Softball Preview: New Prairie Cougars vs. South Bend Riley Wildcats
The New Prairie Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the South Bend Riley Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The timing is sure in New Prairie's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while South Bend Riley has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
New Prairie stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They never let Glenn onto the board and left with a 13-0 win. While fans of New Prairie might be used to big wins, the 13-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
The team relied heavily on Ella Chelminiak, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Randi Robakowski, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, South Bend Riley came up short against Elkhart on Monday and fell 5-1.
South Bend Riley saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was ELLIANA GONZALES, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. GONZALES has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
New Prairie is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for South Bend Riley, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. New Prairie hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like South Bend Riley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went New Prairie's way against South Bend Riley in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as New Prairie made off with an 8-0 victory. Does New Prairie have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Bend Riley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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