Softball Recap: Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks vs. Lincoln North Star Navigators
Lincoln Southwest waltzed into their game on Saturday with 18 straight wins... but they left with 19. They never let the Lincoln North Star Navigators onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The Silver Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 21 contests by six runs or more this season.
Maisey McCarty made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Mary Beth Hart and Vivian Mares-Chippeaux did most of the damage at the plate: Hart scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while Mares-Chippeaux went 1-for-1 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Brenly Noerrlinger, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lincoln Southwest was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .476. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .357 or higher in 11 consecutive matchups.
Lincoln Southwest is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 22 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 30-3 record this season. As for Lincoln North Star, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-14.
Lincoln Southwest wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next game, an 8-0 win against Norfolk on the 5th. As for Lincoln North Star, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 3-2 victory against Fremont on the 5th.
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