Softball Preview: Titusville Terriers vs. Merritt Island Mustangs
Titusville is 0-10 against Merritt Island since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Titusville Terriers will take on the Merritt Island Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Titusville is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Palm Bay on Friday and snuck past 20-19.
Titusville got a massive performance out of Jah-Nya Gallishaw, who went 5-for-6 with a home run, eight RBI, and four runs. Monica Torregrosa was another key contributor, scoring four runs and stealing four bases while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Merritt Island waltzed into their match on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 12-0 margin over the Terriers. Considering Merritt Island has won eight matchups by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Emma Finney, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Zoey Allen, who scored a run while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances.
Titusville's victory ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-16. As for Merritt Island, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season.
Titusville suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Merritt Island in their previous meeting on Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Merritt Island's Haley Smith, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Now that Titusville 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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