Softball Preview: Mt. Pleasant Vikings vs. South Allegheny Gladiators
The Mt. Pleasant Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the South Allegheny Gladiators at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Mt. Pleasant's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so South Allegheny's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Mt. Pleasant can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Everything went their way against Valley as Mt. Pleasant made off with an 11-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mt. Pleasant.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for South Allegheny's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 15-0 walloping at the hands of Southmoreland on Wednesday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for South Allegheny in their matchups with Southmoreland: they've now lost three in a row.
South Allegheny saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Morgan Mosqueda, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Mt. Pleasant is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for South Allegheny, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Mt. Pleasant skirted past South Allegheny 12-11 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mt. Pleasant 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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