Softball Preview: Jefferson Forest Cavaliers vs. Amherst County Lancers
Jefferson Forest and Amherst County are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The Jefferson Forest Cavaliers will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Amherst County Lancers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Jefferson Forest stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They never let Brookville onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory.
Ashleigh Johnson was a standout: she scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Mati Gouldthorpe, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Amherst County gave up the first runs on Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Rustburg and snuck past 9-8. The win made it back-to-back victories for Amherst County.
Jefferson Forest is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Amherst County, they pushed their record up to 11-7 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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