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| 04/02/25 - Home | 14-5 W |
| 05/09/24 - Away | 4-2 W |
| 04/19/24 - Home | 2-11 L |
| 04/03/24 - Away | 5-4 W |
| 05/08/23 - Away | 13-4 W |
| + 5 more games |
Coronado and Shadow Ridge are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2019, but likely not for long. The Cougars will head out to challenge the Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Coronado will be strutting in after a victory while Shadow Ridge will be coming in after a defeat.
Coronado is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Centennial, who was ranked eighth at the time (Coronado was ranked tenth). The Cougars never let the Bulldogs get on the board and left with a 3-0 win on Wednesday.
The result came thanks to Sarah Lopez's shutout, as she gave up just four hits.
On the hitting side, Bailey Goldberg was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one triple. Paisley Magdaleno also deserves some recognition as she hit her first triple of the season.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last five times Shadow Ridge and Palo Verde have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Wednesday. The Mustangs lost 13-1 to the Panthers. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Shadow Ridge saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chloe Covington, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Coronado's victory bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Shadow Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 10-6.
Shadow Ridge's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Coronado has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 8.8 hits per game. It's a different story for Shadow Ridge, though, as they've been averaging 8.8 hits. Given Coronado's sizable advantage in that area, the Mustangs will need to find a way to close that gap.
Coronado took their win against Shadow Ridge when the teams last played on April 2nd by a conclusive 14-5 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cougars since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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