Softball Recap: St. Bonaventure Seraphs vs. Valley Christian Defenders
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. Bonaventure can now relate to. They lost 21-13 to the Valley Christian Defenders on Saturday. It was the first time this season that St. Bonaventure let down their fans at home.
Laura Lynch made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs while getting on base in five of her seven plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Hudson Ortiz, who got on base in four of her six plate appearances with two RBI.
Even though they lost, St. Bonaventure always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .527. This was only their first loss (out of nine games) when they post 0.51 or more OBP.
On Valley Christian's side, Peyton Kingery was incredible, firing off three home runs, nine RBI, and four runs while going 5-for-6. The team also got some help courtesy of Britton Brown, who went 6-for-7 with four runs, three doubles, and two RBI.
St. Bonaventure's defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-3-1. As for Valley Christian, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 17-6.
St. Bonaventure does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Valley Christian, they will square off against Liberty on Saturday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Valley Christian: 3.7, Liberty: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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