Softball Recap: Wednesday's Win Is Lexington's 15th in Last 16 Outings

Minutemen

Margin (Wins)

05/16/25 @ Mansfield Senior	18
05/07/25 @ Mansfield Senior	16
04/28/25 @ Perkins	16
04/18/25 vs Colonel Crawford	15
04/03/25 vs West Holmes	15

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Lexington walked away with it. They blew past the Lake Flyers 9-1 on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Minutemen, who have now won 18 games by six runs or more so far this season.

Makaree Chapman made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in all five of her plate appearances with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

In other batting news, Quinn Patrick and Alexis Cantrell did most of the damage at the plate: Patrick got on base in four of her five plate appearances with two runs, while Cantrell went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Kylie Thornton, who went 1-for-5 with three RBI and one double.

Lexington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Lake, they moved to 26-4 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.

Coming up, Lexington will square off against Bryan at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The Golden Bears will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something the Minutemen surely won't give up without a fight. Lake does not have any more games scheduled as of now.