Softball Preview: Millville Quakers vs. Northwest Area Rangers
Millville is 1-6 against Northwest Area since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Millville Quakers will head out on the road to square off against the Northwest Area Rangers at 4:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Millville lost 19-4 to Montgomery on Saturday.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Northwest Area's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They lost 8-1 to Wyalusing Valley. Having soared to a lofty 16 runs in the game before, Northwest Area couldn't push the score so high this time.
Northwest Area saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Abygail Miller, who went 1-for-3 with a triple.
Millville's defeat dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Northwest Area, their loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-3.
Millville suffered a grim 16-3 defeat to Northwest Area in their previous matchup on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northwest Area's Addisyn Diltz, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. Now that Millville knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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