The Green Bay Preble Hornets will venture away from home to square off against the West Bend West Spartans at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Green Bay Preble will come into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
Green Bay Preble is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wisconsin's top teams: Ashwaubenon, who was ranked 16th at the time (Green Bay Preble was ranked ninth). The Hornets came out on top against the Jaguars by a score of 5-0 on Tuesday. The Hornets' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last four contests.
Katie Geydoshek made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. That stolen base marked the first that she has snagged this season.
Geydoshek wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Tenley Kuehn, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Green Bay Preble was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Bend West). Everything went their way against Nicolet on Thursday as they made off with a 24-1 win. The Spartans haven't had any issues with the Knights recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
West Bend West's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-6. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.5 runs over those games. As for Green Bay Preble, their record is now 15-0.
Green Bay Preble came out on top in a nail-biter against West Bend West in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, sneaking past 6-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Hornets since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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