The West Warwick Wizards will square off against the Mt. Hope Huskies at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. West Warwick will be strutting in after a win while Mt. Hope will be coming in after a loss.
West Warwick is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Toll Gate, who was ranked 13th at the time (West Warwick was ranked 12th). The Wizards never let the Titans get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory on Saturday. The Wizards might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by six runs or more this season.
Mt. Hope couldn't beat Cranston East on Thursday even though they stacked four runs on them in the fifth inning. The Huskies came up short against the Thunderbolts, falling 15-7. The Huskies have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Ava Waddell made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. Hailey Ferriera was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one triple.
West Warwick's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs over those games. As for Mt. Hope, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Everything went West Warwick's way against Mt. Hope when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as West Warwick made off with a 14-0 win. Do the Wizards have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Huskies turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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