Softball Preview: Princeton Tigers vs. Becker Bulldogs
Princeton is 1-6 against Becker since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Princeton Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Becker Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Princeton will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Thursday (they won by seven) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their pitchers stepped up to hand North Branch a 2-0 shutout. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Princeton has scored all year.
Meanwhile, Becker had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Rockets and snuck past 7-5.
Princeton pushed their record up to 8-2 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Becker, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
Princeton came up short against Becker in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, falling 6-2. Can Princeton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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