Softball Recap: Tuesday's Victory Is Woodside's Seventh in Last Eight Outings

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

03/21/25 @ Sequoia	17
04/01/25 @ Menlo-Atherton	14
03/07/25 vs Mercy	10
03/10/25 vs Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory	6

Menlo-Atherton typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Woodside proved too difficult a challenge. They put the hurt on the Bears with a sharp 15-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won four contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Hannah Walker was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks any time she's pitched this season. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That home run was her first of the season.

In other batting news, Elizabeth Severin was incredible, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (three). Lacey Barstad also deserves some recognition as she brought in her first RBI of the season.

Woodside always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .595. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Menlo-Atherton only posted an OBP of .300.

Woodside has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Menlo-Atherton, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3.

Looking ahead, Woodside will square off against Valley Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Menlo-Atherton, they will head out to take on Half Moon Bay at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Bears' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Cougars have averaged an impressive 9.4 runs per game this season.