Cards Head to No. 25 Virginia for ACC Road Series

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville softball team will travel to Charlottesville, Va., this week to play against the No. 25/RV Virginia Cavaliers in a weekend ACC series. Louisville heads into the series having a 22-18 record (5-10 ACC). Virginia will host with a 31-13 record (11-7 ACC), while on a four-game winning streak.

The series will begin on Thursday, April 17th, with the first pitch being set for 5 p.m. (ET). The second of the series will be the next day at 5 p.m. (ET), and will conclude on Saturday, April 19th, at 1 p.m. (ET). The series will be broadcast on ACCNX.

QUICK HITS

Louisville leads the ACC in stolen bases (86), stolen bases per game (2.15) and total triples with 23 on the year.
The trio of Chelsea Mack, Easton Lotus and Char Lorenz make up three of the top seven spots in stolen bases in the ACC, with there being a combined 47 bags between them.
Lotus leads Louisville in batting average with a .380 clip. She also leads in hits with 54, as well as triples with five.
Mack and Ally Alexander each have a .374 batting average, with them combining for 77 hits and 18 RBI.
Alyssa Zabala is coming off of her 100th career appearance, and she rocks a 3.89 ERA and has pitched the 11th most innings in the ACC with 100.2.

SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
Series Record: Louisville leads 20-4 (W4 streak)
At Louisville: Louisville leads 9-3
At Virginia: Louisville leads 6-0
Last Meeting: April 21-23, 2023 – Louisville swept the series in Charlottesville, Va.
Scouting the Cavaliers: Virginia is 31-13 this season, with an 11-7 ACC record. They have picked up some quality wins this season and went on a 12-game winning streak from February 16th, against No. 4 UCLA, to March 4th against Longwood. Earlier this year at the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational, the Cavaliers defeated the No. 23-ranked Kentucky Wildcats 4-1. They have picked up ACC series victories against Boston College, Cal and most recently, Syracuse. The Cavs are riding a four-game win streak coming into this matchup, having swept the Orange, mounting 25 runs in three games while only allowing two.

Virginia is led by junior pitching ace Eden Bigham, who owns an 11-7 record as well as a 2.53 ERA. She leads the team in complete games with three and has six saves to lead the Cavs also. Bigham has 95 strikeouts to 55 walks through 94 innings, and she has a .201 batting average against.
Leading the team in hitting is sophomore Bella Cabral with a .415 average and 49 hits. Cabral ranks 16th and 15th in the ACC in those categories respectively.
Junior Jade Hylton is fifth in ACC ranks for home runs, with 13 this year. Hylton is second on the Cavaliers with a .364 batting average, adding 48 hits and a .788 slugging percentage.
Virginia is led by head coach Joanna Hardin, who is in her ninth season at the helm of the Cavaliers and has a 173-217 record. This past season she chartered Virginia to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history, making it to the championship game at the NCAA Knoxville Regional.

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Players Mentioned

Ally Alexander

Char Lorenz

Easton Lotus

Chelsea Mack

Alyssa Zabala

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