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The Normal West (Normal, IL) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Normal University (Normal, IL) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Normal University	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	2
Normal West	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	8	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Normal West (24-25)

Normal University

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.200	30	25	2	5	2
2	Jersey Katz (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0
12	Maci Meisner (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
13	Meera Sundaram (Jr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0
14	Lola Phillips (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
31	Makenzie Post (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
33	Ryan Coombs (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1
34	E. Steward (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
35	Nicole Ekhoff (Fr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
44	Molly Jones (Sr)	.500	4	2	0	1	1
47	Finley Benner (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0

Normal West

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.269	28	26	3	7	2	1	1
2	McKinley Pate	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	Elsah Ganschow	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	Avery White	.667	3	3	1	2	0	1	0
9	Rylee Hollings	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	Kate McGowan	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
15	Kinley Yacko	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	Aleigha Bittner	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	Olivia Kobel	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0	1
25	Erika Durham	.500	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
27	Ciera Beyers	1.000	2	2	0	2	1	0	0

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	4	6	1	7	.310	.200	.510
12	Maci Meisner (So)	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.666
13	Meera Sundaram (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
14	Lola Phillips (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
31	Makenzie Post (Fr)	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
33	Ryan Coombs (Sr)	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
34	E. Steward (Sr)	0	0	0	1	3	.333	.333	.666
35	Nicole Ekhoff (Fr)	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.000	.333
44	Molly Jones (Sr)	1	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
47	Finley Benner (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Normal West

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	3	2	1	5	.321	.385	.706
2	McKinley Pate	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.000	.333
7	Elsah Ganschow	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
8	Avery White	0	0	0	1	1	.667	1.000	1.667
9	Rylee Hollings	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
13	Kate McGowan	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
15	Kinley Yacko	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
18	Aleigha Bittner	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
22	Olivia Kobel	0	1	1	0	2	.250	.750	1.000
25	Erika Durham	1	0	1	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
27	Ciera Beyers	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Normal University

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
2	Jersey Katz (Fr)	1

Baserunning

Normal West has not entered any baserunning stats.

Normal University

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.905	21	18	1	2	1
12	Maci Meisner (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
13	Meera Sundaram (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
14	Lola Phillips (Fr)	1.000	6	5	1	0	1
33	Ryan Coombs (Sr)	.333	3	1	0	2	1
34	E. Steward (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
35	Nicole Ekhoff (Fr)	1.000	4	4	0	0	0
44	Molly Jones (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0

Normal West

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	28	21	7
1	Eva Bankston	1.000	4	3	1
7	Elsah Ganschow	1.000	7	7	0
8	Avery White	1.000	1	1	0
9	Rylee Hollings	1.000	1	1	0
13	Kate McGowan	1.000	3	0	3
22	Olivia Kobel	1.000	7	4	3
25	Erika Durham	1.000	5	5	0

Normal University

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	2.33	0	1	.000	1				0
31	Makenzie Post (Fr)	2.33	0	1	.000	1				0

Normal West

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	2.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
13	Kate McGowan	2.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	8	3	2	2	3			0	27	25
31	Makenzie Post (Fr)	6	8	3	2	2	3			0	27	25

Normal West

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	2	2	4	7			0	30	26
13	Kate McGowan	7	6	2	2	4	7			0	30	26

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.320	.370	0	0			60
31	Makenzie Post (Fr)	.320	.370	0	0			60

Normal West

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.231	.333	0	0			126
13	Kate McGowan	.231	.333	0	0			126

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Normal West sneaks past Normal University

April 14, 2025: Normal, IL 61761

The Normal West Wildcats softball team scored 3 runs and held the visiting Normal University Pioneers to 2 in the Wildcats non-league win on Monday.

The Wildcats now possess a 5-6 record. They put it on the line next when they host Danville for a Big Twelve battle on Thursday, April 17. Normal West will confront a Vikings team coming off a 7-3 non-league loss to Westville (Westville, IL). The Vikings record now stands at 5-5.

With the loss, Normal University moves to 3-7 on the season. The Pioneers host Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, IL) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league battle on Thursday, April 17. The Bulldogs come into the battle with a record of 4-9. Mahomet-Seymour lost 7-5 in their recent non-league battle against Centennial (Champaign, IL)

NU @ Normal West Softball Game Info

Mon., Apr. 14, 2025 @ 4:30p

Cancer game

The Normal West (Normal, IL) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Normal University (Normal, IL) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

Normal University (24-25)

IL	Class
120	32

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
19-17	3-5	8-6	8-8	3-3	.528	.375	210	227

Normal West (24-25)

IL	Class
245	62

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-20	5-4	4-4	6-13	1-3	.355	.556	179	203

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Normal University	1.2	1.0	1.1	.8	.7	.7	1.0	5.8	7.2	1.5
Normal West	1.2	.8	.7	1.4	.5	.5	.3	5.8	6.8	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

Normal University		Normal West
.263	Batting Average	.272
.354	On Base Percentage	.353
.417	Slugging Percentage	.384
.929	Fielding Percentage	.934
.474	Win Loss Percentage	.296

Team Leaders

Normal University		Normal West	National Avg.
#23 Olivia Boyd.500	Batting Average	#5 Kyah Toland.600	.287
#23 Olivia Boyd.667	On Base Percentage	#5 Kyah Toland.667	.406
#34 Emmerson Steward.746	Slugging Percentage	#1 Eva Bankston.714	.393
#21 Bre LeMonnier1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Hannah Cunningham1.000	.829
#3 Grace Gaddis.625	Win Loss Percentage	#39 Hope Ferrill1.000	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Normal University	3-7		Normal West	1-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/24/25	Normal University	Bloomington	(L) 1-0	4/22/25	Bloomington	Normal West	(L) 2-1
4/11/25	Rochester	Normal University	(L) 3-1	4/12/25	Normal West	Rochester	(L) 9-2
				4/12/25	Normal West	Rochester	(L) 11-0
4/17/25	Mahomet-Seymour	Normal University	(W) 11-5	4/10/25	Normal West	Mahomet-Seymour	(W) 2-1
4/18/25	Pontiac	Normal University	(L) 8-1	5/22/25	Normal West	Pontiac	(L) 5-1
4/23/25	Lincoln	Normal University	(L) 9-2	5/7/25	Normal West	Lincoln	(L) 6-0
4/24/25	Bloomington Central Catholic	Normal University	(W) 4-2	3/17/25	Normal West	Bloomington Central Catholic	(L) 17-16
4/26/25	Normal University	East Peoria	(L) 14-0	4/19/25	Normal West	East Peoria	(L) 11-1
				4/19/25	Normal West	East Peoria	(L) 7-1
5/5/25	Olympia	Normal University	(L) 21-6	5/2/25	Normal West	Olympia	(L) 3-2
5/9/25	Normal Community	Normal University	(L) 6-2	5/6/25	Normal West	Normal Community	(L) 15-3
5/24/25	Normal University	Westville	(W) 5-2	4/30/25	Normal West	Westville	(L) 12-5

Record Breakdown

Normal University (24-25)		Normal West (24-25)
19-17	Overall	11-20
3-5	League	5-4
10-9	Non-League	6-14
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-7	Common Opponent	1-11
8-6	Home	4-4
8-8	Away	6-13
3-3	Neutral	1-3
4-1	Playoff	0-1
19-17	In-State	9-17
0-0	Out-of-State	2-3