Softball Preview: Greeley West Spartans vs. Skyline Falcons
The Greeley West Spartans will square off against the Skyline Falcons at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Greeley West has nine straight victories, Skyline has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Greeley West's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Loveland with a sharp 13-0 win. Considering the Spartans have won six matchups by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Lucy Stenner-Roy was incredible, scoring three runs while going 3-for-3. She continues to roll, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Madison DeVaullt was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Greeley West always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .577. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Loveland only posted an OBP of .071.
Meanwhile, Skyline fell victim to Holy Family and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 15-0 to the Tigers. That's two games in a row now that the Falcons have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Greeley West pushed their record up to 9-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Skyline, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went Greeley West's way against Skyline when the teams last played back in September of 2021 as Greeley West made off with a 17-3 win. Will Greeley West repeat their success, or does Skyline have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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