Softball Recap: Cypress Lake Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Cypress Lake can now relate to. They lost 16-5 to the Port Charlotte Pirates on Tuesday. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.

Madison Henderson was cooking despite her team's loss, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Baylee Spano was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and one double.

Cypress Lake's loss dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Port Charlotte, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 9-14.

Cypress Lake does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Port Charlotte, they will take on Estero at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Pirates' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Wildcats have averaged an impressive 10.4 runs per game this season.