Softball Game Preview: Wahluke Warriors vs. Royal Knights

By Team Reports Apr 24, 2024, 1:24pm

Softball Preview: Wahluke Warriors vs. Royal Knights

Wahluke is 0-10 against Royal since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Wahluke Warriors will look to defend their home field against the Royal Knights at 11:00 a.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Wahluke is is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Granger by a score of 9-8.

Meanwhile, Royal was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Chiawana. That's two games in a row now that Royal has lost by exactly three runs.

Royal saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Audrey Bergeson, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Wahluke's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Royal, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-7.

Wahluke might still be hurting after the 15-0 defeat they got from Royal in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Wahluke, Madison Ortega-Sanchez (who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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