Softball Preview: Goshen RedHawks vs. Wawasee Warriors
Goshen is 8-2 against Wawasee since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Goshen RedHawks will head out on the road to square off against the Wawasee Warriors at 5:30 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Goshen finally turned things around against Concord on Friday. Goshen narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Concord 2-1.
Goshen saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jennalee Roll, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Wawasee had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They never let the Pilgrims/Rockies onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory.
Haylee Allen made a big impact no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Allen has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 15 consecutive pitching appearances. Allen was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Wawasee let Natalya Holder and Ashlynn Corn loose on the outfield. Holder scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2, while Corn went 2-for-3 with four RBI and a run. Holder hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Heatherlynn Holder, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Goshen's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-17. As for Wawasee, they pushed their record up to 13-8 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Goshen came up short against Wawasee in their previous matchup last Tuesday, falling 6-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Allen, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Goshen knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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