Softball Preview: Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans vs. Pueblo West Cyclones
The Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans will challenge the Pueblo West Cyclones at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Fountain-Fort Carson has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight defeats, while Pueblo West will come in with five straight victories.
Fountain-Fort Carson's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Rampart on Saturday. They came up short against the Rams, falling 13-0.
Fountain-Fort Carson saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Iris Harrington, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pueblo West). Everything went their way against Doherty on Friday as Pueblo West made off with a 21-2 win. The Cyclones might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 11 runs or more this season.
Gracie Briggs was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 4-for-6. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in hits. Another player making a difference was Abby Bay, who scored three runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pueblo West always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .617. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Doherty only posted an OBP of .346.
Fountain-Fort Carson's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Pueblo West, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
Fountain-Fort Carson suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to Pueblo West when the teams last played back in August of 2021. Can Fountain-Fort Carson avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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