The Lowell Catholic Crusaders baseball team scored 5 runs and limited the host North Middlesex Regional Patriots to 4 in the Crusaders non-league victory on Monday.

The Crusaders (2-1) will now prepare for their match against Whittier RVT (Haverhill, MA). The Wildcats go into the Commonwealth - Upper match with a 1-1 record. In their last match, Whittier RVT was edged by Triton Regional (Byfield, MA), 5-2, in a non-league match.

The Patriots (2-2) will now prepare for their match against Hudson (Hudson, MA). The Hawks go into the non-league match with a 2-1 record. In their last match, Hudson edged Shrewsbury (Shrewsbury, MA), 5-1, in a non-league match.