St. Francis Borgia is 8-2 against Pacific since August of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The St. Francis Borgia Knights will head out to challenge the Pacific Indians at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Francis Borgia has four straight wins, Pacific has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Francis Borgia will head into Thursday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 12) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged St. Dominic out 4-2.
Elise Gildehaus spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on nine hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Averi Glosemeyer, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a stolen base, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Vogelgesang, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Pacific fell victim to Hermann and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bearcats.
St. Francis Borgia has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for Pacific, their loss dropped their record down to 3-16.
St. Francis Borgia skirted past Pacific 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Francis Borgia 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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