Softball Recap: Muscatine Picks Up Third Consecutive Win

Muskies

Margin (Wins)

06/05/25 @ Clinton	15
06/09/25 vs Davenport Central	14
06/05/25 @ Clinton	14
05/29/25 @ Davenport North	13
06/14/25 vs Maquoketa	12

Muscatine barely beat Assumption the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Muskies put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 9-1 win on Thursday. Considering the Muskies have won nine games by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

The victory was the third in a row for Muscatine, bringing their record up to 17-8. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Assumption, they moved to 14-11-1 with that loss, which also ended their six-game winning streak.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Muscatine beat the Knights by a score of 8-4 later that day.