Softball Game Preview: South Pasadena Tigers vs. Monrovia Wildcats

South Pasadena is 2-8 against Monrovia since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Tigers will head out to challenge the Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. South Pasadena is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.

While South Pasadena didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Their pitcher stepped up to hand South Gate a 9-0 shutout two weeks ago. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.

South Pasadena got a great performance from Lucia Atencio as she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out nine over six innings pitched. Atencio has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.

Ava Dawson

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/22/25 vs South Gate	2
03/22/25 @ Fairfax	1
03/19/25 @ Glendale	1
03/11/25 @ San Marino	1
03/08/25 vs Eisenhower	1

At the plate, Ava Dawson was incredible, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave her a new career-high. Andrea Becerra also deserves some recognition as she scored her first run of the season.

Meanwhile, after soaring to 14 runs the game before, Monrovia was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They came up short against Duarte, falling 11-1.

Monrovia saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mackenzie Delgado, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.

South Pasadena's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Monrovia, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10-1.