Softball Preview: Pendleton Heights Arabians vs. Hamilton Southeastern Royals
The Pendleton Heights Arabians will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Hamilton Southeastern Royals at 5:30 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Pendleton Heights: 3.9, Hamilton Southeastern: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Pendleton Heights is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Noblesville just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Millers by a score of 6-4.
Pendleton Heights saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Avry Miller, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Kiah Hubble was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hamilton Southeastern got themselves on the board against Fishers on Wednesday, but Fishers never followed suit. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Tigers 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Hamilton Southeastern.
Not much got past Grace Swedarsky, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Fishers off the board.
Pendleton Heights' defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5. As for Hamilton Southeastern, they pushed their record up to 11-3 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Pendleton Heights came out on top in a nail-biter against Hamilton Southeastern in their previous matchup back in April of 2022, sneaking past 7-6. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Hamilton Southeastern's Payton Fox, who went 3-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Now that she won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Pendleton Heights to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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