Softball Recap: Wake Forest's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Friday

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wake Forest can now relate to. They fell just short of the D.H. Conley Vikings by a score of 1-0 on Friday. The Cougars' loss signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.

Jil Livengood

Batters Struck Out

05/16/25 vs D.H. Conley	11
05/15/25 vs Willow Spring	11
05/09/25 vs Corinth Holders	8
05/06/25 vs Panther Creek	17
05/02/25 @ Wakefield	14
+ 16 more games

Jil Livengood spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in 21 consecutive appearances.

Wake Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 20-2. As for D.H. Conley, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 21-5.

As of now, neither Wake Forest nor the Vikings have any future games scheduled.