Softball Recap: Heritage Hills Beats Evansville Memorial for Their Third Straight Victory

Heritage Hills extended their winning streak to three on Tuesday, bumping their season record up to 19-6 in the process. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Evansville Memorial Tigers 3-1. That's more bragging rights for the Patriots, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Miriam Gordon spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on four hits.

Hadley Leibering

Hits

05/20/25 @ Evansville Memorial	2
05/15/25 vs South Spencer	0
04/26/25 vs Gibson Southern	1
04/23/25 vs Tell City	1
04/21/25 @ Pike Central	2

On the hitting side, Heritage Hills let Emma Fischer and Hadley Leibering run wild. Fischer went 1-for-4 with one home run, while Leibering went 2-for-3 with one run and one double. That's the most hits Leibering has posted since back in April.

As for Evansville Memorial, with the defeat, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 14-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss they have suffered since April 22nd.

On Evansville Memorial's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mallory Wollenmann, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Heritage Hills will head out to face off against Tecumseh at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Braves will roll in looking for their 15th straight win, something the Patriots surely won't give up without a fight. As for Evansville Memorial, they will square off against Evansville Harrison at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Warriors have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 11.31 runs per game on average), something the Tigers will no doubt try to take advantage of.