Softball Game Preview: Highlands Owls vs. Roma Gladiators

The Highlands Owls will challenge the Roma Gladiators at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Roma took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Highlands, who comes in off a win.

Highlands is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Martin onto the board and left with a 19-0 victory on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Owls have posted since February 13, 2024.

Ciera Garcia made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Garcia was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, Highlands got a massive performance out of Jenesis Rodriguez, who went a perfect3-for-3 with one home run, five RBI, and one double. That's the most RBI Rodriguez has posted since back in March of 2024. Analia Aparicio was another key player, going 2-for-3 with four runs, four RBI, and one double.

Highlands always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .818. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Martin only posted an OBP of .182.

Meanwhile, Roma was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Burbank, falling 19-2.

Roma saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Isabella Garza, who went 1-for-2 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. Kelsey Garza also deserves some recognition as she brought in her first RBI of the season.

Highlands' first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Roma, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.