Softball Recap: Oak Park-River Forest has no trouble against Proviso West

By Team Reports May 13, 2024, 7:15pm

Softball Recap: Oak Park-River Forest Huskies vs. Proviso West Panthers

Oak Park-River Forest stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They put the hurt on the Proviso West Panthers with a sharp 14-1 win. Winning may never get old, but Oak Park-River Forest sure is getting used to it with their seventh in a row.

Alex Kahn made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Kahn has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Kahn was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Julia Henderson, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Sofia Ayala was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.

Oak Park-River Forest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-8 record this season. As for Proviso West, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-10.

Oak Park-River Forest will stay at home for another game and welcome Fenwick at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Fenwick: 3.8, Oak Park-River Forest: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Proviso West, they will head out on the road to square off against Hinsdale Central at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

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