Softball Recap: Emporia Drops Season-High Score on Independent

Spartans

Team Score (Highest)

04/29/25 @ Independent	18
03/28/25 vs South	17
04/03/25 vs Highland Park	15
04/03/25 vs Highland Park	14
03/28/25 @ South	13

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Emporia). They blew past the Independent Panthers 18-4 on Tuesday. The victory was some much needed relief for the Spartans as it spelled an end to their five-game losing streak.

Alivia Barrett made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in March. She was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with three stolen bases, three runs, and one double.

In other batting news, Emporia got a massive performance out of Atlyn Heffron, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and two stolen bases. The dominant performance also gave Heffron a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Molly Williams, who got on base in three of her five plate appearances with four stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI.

Emporia's win bumped their record up to 5-9.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Spartans beat Independent by a score of 16-1 later that day.