Softball Preview: Rustburg Red Devils vs. Jefferson Forest Cavaliers
The Rustburg Red Devils will head out on the road to take on the Jefferson Forest Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Rustburg: 3.1, Jefferson Forest: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Rustburg is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Randolph-Henry on Monday. They fell just short of the Statesmen by a score of 2-1. Rustburg has struggled against Randolph-Henry recently, as their match on Monday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Rustburg saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emma Blankenship, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Jefferson Forest won against Patrick Henry on Wednesday with one run and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. Jefferson Forest's pitchers stepped up to hand Patrick Henry a 1-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Jefferson Forest.
Rustburg's defeat dropped their record down to 10-4. As for Jefferson Forest, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
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