Softball Recap: Stratford Makes It Six in a Row at Home

Spartans

Margin (Wins)

02/25/25 vs Northbrook	17
03/21/25 vs Cypress Ridge	13
03/18/25 vs Cypress Falls	12
03/04/25 @ Jersey Village	12
02/22/25 vs Sam Rayburn	9

Stratford won the last time they faced Cypress Ridge and things went their way on Friday too. Stratford put the hurt on Cypress Ridge with a sharp 15-2 victory. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by six runs or more this season.

Gwyn Katterhenry made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Katterhenry was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.

In other batting news, Allison Hibbetts was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Those two doubles gave her a new career-high. Aashna Kapoor was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.

Stratford's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Cypress Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-11.

Coming up, Stratford will be playing in front of their home fans against Memorial at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Stratford will need to watch out since Memorial has now posted at least ten runs in their last four matchups. As for Cypress Ridge, they will head out to challenge Cypress Falls at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cypress Falls has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 10.36 runs per game on average), something Cypress Ridge will no doubt try to take advantage of.