Softball Preview: Licking Heights Hornets vs. Northridge Vikings
The Licking Heights Hornets will be playing at home against the Northridge Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Licking Heights has six straight victories, Northridge has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Licking Heights gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They blew past Licking Valley 9-2.
Lydia Rauch was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off nine hits. Rauch was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Lily Meidl, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Alissa West, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
Northridge lost 12-2 to Lakewood on Monday. That's two games in a row now that Northridge has lost by exactly ten runs.
Northridge saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gracie Smith, who scored a run while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenzie Hannahs, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
Licking Heights is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8-1 record this season. As for Northridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-16.
Everything went Licking Heights' way against Northridge when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Licking Heights made off with a 12-2 victory. Will Licking Heights repeat their success, or does Northridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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