Softball Preview: Normal Community Ironmen vs. Bloomington Purple Raiders
Normal Community is 9-1 against Bloomington since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Normal Community Ironmen will look to defend their home field against the Bloomington Purple Raiders at 4:30 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Normal Community is is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Wednesday. They fell victim to a rough 11-4 defeat at the hands of Metamora.
Carson Damery was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Ummel, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Bloomington had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Dunlap on Monday.
Bloomington saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ava Kracher, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Normal Community's defeat dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Bloomington, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Everything went Normal Community's way against Bloomington in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Normal Community made off with a 12-3 victory. Does Normal Community have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bloomington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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