The Moline Maroons will challenge the Geneseo Maple Leafs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Moline is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
Rockridge hit Moline with a five-run sixth inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Maroons lost 16-4 to the Rockets.
Moline saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Payton Vanzuiden, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one double. That double was Vanzuiden's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Geneseo never let their opponents score on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Galesburg as they made off with a 9-0 victory. The Maple Leafs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by six runs or more this season.
Kendyl Wassenhove and Addison Snell made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Wassenhove tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Snell didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave her a new career-high. At bat, Wassenhove went 2-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while Snell went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Megan Hursman, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI. Another player making a difference was Penny Kline, who went 3-for-4 with two runs.
Geneseo's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 8-6-1. As for Moline, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8.
Moline suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Geneseo when the teams last played back in May of 2025. Can the Maroons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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