Softball Preview: Fort Collins Lambkins vs. Greeley West Spartans
The Fort Collins Lambkins are taking a road trip to face off against the Greeley West Spartans at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fort Collins will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Fossil Ridge, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Fort Collins came out on top in a nail-biter against Fossil Ridge on Saturday, sneaking past 5-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lambkins.
Meanwhile, Greeley West got themselves on the board against Rocky Mountain on Thursday, but Rocky Mountain never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Lobos with a sharp 10-0 win. Considering the Spartans have won ten matchups by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Iyanna Martinez was a standout: she scored two runs while going 3-for-3. What's more, she also racked up three hits, the mostshe's had since back in August. Lucy Stenner-Roy was another key player, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with a home run and two runs.
She wasn't the only one working in the home runs department: Greeley West lost a few balls and finished the game with four home runs. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 home runs per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 2.4.
Fort Collins has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-10 record this season. As for Greeley West, they pushed their record up to 13-5 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Fort Collins came up short against Greeley West in their previous meeting on September 5th, falling 7-3. Can Fort Collins avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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