Softball Preview: Massena Raiders vs. Gouverneur Wildcats
The Massena Raiders will head out on the road to take on the Gouverneur Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Massena can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Ogdensburg Free Academy with a sharp 13-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Massena.
Meanwhile, Gouverneur had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over the Huskies.
Renisa Richards was a major factor no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Richards has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Richards was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and a run.
In other batting news, Meredith Bush and Rylynn Martin-McIntyre did most of the damage at the plate: Bush scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Martin-McIntyre scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4. Martin-McIntyre is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last ten games she's played.
Massena's record now sits at 4-5. As for Gouverneur, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
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