After two games on the road, Brookfield Academy is heading back home. They will take on the St. Francis Mariners at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Brookfield Academy can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They never let Living Word Lutheran onto the board and left with an 18-0 victory. While fans of Brookfield Academy might be used to big wins, the 18-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Brookfield Academy got a massive performance out of Christina Burghardt, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Thompson, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, St. Francis came into Wednesday's matchup having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They blew past Augustine Prep 17-3. St. Francis' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Brookfield Academy's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-2. As for St. Francis, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.
Everything went Brookfield Academy's way against St. Francis in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Brookfield Academy made off with a 16-4 win. Will Brookfield Academy repeat their success, or does St. Francis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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