Softball Game Preview: Foxcroft on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 2:54am

Softball Preview: Foxcroft None vs. Miller School of Albemarle Mavericks

After two games on the road, Foxcroft is heading back home. They will take on the Miller School of Albemarle Mavericks at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.

Foxcroft's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against St. James on Thursday. They lost 23-0 to the Saints. Foxcroft has not had much luck with St. James recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Meanwhile, Miller School of Albemarle had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They walked away with a 5-2 win over the Crusaders. That's two games straight that Miller School of Albemarle has won by exactly three runs.

Ella Ott and Lily Pallante did most of the damage at the plate: Ott scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while Pallante scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances.

Foxcroft's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Miller School of Albemarle, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season.

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