Cards Open Up 2025 Season at The Spring Games

Friday, February 7

Leesburg, FL

4:00 PM

University of Louisville

Middle Tennessee

February 06, 2025 | Softball

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Louisville will face five teams in the three-day event

By: Kennedy Knisley

LEESBURG, Fla. – The University of Louisville softball team opens its 2025 season at The Spring Games, taking place from Feb. 7-9 in Leesburg, Fla.

Louisville will play five games over the course of the weekend featuring Middle Tennessee, Liberty, Rutgers, Radford, and Cleveland State.

The Cards will begin on Friday with a 4 p.m. game against Middle Tennessee followed by a 6:30 p.m. game against Liberty. The Lady Flames ended the 2024 season with a 38-25 record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

On Saturday, Louisville will face Rutgers at 1 p.m. and Radford at 3:30 p.m. Finally, the Cards will wrap up their weekend with a Sunday morning game against Cleveland State at 11 a.m.

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SERIES HISTORY

Middle Tennessee: Louisville leads the series 5-3, losing the most recent match-up 3-5 in eight innings (2/15/15).
Liberty: Louisville is tied 1-1 in the series with the Lady Flames, last losing 7-9 (3/30/22).
Rutgers: Louisville leads the series 12-4. The Cards most recently beat Rutgers 11-3 in six innings (3/23/14).
Radford: Louisville is undefeated, 3-0 in the series. The Cards most recently won 6-0 in 2019.
Cleveland State: This marks the first meeting between the two teams.

NOTING THE ROSTER

The Cardinals return eight field players and five pitchers including 2023 All-ACC selections Easton Lotus and Alyssa Zabala.
Louisville also welcomes eight newcomers to the 2025 roster after the graduation of seven starters including National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Southeast Region honoree Riley Frizell as well as two-time All-ACC selection Daisy Hess.
Zabala led the Cardinals' pitching staff with a 3.08 ERA with 97 strikeouts in 161.1 innings. Her 18 victories stood second in the ACC and 40th nationally.
Also, back in the circle from last year is senior RHP Sam Booe and sophomore LHP Brooke Gray – the duo, along with Zabala combined for 25 of Louisville's 27 wins last season.
The Cards return two starters in the offensive line-up from last-year's injury plagued team: junior outfielder Chelsea Mack and senior infielder Maddi Grant.
Redshirt Easton Lotus (2B) and senior Ally Alexander (INF) were both in the starting lineup and suffered season-ending injuries in 2024. Char Lorenz was injured during the 2024 preseason and utilized a redshirt season.