The Waverly Vikings will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Standing Bear Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m. Waverly will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Waverly is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Crete, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Waverly was ranked 18th). Waverly put the hurt on Crete with a sharp 14-2 win on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won five matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Standing Bear was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They came up short against Lincoln Northwest, falling 12-5.
Standing Bear saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lily Hansmeier, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Waverly pushed their record up to 9-3 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Standing Bear, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9.
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