Softball Game Preview: Fort Lauderdale Flying L's vs. Cooper City Cowboys

Flying L's

Runs

03/19/25 vs Blanche Ely	17
03/18/25 vs Coral Glades	2
03/12/25 vs Cypress Bay	7
03/10/25 vs McArthur	15
03/06/25 vs Nova	20
+ 5 more games

For the first time this season, Fort Lauderdale will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. After both having extra time off, they and the Cooper City Cowboys will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Fort Lauderdale is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.

Fort Lauderdale will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs last Tuesday, then bounced right back against Blanche Ely last Wednesday. Fort Lauderdale was the clear victor by a 17-1 margin over Blanche Ely. The Flying L's might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by ten runs or more this season.

Jazette Dollar was a standout: she went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylie Keenan, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1.

Fort Lauderdale was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .571. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.

Meanwhile, Cooper City was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 10-1 to Cardinal Gibbons.

Cooper City saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jenavive Quinones, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI. That RBI marked the first that Quinones brought in this season.

Fort Lauderdale is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 8.8 hits in those games compared to only 5.6 in the others. Cooper City's defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.

Cooper City's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. Fort Lauderdale has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Cooper City, though, as they've been averaging only 2.8 strikeouts. Will Fort Lauderdale keep running through batters, or will Cooper City buck the trend?

Fort Lauderdale might still be hurting after the 15-0 loss they got from Cooper City in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Will Fort Lauderdale have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.