The Marinette Marines will challenge the Fox Valley Lutheran Foxes at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Marinette sitting on three straight victories and Fox Valley Lutheran on 13.
On Thursday, Marinette earned a 5-1 win over Oconto Falls.
Meanwhile, Fox Valley Lutheran was able to grind out a solid victory over Little Chute on Thursday, taking the game 10-5.
The team relied heavily on Olivia Fischer, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexi Hanson, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Fox Valley Lutheran was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Little Chute only posted a batting average of .111.
Fox Valley Lutheran pushed their record up to 13-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Marinette, their win bumped their record up to 5-8.
Marinette came up short against Fox Valley Lutheran in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, falling 7-2. Can the Marines avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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