Softball Preview: Brodhead Cardinals vs. Edgerton Crimson Tide
Brodhead is 7-1 against Edgerton since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Brodhead Cardinals will be playing at home against the Edgerton Crimson Tide at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Brodhead has 14 straight victories, Edgerton has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Brodhead gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They never let Delavan-Darien onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory.
Sophia Leitzen was a major factor no matter where she played. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Leitzen was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Brodhead got a big performance out of Allie Dahl, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jerrica Schwartz, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Edgerton's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 6-0 walloping at the hands of Beloit Memorial in their second game on Saturday.
Brodhead's win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Edgerton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Everything went Brodhead's way against Edgerton when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Brodhead made off with a 10-0 victory. Will Brodhead repeat their success, or does Edgerton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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