Softball Preview: Glacier Wolfpack vs. Capital Bruins
The Glacier Wolfpack are on the road again on Sunday to play the Capital Bruins at 12:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Glacier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Billings West, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Glacier was ranked third). Glacier had just enough and edged Billings West out 7-6.
Ella Farrell spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered six earned runs on eight hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Emma Cooke, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Capital had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Golden Bears 3-2.
Capital also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and she was also dialed-in: Kathryn Emmert gave up just two earned runs on six hits and racked up six Ks. Emmert has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 16 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Capital's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kate Drynan, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Glacier's win bumped their record up to 21-4. As for Capital, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Glacier came up short against Capital when the teams last played on Saturday, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Emmert, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). Now that Glacier knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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