Glenbard West is 2-8 against Oak Park-River Forest since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Glenbard West Hilltoppers will look to defend their home field against the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies at 4:45 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Glenbard West will bounce into Friday's match after beating Naperville North, who they hadn't topped in six consecutive meetings. Glenbard West had just enough and edged Naperville North out 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Glenbard West.
Meanwhile, Oak Park-River Forest waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Lions by a score of 8-5.
Maura Carmody was incredible, going 4-for-4 with three runs, two doubles, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Julia Mattiace, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Glenbard West is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Oak Park-River Forest, they pushed their record up to 21-8 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Glenbard West might still be hurting after the 13-3 loss they got from Oak Park-River Forest when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Oak Park-River Forest's Aria Hammerschmidt, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that Glenbard West knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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