The Las Vegas Wildcats will head out to take on the Western Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Las Vegas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Coronado, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Las Vegas was ranked eighth). Las Vegas took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Coronado on Wednesday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Western, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Everything went their way against Sunrise Mountain on Wednesday as Western made off with a 6-2 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what the Warriors needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
With the loss, Las Vegas broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 13-4-3. As for Western, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-7-1 record this season.
Las Vegas took their win against Western in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Las Vegas since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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