Softball Recap: Wildwood Comes Up Short

Wildwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 18-1 to the Countryside Christian Minutemen. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Minutemen this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 25-7 back in February.

Wildwood saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Barron, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one triple and one RBI. That triple marked the first that Barron hit this season.

Wildwood's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Countryside Christian, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-2.

Coming up, Wildwood will welcome Real Life Christian Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Real Life Christian Academy knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Wildwood likes a good challenge. As for Countryside Christian, they will venture away from home to challenge Ocala Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Countryside Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 12.7 runs per game this season.