In Saturday's non-league outing, the visiting Ottawa Pirates softball team scored a close 13-9 win over the Herscher Tigers.

Coming up next, the Pirates encounter the Sycamore Spartans (Sycamore, IL) in a Northern Illinois Big 12 - East outing, on Monday, April 25. Ottawa will attempt to improve on its 9-4 season record. The Spartans enter the outing with a 5-4 record after their 1-0 non-league loss to McHenry (McHenry, IL).

The Tigers (7-4) will now prepare for their outing against Coal City (Coal City, IL). The Coalers enter the Illinois Central Eight outing with a 7-8 record. In their last outing, Coal City was routed by LaSalle-Peru (LaSalle, IL), 4-1, in a non-league outing.