Softball Preview: Tri-Valley Mustangs vs. Lennox Orioles
The Tri-Valley Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Lennox Orioles at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Tri-Valley will be strutting in after a win while Lennox will be coming in after a defeat.
Tri-Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Gayville-Volin, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Tri-Valley was ranked 25th). Tri-Valley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-8 victory over Gayville-Volin on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Tri-Valley.
Meanwhile, Lennox was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell just short of Beresford by a score of 12-10. That's two games in a row now that Lennox has lost by exactly two runs.
Ahleeya Nicolac was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Hailey Seelen was another key contributor, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Lennox didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Beresford only tossed four.
Tri-Valley's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-6. As for Lennox, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
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