Softball Preview: Chapel Hill Tigers vs. Northwood Chargers
Chapel Hill is 0-10 against Northwood since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Chapel Hill Tigers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Northwood Chargers at 6:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Tuesday, Chapel Hill suffered a tough 16-6 loss at the hands of Northern Durham.
Rachel Penzner was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring three runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Silvia Tellez-Flores, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Northwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. Their rough 15-7 loss to Bartlett Yancey might stick with them for a while.
Sarah Warfford was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Giselle Fallas, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Chapel Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Northwood, their loss dropped their record down to 4-8.
Northwood's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Chapel Hill has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.2 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Northwood, though, as they've been averaging only 4.2. Will Chapel Hill keep running through batters, or will Northwood buck the trend?
Chapel Hill might still be hurting after the 18-1 defeat they got from Northwood when the teams last played back in April of 2021. Thankfully for Chapel Hill, Caroline Garner (who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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