Urbana is 2-8 against Northwestern since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Urbana Hillclimbers will head out on the road to square off against the Northwestern Warriors at 5:15 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Urbana is is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 12-2 to Graham Local.
Meanwhile, Northwestern fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Graham Local on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 2-1. Northwestern has not had much luck with Graham Local recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Urbana's record now sits at 2-13. As for Northwestern, their record is now 2-11.
Urbana might still be hurting after the 16-6 defeat they got from Northwestern in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Urbana avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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