Softball Game Preview: Mountain View Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 5:13am

Softball Preview: Mountain View Thunder vs. Camas Papermakers

Mountain View is 1-8 against Camas since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Mountain View Thunder will head out on the road to square off against the Camas Papermakers at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Mountain View is is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Wednesday. They lost 12-4 to Heritage.

Meanwhile, Camas fell victim to Skyview and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Storm by a score of 1-0. Camas has struggled against Skyview recently, as their match on Wednesday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.

Jayda Peterson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on five hits.

On the hitting side, Camas saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Savannah Kvistad, who went 1-for-2 with a triple.

Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 2-14. As for Camas, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.

Mountain View suffered a grim 14-6 defeat to Camas when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Mountain View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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