UK Softball Defeats the Cards 5-0 in Non-Conference Play

[caption id="attachment_155611" align="aligncenter" width="1252"] @UKsoftball[/caption] Within the last six days, UK has defeated Louisville three times. UK Men's basketball took down the Cards last Friday, UK baseball took the win over the Cards last night, and UK softball defeated Louisville today at John Crop Stadium 5-0. Sophomore pitcher Kelsey Nunley threw seven strong innings against the Cards, allowing only 3 hits with no runs, striking out 5. Offensively, Nikki Sagermann paced the Cats with three hits and 3 RBI. Sagermann scored 1 run in the bottom of the third on a hard single to center and 2 more runs on a hard single to right in the bottom of the fifth. Emily Gaines produced the other two runs for the Cats with a RBI single to center in the first and a RBI walk in the fifth. Nikki Sagermann and Sylver Samuel both had multi-hit games against the Cards, who brought 3 pitchers to the mound through the course of seven innings, unable to hold the Cats defensively. This marks the first time in head coach Rachel Lawson’s career at UK that she has defeated the Cards in back-to-back games. The Cats will continue play at John Crop Stadium with a three day SEC series against Texas A&M starting Friday at 6:00pm. Game two of the series will be played Saturday at 6:00pm and the Cats will conclude play on Sunday at 1:00pm.