It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Papillion-LaVista had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over the Bellevue East Chieftains. This was payback for the Monarchs, who suffered a 2-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Taylor Schommer looked comfortable as she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Papillion-LaVista saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maizey Carpenter, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Papillion-LaVista is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-10 record this season. As for Bellevue East, their loss dropped their record down to 24-10.
Papillion-LaVista will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Millard North at 7:00 p.m. Both have allowed few runs on average, (Papillion-LaVista: 3.7, Millard North: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. Bellevue East does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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