Softball Game Preview: Donegal Indians vs. Northern Lebanon Vikings

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Previous Games

05/19/23 - Home	4-8 L
05/01/19 - Away	8-7 W
03/29/19 - Home	7-1 W
04/09/18 - Home	18-7 W
05/05/17 - Home	15-0 W
+ 3 more games

Donegal is 7-1 against Northern Lebanon since April of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Indians will face off against the Vikings at 4:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.

If Donegal beats Northern Lebanon with 11 runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Indians had just enough and edged out Hempfield 11-10 on Wednesday. Winning may never get old, but the Indians sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northern Lebanon). They were the clear victors by a 17-2 margin over Muhlenberg on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

The win was the third in a row for Northern Lebanon, bringing their record up to 3-1. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Donegal, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.

Donegal came up short against Northern Lebanon in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 8-4. Can the Indians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.