Softball Preview: Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders vs. Palisades Pirates
Notre Dame-Green Pond and Palisades are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders will head out on the road to take on the Palisades Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Notre Dame-Green Pond is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
On Wednesday, it was close, but Notre Dame-Green Pond sidestepped Bangor for a 5-4 win.
Rachel Fisher spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned runs on seven hits.
On the hitting side, Notre Dame-Green Pond's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Lilly, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Palisades put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Upper Perkiomen as Palisades made off with a 13-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Palisades.
Karlye Teman was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. Teman has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. Teman was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with four RBI, two doubles, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Ailish Kelleher was a standout: she scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ava Paglanite, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Notre Dame-Green Pond's record is now 11-6. As for Palisades, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Both the pair just can't seem to miss. Notre Dame-Green Pond has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.4 hits per game. However, it's not like Palisades struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 3.5. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Notre Dame-Green Pond suffered a grim 11-3 defeat to Palisades in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Teman, who struck out 12 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Now that Notre Dame-Green Pond 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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