Notre Dame Prep is 0-4 against Desert Mountain since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Notre Dame Prep Saints will head out on the road to square off against the Desert Mountain Wolves at 3:45 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Notre Dame Prep will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Millennium, who they hadn't topped in three consecutive meetings. Notre Dame Prep had just enough and edged Millennium out 4-3.
Daelynn Flowers and Kendall Gillham did most of the damage at the plate: Flowers scored two runs while going 2-for-4, while Gillham scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Maggie Spokas, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Desert Mountain can now show off 15 landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They blew past Horizon 13-3. Winning may never get old, but Desert Mountain sure is getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Lilly Goodwin was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (and not a single walk). Goodwin has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Goodwin was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, McKinsey Beyer was incredible, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Zoe Horning was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Notre Dame Prep's win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-16. As for Desert Mountain, they pushed their record up to 22-4 with that victory, which was their 19th straight on the road dating back to last season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Notre Dame Prep has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Desert Mountain struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Notre Dame Prep suffered a grim 21-1 defeat to Desert Mountain when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Notre Dame Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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