Lockport is 1-6 against Marist since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lockport Porters will head out on the road to challenge the Marist RedHawks at 4:30 p.m. Lockport is coming into the match hot, having won their last eight games.
Lockport will head into Tuesday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the six-run they dealt Homewood-Flossmoor on Tuesday. Everything went Lockport's way against Homewood-Flossmoor as Lockport made off with a 9-3 win.
Kelcie McGraw made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits (and only one walk). McGraw was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
In other batting news, Lockport got a big performance out of Giuliana Giordano, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Morgan Spodarek, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Marist unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Benet Academy by a score of 3-1. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Marist has scored all season.
Lockport has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Marist, their defeat ended a 28-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 25-3.
Lockport came up short against Marist in their previous matchup back in June of 2023, falling 3-0. Can Lockport avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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