Peoria Notre Dame Irish (Peoria, IL) fans exited the stadium thrilled Tuesday as they saw their softball squad achieve victory over the visiting Manual Rams (Peoria, IL), 20-1 in a league challenge.

The Irish now sport a 9-8 record. They take the field next when they host Lincoln for a non-league challenge on Thursday, May 4. Peoria Notre Dame will face a Railsplitters squad coming off a 5-1 non-league loss to Prairie Central (Fairbury, IL). The Railsplitters record now stands at 14-13.

With the loss, Manual falls to 0-6 on the campaign. The Rams travel to Danville (Danville, IL) to face the Vikings in a Big Twelve challenge on Saturday, May 6. The Vikings enter the challenge with a record of 4-10. Danville won 18-11 in their recent league challenge against Champaign Central (Champaign, IL)