Softball Game Preview: Peoria Notre Dame Irish vs. Peoria Lions

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Previous Games

04/25/24 - Away	11-0 W
04/27/23 - Home	18-0 W
04/28/22 - Away	16-3 W
04/29/21 - Home	15-0 W
04/25/19 - Home	15-0 W
+ 3 more games

Peoria Notre Dame is a perfect 8-0 against Peoria since May of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Irish will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lions at 4:30 p.m. Neither Peoria Notre Dame nor Peoria posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

On Wednesday, Peoria Notre Dame came up short against Bloomington Central Catholic and fell 5-1. The Irish haven't had much luck with the Saints recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.

Peoria Notre Dame saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elizabeth Leustek, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.

Meanwhile, Peoria was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 21-0 to Danville.

Peoria Notre Dame now has a losing record of 8-9. As for Peoria, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.

Everything went Peoria Notre Dame's way against Peoria in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as Peoria Notre Dame made off with an 11-0 victory. Will the Irish repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.