Softball Recap: Ward Melville Picks Up Eighth Consecutive Win

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Previous Games

05/08/25 @ Sachem East	4-1
05/03/25 vs Bellport	17-5
05/02/25 @ Lindenhurst	17-0
05/01/25 @ Walt Whitman	7-1
04/24/25 @ Connetquot	9-3
+ 3 more games

Ward Melville had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over Sachem East. That's the third time they've managed to beat them this season, with their most recent win being a 5-2 victory back in April.

Ward Melville pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Sachem East, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-7 record this season.

Ward Melville has already played their next game (against Connetquot), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Sachem East, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 9-3 win against Walt Whitman on the 10th.