Softball Preview: Williams Valley Vikings vs. Bloomsburg Panthers
The Williams Valley Vikings will head out on the road to square off against the Bloomsburg Panthers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Williams Valley has nine straight wins, Bloomsburg has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Williams Valley can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. They blew past Mahanoy Area 16-2.
Audrina Fry was incredible, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Miley Mahoney, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Bloomsburg was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 16-1 walloping at the hands of Southern Columbia Area.
Williams Valley pushed their record up to 12-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Bloomsburg, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Bloomsburg's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Williams Valley has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 11.3 hits per game. It's a different story for Bloomsburg, though, as they've been averaging 10.6. Given Williams Valley's sizable advantage in that area, Bloomsburg will need to find a way to close that gap.
Williams Valley took their win against Bloomsburg in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Williams Valley since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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