Softball Preview: Shippensburg Greyhounds vs. Northern York Polar Bears
The Shippensburg Greyhounds will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Northern York Polar Bears at 4:00 p.m. Shippensburg is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Shippensburg had to settle for an 11-9 loss against Waynesboro.
Shelby Heberlig and Katara Smith stepped up to the plate in a big way. Heberlig went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, while Smith scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Lebitz, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Northern York entered their tilt with Mechanicsburg with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 7-4 on Friday.
Shippensburg's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Northern York, they pushed their record up to 13-3 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Shippensburg came up short against Northern York in their previous meeting back in April, falling 7-3. Can Shippensburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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