The Ashe County Huskies will take on the A.C. Reynolds Rockets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ashe County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged East Lincoln out 4-2.
Maleah Lovell was a major factor no matter where she played. She tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Lovell has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Lovell was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nadilyn Eason, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, A.C. Reynolds entered their tilt with North Buncombe with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Black Hawks onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday. That's two games straight that A.C. Reynolds has won by just one run.
Not much got past Aubrey Treadway, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep North Buncombe off the board.
On the hitting side, A.C. Reynolds saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trinity Poland, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Ashe County's win bumped their record up to 13-9. As for A.C. Reynolds, the victory got them back to even at 11-11.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Ashe County hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like A.C. Reynolds struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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