Softball Game Preview: Doherty Memorial Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 22, 2024, 2:08am

Softball Preview: Doherty Memorial Highlanders vs. Northbridge Rams

After three games on the road, Doherty Memorial is heading back home. They will take on the Northbridge Rams at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Last Monday, Doherty Memorial made easy work of Westborough and carried off an 11-2 win.

Frances McMahon made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. McMahon was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 4-for-5.

In other batting news, Audrey Lefebvre was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Isabella LLanos was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.

Meanwhile, Northbridge won against Sutton on Friday with 14 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. Everything went Northbridge's way against Hudson as Northbridge made off with a 14-1 victory. That's two games straight that Northbridge has won by exactly 13 runs.

Doherty Memorial's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-9. As for Northbridge, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-5.

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