Softball Game Preview: Belvidere North Heads Out

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 5:39am

Softball Preview: Belvidere North Blue Thunder vs. Boylan Catholic Titans

Belvidere North is 9-1 against Boylan Catholic since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Belvidere North Blue Thunder will head out on the road to challenge the Boylan Catholic Titans at 5:00 p.m. Belvidere North is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.

Belvidere North's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Guilford. The win made it back-to-back victories for Belvidere North.

Not much got past Ava Morris, who gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Guilford off the board.

At the plate, Belvidere North's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hallie Inman, who went 2-for-3 with a triple. Another player making a difference was Alexis Murphy, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.

Meanwhile, Boylan Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Jefferson by a score of 3-2.

Belvidere North pushed their record up to 9-8 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Boylan Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.

Everything went Belvidere North's way against Boylan Catholic in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Belvidere North made off with a 19-1 win. Will Belvidere North repeat their success, or does Boylan Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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