Softball Game Preview: Urbandale J-Hawks vs. Ankeny Hawks

The Urbandale J-Hawks will challenge the Ankeny Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.

Urbandale is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since June 5th on Saturday. They fell just short of Muscatine by a score of 3-1.

Meanwhile, Ankeny scored the most runs they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of Ames by a score of 12-10.

Ankeny dropped their record down to 8-11 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Urbandale, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-15.

Urbandale was able to grind out a solid victory over Ankeny in their previous matchup on June 4th, winning 4-0. Will the J-Hawks repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.