Softball Preview: Normal Community Ironmen vs. Olympia Spartans
The Normal Community Ironmen will be playing in front of their home fans against the Olympia Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Normal Community took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Peoria 16-1. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Normal Community considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Madison Ummel was a standout: she went 1-for-1 with a home run and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Tatum Yokley, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Olympia entered their tilt with Auburn with 15 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 16. They won by a run and slipped past the Trojans 3-2.
Normal Community is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-18 record this season. As for Olympia, they pushed their record up to 24-1-1 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road.
Normal Community skirted past Olympia 10-8 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Will Normal Community repeat their success, or does Olympia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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