Softball Preview: Rock Island Rocks vs. Peoria Notre Dame Irish
The Rock Island Rocks will head out on the road to face off against the Peoria Notre Dame Irish at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Rock Island will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Rock Island only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 11-point they dealt Geneseo on Thursday. Rock Island's pitcher stepped up to hand Geneseo an 11-0 shutout.
Grace Vidmar was a standout: she fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of A'rion Lonergan, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Peoria Notre Dame came up short against Bloomington on Thursday and fell 6-3.
Ella Tady made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Rock Island's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Peoria Notre Dame, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
Rock Island beat Peoria Notre Dame 7-2 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Will Rock Island repeat their success, or does Peoria Notre Dame have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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