Softball Preview: Salesian College Preparatory Pride vs. Saint Mary's Panthers
Salesian College Preparatory is 9-1 against Saint Mary since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Salesian College Preparatory Pride will be playing at home against the Saint Mary's Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Saint Mary's is hoping to do on Tuesday what Albany couldn't last Thursday: put an end to Salesian College Preparatory's winning streak, which now stands at eight games. Salesian College Preparatory was the clear victor by a 12-5 margin over Albany.
DeAmor Coleman spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 14 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Mia Villanueva was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jisselle Rodriguez, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Saint Mary's had no problem doing just that on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Bruins a 7-0 shutout.
Not much got past Isabelle Koehn, who gave up just five hits and racked up eight Ks to keep St. Patrick-St. Vincent off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Aoife Shen, who went 3-for-4 with three stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Taylor Zweben was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Salesian College Preparatory's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2-1. As for Saint Mary's, their win bumped their record up to 7-10.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Salesian College Preparatory hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Saint Mary's struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Salesian College Preparatory took their victory against Saint Mary's in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 19-9. Will Salesian College Preparatory repeat their success, or does Saint Mary's have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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