Softball Recap: Western Dubuque Comes Up Short in High-Profile Game with Linn-Mar

Western Dubuque faced Linn-Mar in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Bobcats fell 7-2 to the Lions. Unfortunately, that's the first time they've come up short against the Lions this season, with their most recent loss being a 2-1 defeat on Tuesday.

Western Dubuque's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 9-7-1. As for Linn-Mar, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 30-6-1 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Linn-Mar beat Western Dubuque by a score of 2-1 later that day.