Softball Preview: Papillion-LaVista Monarchs vs. Millard South Patriots
Papillion-LaVista is 8-2 against Millard South since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Millard South Patriots at 2:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Papillion-LaVista has three straight wins, Millard South has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Papillion-LaVista's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Bryan 11-0. The Monarchs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by six runs or more this season.
Papillion-LaVista let Maizey Carpenter and Holiday Kirk loose on the outfield. Carpenter went 2-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base, while Kirk scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance gave Kirk a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Bella Arriola, who went 1-for-2 with a home run.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Papillion-LaVista hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in 12 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Millard South didn't have quite enough to beat Pius X on Wednesday and fell 10-8. That's two games in a row now that the Patriots have lost by exactly two runs.
Papillion-LaVista is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Millard South, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10.
Everything went Papillion-LaVista's way against Millard South when the teams last played last Tuesday as Papillion-LaVista made off with a 13-3 victory. Does Papillion-LaVista have another victory up their sleeve, or will Millard South turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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