matchup at Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The University of Louisville softball team will wrap up a four-game road stretch with a single game at Charlotte Tiuesday at 3 p.m.

Series Information
Dates: March 14
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Venue: Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium
Television: ESPN+

QUICK HITS
• UofL brings a 15-8 overall record into Tuesday's game following a 1-2 showing in its ACC-opening series at No. 15/15 Duke.
• In 23 games, the Cardinals have produced eight shutouts and five eight-run rule victories.
• Louisville is batting .305 as a team with six players hitting above .300 and has outscored opponents 124-75.
• Korbe Otis leads the team with a .429 batting average, 23 runs and is a perfect 9-for-9 in stolen bases.
• Otis brings a 13-game hitting streak and a 16-game reached base streak into the weekend. Overall, Otis has reached base via a hit or walk in 20 of Louisville's 23 games.
• Taylor Roby leads the team with seven home runs and owns the school's career mark with 47. In the 8-0 win against Bradley, she hit a two-run homer two extend her career home run total to 43, taking sole possession of Louisville's all-time home run record. The previous mark of 42 was set by Courtney Moore who played for the Cardinals from 2004-07.
• Roby (5-2) also leads the Cardinals' pitching staff with a 1.28 ERA
• Alyssa Zabala (6-3) carries a 2.78 ERA with 51 strikeouts in 50.1 innings of work. The freshman was named to the NFCA Leadoff All-Tournament team after an impressive collegiate debut.
• Head coach Holly Aprile is entering her fifth season as UofL's head coach. During her time at the helm – which includes the COVID-19 impacted 2020 season, Aprile guided the Cardinals to 109 wins and an NCAA regional final appearance in 2019.

CARDS AGAINST THE OPPONENT
CHARLOTTE
Series Record: Louisville leads 16-1 - the bulk of the series dates back to when both teams were members of Conference USA (2000--05)
Last Meeting: April 9-10, 2005 - Louisville swept a three-game C-USA series at Charlotte, winning 12-0, 4-0 and 7-0.
Scouting the 49ers: Charlotte brings a 12-10 record into Tuesday's matchup. Last weekend, the 49ers opened Conference USA play by going 2-1 against FIU. Prior to that, Charlotte fell short in a 5-4, nine-inning loss to No. 15/15 Duke.
• Kassidy Krupit leads the team with a .366 batting average while Bailey Vannoy has cranked out seven home runs and 17 RBIs.
• Sam Gress (6-4) has carried the bulk of the pitching duties with a 2.26 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 55.2 innings of work.

UP NEXT
Louisville will return to Ulmer Stadium for a three-game ACC Series against Pittsburgh.

LAST UP
The Cardinals went 1-2 in their ACC opening series at Duke.

Notes from the Duke Series
• Korbe Otis extended her hitting streak to 13 games – the longest for a Cardinal player since Maggie Ruckenbrod in 2013. Otis has also reached base via a hit or walk in 16 straight games
• Louisville's 13-0 win against No. 15/15 Duke featured five lead changes and one tie. It marked the third victory over a top-25 opponent for the Cardinals this season.
• Daisy Hess led the Cardinals with a .625 batting average (5-for-8), a triple, a home run. The senior shortstop also drew four walks and was 3-for-3 in stolen bases and carried a 1.250 slugging percentage and a .750 on-base percentage.
• Hess had at least one hit and scored at least one run in each of the Cardinals' three games at Duke including a 3-for3, two run performance in Saturday's 5-3 loss. The Georgia State transfer connected on her first home run as a Cardinal in the 9-6 loss to Duke on Friday. In Saturday's 13-9 win, Hess went 1-for-3 with two walks, a run and an RBI.

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Players Mentioned

Daisy Hess

Korbe Otis

Taylor Roby

Alyssa Zabala

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