Mt. Hope and West Warwick are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Mt. Hope Huskies will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Warwick Wizards at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. West Warwick took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Mt. Hope, who comes in off a win.
Mt. Hope is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Portsmouth, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Mt. Hope was ranked 24th). Mt. Hope walked away with a 10-7 victory over Portsmouth on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mt. Hope.
Ava Waddell was excellent, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Sydney Crowell, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, West Warwick fell victim to Ponaganset and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They fell just short of the Chieftains by a score of 2-0. Having soared to a lofty 20 runs in the game before, West Warwick's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
West Warwick saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Allie Iannotti, who went 1-for-3 with a triple.
Mt. Hope's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-5. As for West Warwick, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.
Mt. Hope took their victory against West Warwick in their previous matchup back in June of 2023 by a conclusive 6-0. Will Mt. Hope repeat their success, or does West Warwick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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