Softball Recap: Friday's Win Is Harlan's Ninth in Last Ten Outings

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

02/10/25 @ Clark	16
04/04/25 vs Holmes	12
03/07/25 vs Stevens	12
03/10/25 @ Taft	11
03/19/25 @ Sotomayor	10

Harlan won the last time they faced Holmes and things went their way on Friday too. The Hawks put the hurt on the Huskies with a sharp 13-1 victory. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.

Aubrey Flores tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Bella Alvarado, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. Those three runs gave her a new career-high. Lauren Vallery was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.

Harlan always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .567. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Holmes only posted an OBP of .238.

Harlan has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games. As for Holmes, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-10.

Coming up, Harlan is taking a road trip to square off against Stevens at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Hawks are facing the Falcons at the right time seeing as the Falcons are stuck on an 11-game losing streak. As for Holmes, they will host Brennan at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Huskies' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Bears have averaged an impressive 6.2 runs per game this season.