Softball Recap: Liberty Center Drops Season-High Score on Wauseon

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Liberty Center). Everything went their way against the Wauseon Indians on Monday as they made off with a 22-16 win. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by six runs or more this season.

Mackenzie Fuller

Runs (Career)

04/21/25 @ Wauseon	5
04/12/25 @ Rossford	3
03/29/25 @ Miller City	3
03/27/25 vs Toledo Christian	3
04/04/25 @ North Central	2

Mackenzie Fuller made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and nine unearned) runs off ten hits (and only one walk). She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in four of her six plate appearances with one home run, five runs, and one stolen base. Those five runs gave her a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Bailey Crow, who went 4-for-5 with one home run, six RBI, and two runs. That's the most runs she has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Aubrey Zeiter, who got on base in three of her six plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one double.

Liberty Center always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .580. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Liberty Center now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Wauseon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-7.

Liberty Center and Wauseon could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. The Tigers (ranked 372nd) will meet Bryan (ranked 54th) at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Wauseon will challenge Archbold at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday with a big rank disadvantage (299 vs. 101).