Softball Recap: Carlinville Finds Home Field Redemption Against Southwestern

There's no place like home for Carlinville, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They came out on top against the Southwestern Piasa Birds by a score of 4-1 on Monday. That's more bragging rights for the Cavaliers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Cavaliers

Previous 4 Games (Home)

05/12/25 vs Southwestern	4-1
05/07/25 vs Hillsboro	3-2
05/02/25 vs Vandalia	7-6
04/24/25 vs Sacred Heart-Griffin	7-0

Carlinville pushed their record up to 13-9 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Southwestern, the defeat snapped their winning streak at 12 games and leaves them with a 14-4-1 record.

Carlinville has already played their next matchup (against Lincolnwood), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Southwestern, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against East Alton-Wood River at 4:30 p.m.