The Lutheran Lions will take on the Rock Canyon Jaguars at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Lutheran will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Lutheran is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Cheyenne Mountain, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Lutheran was ranked second). Lutheran blew past Cheyenne Mountain 14-2 on Wednesday. Considering the Lions have won four contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Aleksia Severson was a standout: she scored four runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Malea Yoxsimer, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lutheran always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .559. The last time their OBP was this high was back in October of 2023.
While Rock Canyon didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cherry Creek on Wednesday. The matchup marked the Jaguars' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Rock Canyon saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Dumas, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Lutheran pushed their record up to 7-1 with that win, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Rock Canyon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Lutheran hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.9 home runs per game. However, it's not like Rock Canyon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more softball content.
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