Softball Preview: Lakeside Vikings vs. Decatur Bulldogs
Lakeside is 1-8 against Decatur since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Lakeside Vikings will challenge the Decatur Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. Neither Lakeside nor Decatur posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Lakeside will head into Thursday's matchup out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Thursday after soaring to a 15-run match in their last game. They fell just short of Chamblee by a score of 2-0. The shutout was out of character for the Vikings seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Lakeside saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Willow Wilson, who went 3-for-3 with a stolen base. What's more, Wilson also racked up three hits, the mostshe's had since back in August.
Meanwhile, Decatur unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 9-0 to Chamblee. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss Decatur has suffered since September 9, 2023.
Lakeside's defeat ended a nine-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 17-4. As for Decatur, their loss dropped their record down to 12-8.
Lakeside came out on top in a nail-biter against Decatur when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lakeside since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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