Softball Game Preview: Lebanon Blue Devils vs. Cookeville Cavaliers

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2025, 10:30pm

Softball Preview: Lebanon Blue Devils vs. Cookeville Cavaliers

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Lebanon and Cookeville are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2021, but likely not for long. The Blue Devils will host the Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Lebanon's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last three matches.

Lebanon is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past LaVergne 19-2 on Tuesday. The Blue Devils haven't had any issues with the Wolverines recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.

Alyssa Horne was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Horne was also big at the plate, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with one RBI.

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In other batting news, Caitlin Greer was a standout: she went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. Those two stolen bases gave her a new career-high. Keeli Davis was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.

Lebanon was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .324 or higher in six consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Cookeville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost an 8-6 heartbreaker at the hands of Clay County.

Kadie Presley made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of her four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Addie Womack, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

Lebanon now has a winning record of 15-14. As for Cookeville, their loss dropped their record down to 6-17.

Everything went Lebanon's way against Cookeville in their previous matchup back in April, as Lebanon made off with a 16-6 victory. Will the Blue Devils repeat their success, or do the Cavaliers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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