Softball Game Preview: Princeton Tigers vs. Bloomfield Cardinals

The Princeton Tigers will head out to take on the Bloomfield Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Princeton has given up an average of 8.8 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Princeton is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with a 20-16 victory over Forest Park on Thursday. The win continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Rangers: they've now won four in a row.

Kamryn Elliott

Runs (Career)

05/22/25 @ Forest Park	6
05/17/25 vs Washington	2
04/15/25 vs Loogootee	2
04/08/25 vs Vincennes Lincoln	2
04/01/25 @ Mt. Carmel	2

The team relied heavily on Kamryn Elliott, who went a perfect 5-for-5 with one home run, six runs, and four RBI. Those six runs gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kassidy Whitehead, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with three runs, one double, and one RBI.

Princeton always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .592. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Bloomfield sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Living Water Homeschool on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cardinals.

Lila Koontz made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Koontz was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one home run.

In other batting news, Addison Lafree was excellent, going 2-for-3 with one triple and one RBI.

Bloomfield pushed their record up to 14-9 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Princeton, their record is now 6-15.