Cards Play Host to Indiana Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The University of Louisville softball team will wrap up a four-game home stand on Tuesday when the Cardinals play host to Indiana in a midweek matchup which will air on the ACC Network at 6 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
Date: March 26, 2024
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Venue: Don Dobina Field at Ulmer Stadium
Admission: Free
Gates Open: One (1) hour prior to first pitch
Clear Bag Policy: A Clear Bag Policy remains in place at all UofL athletics facilities. Fans may bring one clear bag, either a one-gallon clear Ziploc-style storage bag, or a 12 x 6 x 12 inches clear tote bag.
Parking: Fans are encouraged to park in the Floyd Street Parking Garage for a $5 fee.
Twitter Updates: @LouisvilleSB
Coverage: Live Scoring |ACC Network Watch Link
Announcers: Noah Reed (PXP), Carol Bruggeman (Analyst)

QUICK HITS
• The Cards enter the contest with a 20-12 overall record following a 1-2 showing in last weekend's ACC series against No. 6/4 Duke.
• Louisville is hitting .288 as a team with five players carrying an average of .300 or better.
• The Cards have outscored opponents 165-114 with 23 home runs on the season.
• UofL was picked to finish sixth in the 2024 ACC preseason coaches' poll.
• The 2024 campaign marks the 25th season in program history. The program started in 2000 and boasts 15 NCAA tournament appearances and five conference championships.

PLAYER NOTES
• Alyssa Zabala (13-6) carries a 2.70 ERA with 66 strikeouts in 85.2 innings. Her 13 victories lead the ACC and stand tied for seventh in the national standings. The sophomore has earned 10 of the last 11 wins for the Cardinals.
• Daisy Hess leads the team with a .356 batting average, 21 runs, 23 walks and a .491 on-base percentage. The fifth-year senior shortstop carries a five-game hitting streak and has reached base safely via a hit or walk in the last 11 games.
• Riley Frizell has produced a team-best 33 RBIs and eight home runs, both career highs. The senior first baseman leads the team with nine multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games.
• Kiley Goff is tied for the team lead with 21 runs. She has been hit by a pitch 16 times in Louisville's 32 games this season and stands second in the nation in the hit by pitch per game category (0.50). She has also earned 18 walks and carries a .423 on-base percentage.
• Vanessa Miller leads the team with a career-best 11 stolen bases and five multi-RBI games. The right fielder stands second on the team five homers and 21 RBIs.

THE APRILE ERA
• Holly Aprile is in her sixth season as UofL's head coach. During her time at Louisville, which includes the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, the Cardinals have amassed 145 wins and earned a pair of NCAA regional appearances with the 2023 Knoxville Regional and the 2019 NCAA Evanston Regional finals. She was named the Leadership Playbook 2022-23 Collegiate Coach of the Year.
• 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 VS INDIANA
Series Record: Louisville leads 20-6
Last Meeting: May 19, 2023- 5/21/23 -IU won 4-2
NOTE: IU won all three meetings in 2023, ending Louisville's season with a 4-2 win on May 21 in the Knoxville regional.
• The Hoosiers also won 4-3 in the first game of the regional (May 19)
* Indiana won the regular season meeting 10-5 in Bloomington on April 11.
Scouting the Hoosiers: Indiana enters Tuesday's game with a 22-9 overall record and currently on a five-game losing streak. Last weekend, the Hoosiers dropped their Big Ten opening series at Penn State, falling 2-1 in the first game and losing the next two by scores of 8-3 and 5-2.
• The Hoosiers have cranked out 38 home runs this season, standing 20th in the nation in home runs per game.
• They also rank third in the NCAA with 77 stolen bases.
• IU is led at the plate by Aly VanBrandt who carries a .391 batting average with 19 runs and 11 stolen bases. Cora Bassett has belted out a team-best eight home runs while Taylor Minnick leads the Hoosiers with 33 RBIs.
• Brianna Copeland has shouldered the bulk of the pitching duties and carries a 1.87 ERA with 96 strikeouts in 86.0 innings of work.

UP NEXT
The Cardinals will head to Pittsburgh for their first Atlantic Coast Conference road series this weekend. The teams will open the set Friday at 6 p.m. followed by a 3 p.m. first pitch on Saturday. The series finale is slated for Sunday at 1 p.m.

LAST UP
The University of Louisville softball team went 1-2 in a trio of tightly-contested games against No. 6/4 Duke last weekend.

DUKE SERIES WRAP UP
Duke 3 - Louisville 2
The Cards built a 2-0 lead, but Duke plated three runs in the top of the seventh inning to take the ACC series opener.
Louisville 2 - Duke 1 (8 inn.)
A day after Duke plated three runs in the seventh inning to take the series opener, the Cardinals used some late-inning offense of their own to even the series.
• Duke took a 1-0 lead in the fourth and the Cards responded with a solo home run by Gabby Holloway in the home half of the inning. The score remained knotted at 1-1 until freshman Katie Thatcher powered a one-out solo home run in the bottom of the eighth to split the series.
Duke 5 - Louisville 3
A seventh inning rally came up short as the University of Louisville softball team fell 5-3 to No. 6/4 Duke in the series finale.
• After falling behind 5-0, the Cards got on the scoreboard in the fifth and sent two more across the plate in the seventh with the tying run on board when the game ended.

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Players Mentioned

Riley Frizell

Kiley Goff

Daisy Hess

Gabby Holloway

Vanessa Miller

Katie Thatcher

Alyssa Zabala

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