Windsor is 1-8 against Hillsboro since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Owls dukes it out withthe Hillsboro Hawks at 4:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Windsor gave up the first runs on Saturday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top against Lutheran South by a score of 6-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Owls.
Meanwhile, Hillsboro waltzed into their game on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Jaguars 13-7. That's two games straight that the Hawks have won by exactly six runs.
Ashley Hilton spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered seven earned runs on nine hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Lorelei Johnson, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in OBP. Another player making a difference was Hannah Dubois, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hillsboro was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Windsor's record is now 5-6. As for Hillsboro, they pushed their record up to 13-8 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Windsor couldn't quite finish off Hillsboro in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 and fell 3-1. Can Windsor avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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