Softball Game Preview: Harding Skippers vs. Bristol Panthers

By Team Reports Apr 23, 2024, 10:26am

Softball Preview: Harding Skippers vs. Bristol Panthers

Harding is 0-5 against Bristol since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Harding Skippers will be staying on the road to face off against the Bristol Panthers at 5:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Last Friday, Harding fell victim to a tough 17-7 loss at the hands of Pymatuning Valley.

Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Bristol had to settle for a 10-8 defeat against Maplewood on Thursday.

Harding's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Bristol, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-6 record this season.

Harding came up short against Bristol in their previous meeting back in March, falling 11-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bristol's Raegan Macklin, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that Harding 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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