Lincoln-Way West is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Lincoln-Way Central is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lincoln-Way West Warriors will take on the Lincoln-Way Central Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Lincoln-Way West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Andrew, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Lincoln-Way West was ranked 22nd). Lincoln-Way West took a 10-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of Andrew on Friday.
Meanwhile, Lincoln-Way Central can now show off 19 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Stagg a 10-0 shutout. Give Lincoln-Way Central's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's sixth straight shutout.
Lincoln-Way West's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-8. As for Lincoln-Way Central, their victory bumped their record up to 26-4.
Lincoln-Way West might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from Lincoln-Way Central when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lincoln-Way Central's Lisabella Dimitrijevic, who struck out 12 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). Now that Lincoln-Way West knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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