It was a good run, but St. Mary unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Norton Lancers by a score of 1-0. St. Mary's was red-hot at the plate headed into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the four games prior) but Norton's pitchers proved too tough.
For Norton's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Liana Danubio, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Danubio has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
St. Mary's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-5. As for Norton, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-2 record this season.
St. Mary's does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Norton, they will head out on the road to challenge Dighton-Rehoboth Regional at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Dighton-Rehoboth Regional: 2.3, Norton: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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