Softball Game Preview: Columbia Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 14, 2024, 3:54am

Softball Preview: Columbia Cougars vs. Cedar Grove Panthers

Columbia is 2-7 against Cedar Grove since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Columbia Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cedar Grove Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Columbia: 3.4, Cedar Grove: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Columbia is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Governor Livingston, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Columbia was ranked 24th). Columbia narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Governor Livingston 4-2.

Meanwhile, Cedar Grove entered their tilt with Morris Catholic with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Crusaders on Monday.

Columbia has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Cedar Grove, their win bumped their record up to 16-7.

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