Softball Recap: New Plymouth Drops Highest Score of Season Against Vision

Pilgrims

Team Score (Highest)

04/14/25 vs Vision	26
03/26/25 vs Garden Valley	19
04/12/25 @ Fruitland	18
04/01/25 @ Vision	17
03/22/25 vs Non Varsity Tournament Opponent	15

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Plymouth). They blew past Vision 26-2 on Monday. The victory was nothing new for the Pilgrims as they're now sitting on three straight.

LeeAnn Hartzell made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five). She was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two triples, three runs, and three RBI. Those triples were her first of the season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Victoria Gluch, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Makayla Howard, who scored four runs while going 3-for-3.

New Plymouth was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .605. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.

New Plymouth's record now sits at 12-4. As for Vision, their loss was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-6.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. New Plymouth will challenge rival Melba at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Vision is set to square off against their familiar foe Marsing at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.