Roxana is 1-6 against Salem since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Shells will look to defend their home field against the Wildcats at 3:45 p.m. Neither Roxana nor Salem posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Roxana is headed into Monday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 19th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They came up short against Freeburg, falling 18-1.
Meanwhile, Salem came tearing into Tuesday's contest with 11 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Eagles a 1-0 shutout.
Not much got past Breanna Thurman, who gave up just three hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Columbia off the board. Thurman has been consistent: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in eight consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Salem saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lilly Blagoue, who went 2-for-3 with one home run.
Salem pushed their record up to 17-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Roxana, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-17.
Roxana suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Salem in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Will the Shells have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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