Holy Family put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Niwot Cougars.
Isabella Arroyo was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, Giuliana Magnetti was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Mari Nanez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Holy Family didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're strikeout total in three consecutive games.
Holy Family's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Niwot, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2.
Holy Family will welcome Broomfield at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Broomfield will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Holy Family surely won't give up without a fight. As for Niwot, they will venture away from home to take on Fort Collins at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Fort Collins is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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