Softball Preview: Notre Dame Spirits vs. Willow Glen Rams
Notre Dame is 0-3 against Willow Glen since May of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Notre Dame Spirits will head out on the road to face off against the Willow Glen Rams at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Notre Dame: 2.8, Willow Glen: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Notre Dame's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They came out on top against Salinas by a score of 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Notre Dame.
Meanwhile, Willow Glen entered their tilt with Hillsdale with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over the FIGHTING KNIGHTS on Saturday. Five seems to be a good number for Willow Glen as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Alanna Clincy made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Clincy has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Clincy was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Katelynn Dilbeck was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Cianna Miranda, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-2.
Notre Dame has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Willow Glen, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-4.
Notre Dame came up short against Willow Glen in their previous meeting on Saturday, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Willow Glen's Catalina Medina, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Now that Notre Dame 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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