The Rosary Royals will take on the Wheaton Academy Warriors at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither Rosary nor Wheaton Academy posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Rosary lost 14-2 to IC Catholic Prep on Thursday. The Royals have struggled against the Knights recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Lisle hit Wheaton Academy with a four-run seventh inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Warriors took a 7-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lions.
Kyla Dieter was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and six unearned) runs off five hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in walks (two). She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.
Dieter wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ruth Johanik, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Wheaton Academy's loss dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Rosary, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-14.
Rosary came out on top in a nail-biter against Wheaton Academy in their previous meeting back in May of 2017, sneaking past 7-6. Do the Royals have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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