The Lane Tech Champions will head out on the road to square off against the Barrington Fillies/Broncos at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lane Tech is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season.
Lane Tech barely beat Elk Grove the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Champions' pitcher stepped up to hand the Grenadiers a 13-0 shutout on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Champions considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Sofia Stronsky
| 04/04/25 @ Elk Grove | 4 |
| 03/25/25 vs Aurora | 3 |
| 03/20/25 @ Oak Park-River Forest | 2 |
| 03/27/24 vs Dalton | 2 |
| 03/26/25 vs Fairmont | 1 |
Lane Tech got a great performance from Sofia Stronsky as she didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Stronsky a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
At the plate, Gianna Phillips was a standout: she scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Hannah Roeder, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.
Lane Tech always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Elk Grove only posted an OBP of .333.
Meanwhile, Barrington entered their tilt with Taft on Friday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 8-5.
Barrington pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Lane Tech, with the victory, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-4.
Lane Tech might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Barrington in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Champions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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