Softball Game Preview: Olympian Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 5:03am

Softball Preview: Olympian Eagles vs. San Ysidro Cougars

Olympian is 4-0 against San Ysidro since April of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Olympian Eagles will be playing at home against the San Ysidro Cougars at 3:30 p.m. Olympian's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so San Ysidro's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Olympian is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Valhalla on Saturday. They lost 11-1 to the Norsemen.

Olympian saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacqui De Murguia, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.

Meanwhile, San Ysidro put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They never let Chula Vista Learning Community Charter onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. Ten seems to be a good number for San Ysidro as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

The team relied heavily on Isabella Ulloa, who went 3-for-3 with two triples, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Desiree Nevarez, who went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a double.

Olympian's loss dropped their record down to 9-17. As for San Ysidro, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season.

Olympian was able to grind out a solid win over San Ysidro in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 5-2. Does Olympian have another victory up their sleeve, or will San Ysidro turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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