The Norwich Free Academy Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Edwin O. Smith Panthers at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Norwich Free Academy will be strutting in after a victory while Edwin O. Smith will be coming in after a defeat.
Norwich Free Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: North Branford, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Norwich Free Academy was ranked 14th). Norwich Free Academy came out on top against North Branford by a score of 4-1 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Norwich Free Academy.
Meanwhile, Edwin O. Smith unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of East Catholic by a score of 14-12.
Rachael Morales was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring three runs while going 4-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Winakor, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Edwin O. Smith was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .513. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East Catholic only posted a batting average of .308.
Norwich Free Academy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Edwin O. Smith, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-3.
Norwich Free Academy skirted past Edwin O. Smith 1-0 in their previous matchup back in April of 2017. The rematch might be a little tougher for Norwich Free Academy since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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