Softball Preview: Legacy Lightning vs. Niwot Cougars
Legacy has been away from home for two games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Niwot Cougars at 4:00 p.m. Neither Legacy nor Niwot posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Legacy lost 10-2 to Frederick on Tuesday.
Legacy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Prisca Smolens, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Niwot never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Erie out 1-0.
Not much got past Kianna Butler, who gave up just three hits and racked up 15 Ks to keep Erie off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on May Herrera, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Niwot didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 15 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Legacy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Niwot, they pushed their record up to 1-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
