Softball Game Preview: Legacy Tigers vs. Roosevelt Rough Riders

By Team Reports Mar 20, 2025, 12:13am

Softball Preview: Legacy Tigers vs. Roosevelt Rough Riders

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Legacy is 9-1 against Roosevelt since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Legacy Tigers will welcome the Roosevelt Rough Riders at 3:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Legacy has three straight victories, Roosevelt has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Legacy's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Roosevelt with a sharp 13-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won five contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Yesenia Villegas

Hits (Career)

03/19/25 @ Roosevelt3
03/12/25 @ Paramount2
03/10/25 vs Hamilton2
03/03/25 vs Bishop Conaty-Loretto2
02/24/25 vs Hawthorne2

The team relied heavily on Yesenia Villegas, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. Stephanie Salas was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.

Legacy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .481. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Roosevelt's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Legacy, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.

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