The Niwot Cougars will face off against The Academy Wildcats at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Niwot knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten run or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully The Academy likes a good challenge.
Niwot will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Longmont, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Niwot was the clear victor by a 15-3 margin over Longmont on Thursday. Considering the Cougars have won five games by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Anna Halverson and Payton Johnson did most of the damage at the plate: Halverson scored four runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-4, while Johnson scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Angela Arosemena, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Niwot was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .387. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 22.9% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 43.8%.
Meanwhile, The Academy has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.83 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Thursday. They lost 17-7 to Strasburg. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Indians recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Niwot's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for The Academy, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 9-3 record.
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