Softball Game Preview: Lansing Catholic Cougars vs. Lakewood Vikings

By Team Reports May 13, 2025, 12:40am

Softball Preview: Lansing Catholic Cougars vs. Lakewood Vikings

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The Lansing Catholic Cougars are taking a road trip to take on the Lakewood Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lansing Catholic has four straight wins, Lakewood has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Lansing Catholic will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Grand Ledge, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. The Cougars never let the Comets get on the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Saturday.

Zoey Gruber

Batters Struck Out

05/10/25 vs Grand Ledge13
05/08/25 vs Williamston9
05/05/25 vs Portland7
04/29/25 @ Eaton Rapids8
04/29/25 @ Eaton Rapids6
+ 2 more games

The result came thanks to Zoey Gruber's shutout, as she gave up just three hits and racked up 13 Ks. She has been consistent: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Avery Dunneback, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Lakewood came up short against Waverly on Monday, falling 14-1.

Lansing Catholic's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-3. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Lakewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.

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