Softball Preview: Northeastern Knights vs. Randolph Southern Rebels
Northeastern is 4-0 against Randolph Southern since May of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Northeastern Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Randolph Southern Rebels at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northeastern has four straight victories, Randolph Southern has 15 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Northeastern is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Winchester Community onto the board and left with a 12-0 win on Tuesday. Northeastern might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four contests by seven runs or more this season.
Northeastern got a big performance out of Karri Gammon, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1. The team also got some help courtesy of Lillian Null, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Randolph Southern fell victim to Southern Wells and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 19-0 to the Raiders.
Northeastern pushed their record up to 8-3 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Randolph Southern, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Northeastern's way against Randolph Southern in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Northeastern made off with a 13-1 win. Does Northeastern have another victory up their sleeve, or will Randolph Southern turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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