Softball Recap: Bishop O'Dowd Dragons vs. Castro Valley Trojans
Bishop O'Dowd had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.1 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. Everything went their way against the Castro Valley Trojans as they made off with an 11-1 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Bishop O'Dowd considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Zoe Bolick made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Bolick was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Priya Kasling, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Tulip Barnes, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
On Castro Valley's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alyssa Green, who went 1-for-1 with an RBI.
Bishop O'Dowd is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Castro Valley, they dropped their record down to 4-12 with that loss, which was their seventh straight at home.
Bishop O'Dowd will take on Northgate at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams will come into the contest having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. Castro Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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