Louisville Hits the Road for Syracuse

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville softball team will travel to Syracuse for a three-game ACC series this weekend. Due to inclement weather in the area, Friday's series opener has been moved to 12 p.m.
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GAME DAY INFORMATION
Louisville at Syracuse
Date: March 31-April 2, 2023
Location: Syracuse, N.Y.
Venue: Skytop Softball Stadium
Coverage: Live Scoring | ACCNX | Game Notes
Social Media: Fans can follow Louisville Softball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Louisville SB

QUICK HITS
• UofL brings a 22-10 overall record following Wednesday's 7-4 loss at No. 16/16 Kentucky which snapped Louisville's season-high seven game win streak. The Cards are receiving votes in the most recent USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association and ESPN.com/USA Softball coaches polls released on March 28.
• In 32 games, the Cardinals have produced nine shutouts and seven eight-run rule victories.
• Louisville is batting .320 as a team with five players hitting above with .300 and two players batting over .400.
• The Cardinals stand second in the ACC and 11h in the nation with a .420 team on-base percentage.
• Current ACC Softball Co-Player of the Week, Korbe Otis has reached base safely via a hit or walk in the last 25 games. Overall, she has reached base via a hit or walk in 30 of Louisville's 32 games. Entering the week, she leads the ACC and is tied for fifth in the nation with five triples.
• Taylor Roby leads the team with 11 home runs and owns the school's career mark with 51. She stands tied for first in the ACC and tied for 12th in the NCAA in home runs.
• Alyssa Zabala (10-4) carries a 2.62 ERA with 63 strikeouts in 66.2 innings of work.
• Sarah Gordon was named the ACC and Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week on March 21. She became Louisville's second conference player of the week this season and the first national player of the week since 2018 when Megan Hensley earned the honor.

THE HOLLY APRILE ERA

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 112 wins and an NCAA regional final appearance in 2019.
• Prior to her arrival at Louisville, Aprile, the 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.

CARDS AGAINST THE OPPONENTS

SYRACUSE
Series Record: Louisville leads 27-12
NOTE: The bulk of the series dates back to when both teams were members of the BIG EAST Conference (2006-13).
Last Meeting: May 11, 2022 - Syracuse won 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship at Pitt.
Scouting the Orange: Syracuse brings a 10-15-1 overall record and a 1-7-1 ACC mark into the series. Last weekend, the Orange traveled to South Bend and split the first two games of the series with Notre Dame, falling 10-2 in game one on Friday and picking up a 5-3 win in the first half of a Sunday doubleheader. The teams played to a 0-0 tie in eight innings before the series finale was called due to a drop-dead time.
• Madelyn Lopez leads the team with a .314 batting average. Kelly Breen has belted out two home runs and nine RBIs.
• Lindsey Hendrix (4-7) has carried the bulk of the pitching duties, carrying a 4.44 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 64.2 innings of work.

UP NEXT

Louisville will return to Ulmer Stadium for a three-game ACC series against Notre Dame starting on Thursday.

LAST UP

The University of Louisville softball team staged a seventh inning rally, but fell short in a 7-4 loss to in-state rival No. 16/16 Kentucky in a midweek matchup at John Cropp Stadium.
• With the Cards trailing 7-1 in the top of the seventh, Paige Geraghty reached on a two-base error and came home on a double by Korbe Otis. Sarah Gordon stepped up to the plate and smashed a shot over right center field to make the score 7-4 with no outs in the inning. Another Kentucky miscue allowed Hannah File to reach and a wild pitch moved her into scoring position with the tying run on deck, but a groundout ended the game.

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Players Mentioned

Hannah File

Paige Geraghty

Sarah Gordon

Korbe Otis

Taylor Roby

Alyssa Zabala

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