The Gibraltar/Washington Island softball team hopes to secure its first multi-win season since 2021 when they play NEW Lutheran on Friday in a doubleheader.

It has been another hard season for the Vikings as they have lost all but three games by 10 runs or more. It's been a challenge head coach Brandon Schmidt has been more than willing to take on in his first season managing the squad. He says changing the culture has been his biggest goal since taking over the program during the offseason. In Schmidt's first season, they have been able to cut down on their errors and quadruple the number of hits the team has accumulated thanks to some minor changes to their approach at the plate. As a result, they snapped an over two-year losing streak on April 30th when they split a doubleheader against Sturgeon Bay. Schmidt pinpointed Pam Prescott, Emilie Glocke, and Courtney Foy for leading the Vikings offensively and the Jarosh sisters for being stalwarts defensively.

The Blazers come into the match-up 5-9 overall and 2-8 in the Packerland Conference. They are marred in an eight-game conference losing streak with a win against Hilbert the lone bright spot since their sweep of Sturgeon Bay on April 13th.

Tim Kowols will have the call from NEW Lutheran on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 3:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 4 p.m. NEW Radio Sports Network will also cover the Vikings' tournament run, which begins at Roncalli on May 16th. If they win, they would face top-seed Algoma on May 21st.