Softball Game Preview: Davies Career & Tech Patriots vs. Central Knights

Patriots

Runs

04/25/25 @ Cranston East	3
04/23/25 vs Cranston East	7
04/21/25 vs Times Squared Academy	18
04/16/25 @ Shea	16
04/11/25 @ Central Falls	17
+ 4 more games

Davies Career & Tech has gone 8-2 against Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Knights at 4:00 p.m. Davies Career & Tech is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season.

Davies Career & Tech is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cranston East, who was ranked 14th at the time (Davies Career & Tech was ranked 18th). The Patriots took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Thunderbolts on Friday. The Patriots' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.

Tiana Hernandez was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

Meanwhile, Central won against Juanita Sanchez Complex on Wednesday with 17 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Everything went the Knights' way against Times Squared Academy as they made off with a 17-7 win. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won seven games by ten runs or more so far this season.

The victory made it two in a row for Central and bumps their season record up to 8-3. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Davies Career & Tech, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 6-3.

Everything went Davies Career & Tech's way against Central in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Davies Career & Tech made off with a 22-8 victory. Will the Patriots repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.