The University Cougars will venture away from home to challenge the Boone Braves at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. University has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since February 25.
University saw some tournament action on Friday. They lost 17-3 to Freedom.
Meanwhile, Boone made easy work of Winter Park on Wednesday and carried off a 15-5 victory. The Braves might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by seven runs or more this season.
Boone let Saliah Collazo and Ava Solberg run wild. Collazo went 2-for-3 with one home run and four RBI, while Solberg went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. Those four RBI gave Collazo a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Sarai Collazo, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Boone is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for University, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
University couldn't quite get it done against Boone in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as they fell 8-3. Can the Cougars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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