Softball Preview: Roosevelt Roughriders vs. Cleveland Warriors
Roosevelt is 8-2 against Cleveland since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Roosevelt Roughriders will head out on the road to challenge the Cleveland Warriors at 4:30 p.m.
Roosevelt will head into Wednesday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Thursday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Wednesday was a bit more commanding. They lost 14-4 to Grant. Roosevelt has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Zulaykha Armstrachan was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Livi Jones was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cleveland has not done well against McDaniel recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Cleveland had just enough and edged McDaniel out 1-0.
Not much got past Jillian Lee, who gave up just two hits and racked up 15 Ks to keep McDaniel off the board. Lee has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
Roosevelt's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Cleveland, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-13 record this season.
Roosevelt might still be hurting after the 16-1 defeat they got from Cleveland in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cleveland's Kailen Steffek, who went 4-for-5 with seven RBI, three runs, and a triple. Now that Roosevelt 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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