Softball Recap: Cottonwood Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Cottonwood can now relate to. They came up short against the Ariton Purple Cats on Monday, falling 8-1. The loss continues a trend for the Bears in their meetings with the Purple Cats: they've now lost three in a row.

Cottonwood's defeat dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Ariton, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-17-2.

Cottonwood didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 15-0 loss against Pike Liberal Arts on the 5th. As for Ariton, they have also already played their next contest, a 6-2 defeat against Washington County on the 5th.