Softball Preview: Syracuse Rockets vs. Kearney Catholic Stars
The Syracuse Rockets will take on the Kearney Catholic Stars at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Syracuse is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Falls City 17-4 on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Rockets have posted since September 9, 2023.
Madison Jording made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Jording was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Mayson Sprague was incredible, going 2-for-3 with seven RBI, two runs, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Kathleen Donovan, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Syracuse always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .579. The last time their OBP was this high was back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Kearney Catholic had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Southern Valley/Alma a 13-0 shutout. The Stars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 14 matches by seven runs or more this season.
Kearney Catholic got a big performance out of Tessa Colling, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Raegan Ruyle, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
The win snapped Syracuse's losing streak at eight games and leaves them with a 8-19 record. As for Kearney Catholic, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-9.
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