Softball Game Preview: Sitka Wolves vs. Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears

The Sitka Wolves will take on the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears on Wednesday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

Juneau-Douglas will be up against a hot Sitka team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. Everything went the Wolves' way against Kenai Central on Saturday as they made off with a 9-2 victory. That's two games straight that the Wolves have won by exactly seven runs.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Juneau-Douglas). They blew past Lathrop 16-1 on Saturday. With that win, the Crimson Bears brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.

Skylar Oliva made a splash no matter where she played. She tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with two runs and one RBI. That's the most runs she has posted over her last 13 matches.

In other batting news, Juneau-Douglas got a massive performance out of Gwen Nizich, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave Nizich a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Sadie Lockhart, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI.

Juneau-Douglas hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team has now struck out at least five batters in seven consecutive contests.

Juneau-Douglas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a massive bump to their 10-6-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Sitka, they now have a winning record of 11-10-4.