Softball Game Preview: Fruita Monument Wildcats vs. Grand Junction Central Warriors + Official Tickets

Fruita Monument has gone 9-1 against Grand Junction Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Wildcats will welcome the Warriors at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.

Fruita Monument is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Grand Junction, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Fruita Monument was ranked 12th). The Wildcats fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 5-3 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Wildcats have suffered since September 6, 2024.

Carmella Fortunato

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Fruita Monument saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carmella Fortunato, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Fortunato has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.

Meanwhile, Grand Junction Central didn't have quite enough to beat Grand Junction on Thursday and fell 5-3. That's two games in a row now that the Warriors have lost by exactly two runs.

This is the second loss in a row for Grand Junction Central and nudges their season record down to 8-12. Even worse, they were so close both times: the losses came by an average of only two runs. As for Fruita Monument, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-5.

Everything went Fruita Monument's way against Grand Junction Central in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Fruita Monument made off with a 7-1 win. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.