Softball Game Preview: La Jolla Vikings vs. Kearny Komets

The La Jolla Vikings will face off against the Kearny Komets at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. La Jolla is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.7 runs per game this season.

On Wednesday, La Jolla made easy work of Hoover and carried off a 17-1 victory. The win continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Cardinals: they've now won five in a row.

Natalie Alvarez

Stolen Base (Career)

04/30/25 vs Hoover	2
04/23/25 vs Lincoln	1
03/15/25 vs California School for the Deaf-Riverside	1
03/15/25 vs Tri-City Christian	1
02/24/25 vs San Ysidro	1

Natalie Alvarez and Savannah Putnam made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Alvarez tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Meanwhile, Putnam tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At the plate, Alvarez went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double, while Putnam went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one double. Those two stolen bases gave Alvarez a new career-high.

In other batting news, La Jolla let Jerri Taylor and Roxanne Metcalf run wild. Taylor went 1-for-2 with one home run, two stolen bases, and three runs, while Metcalf got on base in all four of her plate appearances with five RBI, three runs, and one triple. Taylor has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. Aviv Laska was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI.

La Jolla was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .522. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in five consecutive games.

Kearny couldn't beat High Tech SD on Wednesday even though they stacked five runs on them in the seventh inning. The Komets fell just short of the Storm by a score of 9-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Komets have suffered since April 23, 2024.

Kearny's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-11. As for La Jolla, their victory bumped their record up to 6-12.