Softball Preview: Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors vs. Roosevelt Presidents
Our Lady of Lourdes is 0-4 against Roosevelt since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors will stay at home for another game and welcome the Roosevelt Presidents at 4:15 p.m.
Things were looking good for Our Lady of Lourdes after they put the first points on the board on Thursday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Saugerties by a score of 3-2.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt won against Wallkill on Tuesday with eight runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. Roosevelt came out on top in a nail-biter against Rondout Valley and snuck past 8-7. The win made it back-to-back victories for Roosevelt.
Cali DeLawder was incredible, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Abbey Greenspan, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Our Lady of Lourdes' loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Roosevelt, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Our Lady of Lourdes couldn't quite finish off Roosevelt in their previous meeting on April 8th and fell 8-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Roosevelt's Kayla Baez, who struck out 11 batters over eight innings while giving up five earned (and one unearned) runs off 11 hits (and not a single walk). Now that Our Lady of Lourdes knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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