Softball Recap: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. Xavier College Prep Gators
On Thursday, Red Mountain faced Xavier College Prep in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions came out on top against the Xavier College Prep Gators by a score of 5-1. The victory was nothing new for Red Mountain as they're now sitting on three straight.
Red Mountain got a great performance from Kendall Cochran as she tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
At the plate, Sophia Hutchison and Payton Westra did most of the damage at the plate: Hutchison went 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI, while Westra went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Nina Montenegro, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
On Xavier College Prep's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tabitha Von Kolen, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Red Mountain pushed their record up to 15-2 with that win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Xavier College Prep, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-3-1.
Red Mountain will be playing at home against Skyline at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Skyline has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 10.22 runs per game on average), something Red Mountain will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Xavier College Prep, they will head out on the road to square off against Perry at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Xavier College Prep is facing Perry at the right time seeing as Perry is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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