Minerva is on  a six-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Fairless a 12-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck  on Friday. The Minerva Lions will be defending their home field for the first time this season  when they go up against the Fairless Falcons  at 5:00  p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Thursday, Minerva came up short against Beaver Local  and fell  10-7.
 Sierra Cress put in work while hitting and pitching. She  pitched six innings while giving up just two earned  (and eight unearned) runs off   nine  hits. Cress was also stellar in the batter's box,  scoring a  run while going 3-for-3. Those  three  hits gave  her a new career-high.

 Dakota Breton
| 03/27/25 @ Beaver Local | 4 | 
| 03/22/25 @ Canfield | 2 | 
| 04/05/24 vs David Anderson | 2 | 
| 03/24/25 @ Columbiana | 1 | 
| 05/08/24 @ Dover | 1 | 
 In other batting news,  Dakota Breton was cooking despite her team's loss,   going a perfect 4-for-4 with one  triple, one  run,  and one  double. Those  four  hits gave  her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was  Mackenzie French, who  scored two  runs while  getting on base  in two of her four plate appearances.
 Fairless might be feeling deja-vu: they lost  7-6 to Carrollton, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
 Fairless' defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Minerva, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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