The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will challenge the Shadow Ridge Stallions at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: O'Connor, who was ranked fifth at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked ninth). The Mountain Lions lost 14-1 to the Eagles on Tuesday. The Mountain Lions' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Mountain Ridge saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Daisy Herrera, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Shadow Ridge was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They came up short against Red Mountain, falling 10-1. The Stallions haven't had much luck with the Mountain Lions recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Mountain Ridge's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 13-4. As for Shadow Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8-1.
Mountain Ridge couldn't quite get it done against Shadow Ridge in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 as they fell 9-6. Can the Mountain Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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