Softball Game Preview: Biggsville West Central Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 2:53am

Softball Preview: Biggsville West Central Heat vs. ROWVA/Williamsfield Cougars

Biggsville West Central is 10-0 against ROWVA/Williamsfield since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Biggsville West Central Heat will look to defend their home field against the ROWVA/Williamsfield Cougars at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Biggsville West Central has six straight victories, ROWVA/Williamsfield has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Biggsville West Central stacked a 16th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Mercer County a 6-0 shutout.

Addie Seitz made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over six innings pitched. Seitz has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in ten consecutive pitching appearances. Seitz was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, Lauren Winters was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ashley Meyer, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, ROWVA/Williamsfield came up short against Illini Bluffs on Tuesday and fell 6-1.

Biggsville West Central pushed their record up to 19-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for ROWVA/Williamsfield, their loss dropped their record down to 11-8.

Biggsville West Central took their victory against ROWVA/Williamsfield in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 15-4. Will Biggsville West Central repeat their success, or does ROWVA/Williamsfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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