Softball opens Red & Black Tournament with two wins

The Louisville Cardinal By Dalton Ray–In the first day of the annual Red & Black Tournament, softball (10-6) defeated Indiana State (6-5) and Wisconsin Green Bay (1-4). In day two, Louisville plays Wisconsin Green Bay at 12:30 p.m. and Bowling Green at 3 p.m.Even though the Cards walk away with two wins, coach Sandy Pearsall sees room for improvement.“Obviously I’m happy with the wins but I don’t think we were real good today. We did some good things here and there but I don’t think our pitching was particularly sharp,” Pearsall said. “We relied on their mistakes and I don’t want to rely on their mistakes.”Pearsall said the team plays best when they’re playing loose and she doesn’t want to have a let down as the team opens up their home slate.Indiana State, 9-6Stat leaders:Redshirt junior Nicole Pufahl bats 4-for-4 with seven RBIsSenior Tiarra Sanabria hits 3-of-4 with four RBIs and a home runSenior Maryssa Becker (7-4) threw 88 pitches in five innings with two strikeoutsRundown:Louisville jumped up 5-1 after two innings. Scoring another run in the third, the Sycamores claimed the lead during a four-run fourth inning.Not to be outdone, the Cardinals answered with five runs in the bottom of the inning, making the Louisville lead 10-6.After ISU went scoreless in the top of the fifth, Sanabria finished the game with a four-run walk-off homer. Up 14-6 in the bottom of the inning, the Cards won due to the eight-run rule.Wisconsin Green Bay, 8-0Stat leaders:Pufahl goes 2-for-3 with two RBIsFreshman Caitlin Ferguson records three RBIs going 2-for-3Sophomore Megan Hensley (3-2) throws 110 pitches in 5.2 innings, recording six strikeouts and no earned runsRundown:At the bottom of the first inning, sophomore Lillie Goetz followed Beckers single with a double. With two outs, Pufahl collected her eighth ...


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