Softball Recap: Portledge starts season with win at home

Portledge gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Luther Cougars as the Portledge Panthers made off with a 19-1 win. For Portledge, this counts as revenge for the 10-9 defeat Luther walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2022.

For Luther's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Haliey Melio, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Bella Sauer, who got on base in all two of her plate appearances with two stolen bases.

Luther hasn't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-7.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Portledge beat Luther by a score of 18-2 later that day.

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