Fremd waltzed into their match on Friday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Conant Cougars 7-5. That's more bragging rights for Fremd, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
For Conant's part, Isabella Portogallo made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3.
Fremd pushed their record up to 17-2 with that win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Conant, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-7.
Fremd will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Maine South at 10:00 a.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Maine South: 1.9, Fremd: 1.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Conant, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Schaumburg at 4:45 p.m. Conant is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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