The Normandy Vikings are taking a road trip to take on the University City Lions at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Normandy is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Normandy's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against McCluer on Thursday. They came up short against the Comets, falling 15-0. The shutout was out of character for the Vikings seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask University City). They were the clear victor by a 26-1 margin over Riverview Gardens last Tuesday. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by seven runs or more this season.
Normandy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for University City, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Normandy suffered a grim 29-0 defeat to University City in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Can Normandy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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