Softball Preview: Florence Township Memorial Flashes vs. Northern Burlington Greyhounds
The Florence Township Memorial Flashes will head out on the road to challenge the Northern Burlington Greyhounds at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Florence Township Memorial is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Florence Township Memorial will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Thursday, then bounced right back against Doane Academy on Friday. Everything went Florence Township Memorial's way against Doane Academy as Florence Township Memorial made off with an 11-3 win. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Florence Township Memorial's hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, Northern Burlington entered their tilt with Burlington Township with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They had just enough and edged the Falcons out 2-0. Two seems to be a good number for Northern Burlington as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Not much got past Mikayla Fontana, who gave up just three hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Burlington Township off the board. Fontana has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 12 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Haley MacArthur, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Florence Township Memorial now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Northern Burlington, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Florence Township Memorial suffered a grim 10-3 defeat to Northern Burlington in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Florence Township Memorial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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