Cards Travel to WKU for Tuesday Night Contest

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville softball team will travel to Bowling Green to face off against the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky on Tuesday, March 25th. The first pitch is set for 7 p.m. (ET) at WKU Softball Complex at will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Breakdown of the Cards
Louisville comes into the matchup with a 19-12 record (3-6 ACC), hoping to have a bounce-back performance after losing back-to-back games against North Carolina over the weekend. The Cards stole game one of the series on Friday in a 7-4 victory that saw two three-run homers from Char Lorenz and Bri Despines. Louisville was backed behind solid pitching from Alyssa Zabala who gave up only four earned runs and struck out two in four innings. In relief, Sam Booe threw 50 pitches and gave up zero runs, one hit and forced two strikeouts across the final three innings, earning the save. Zabala has led the Cards in pitching this season, earning a 3.42 ERA with a 1.7 WHIP while boasting an 8-4 record and 56 strikeouts across 77.2 innings. Booe has been the steady reliever for Louisville, as she has two saves, a 4-3 record and a 4.41 ERA across 46 innings.

Quick Hits

Louisville hits .329 as a team with a .481 slugging percentage and 17 home runs.
Junior Chelsea Mack leads UofL in batting average with .430 across 86 at-bats, with 37 hits and six RBIs.
Redshirt-junior Easton Lotus sits second on the team in batting average with .409, adding 45 hits, seven extra-base hits and 17 RBIs.
Redshirt freshman Char Lorenz leads Louisville in home runs with six and in RBIs with 42.
Louisville leads the ACC in stolen bases with 75 on 89 attempts (84.3%), while only allowing 20 bags on 26 attempts.

SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS (15-13) (2-6 C-USA)
Series History: Louisville leads the series against WKU 21-3.
Last Meeting: February 27th, 2024 – Louisville beat WKU 4-1 in Louisville, Ky.

WKU have hit for .272 on the season, with 202 hits across 742 at-bats.
The Hilltoppers have homered 15 times, with 38 extra-base hits, two of those being triples.
Sophomore Morgan Sharpe tops the Hilltoppers in batting average with .319 as well as leading in hits with 29 while adding five stolen bases on six attempts.
Sophomore Maci Masters leads WKU in homers this year with eight. Masters has hit for .313 on the year with 26 hits. She leads the team in RBIs as well with 24.
Hilltoppers leading pitcher is sophomore Rylan Smith, who owns a 6-2 record and leads the Hilltoppers in strikeouts with 57.
Smith has a 4.32 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 11 starts and 58.1 innings pitched.

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