Lake Park hasn't had much luck against St. Charles North recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Lancers will challenge the North Stars at 4:30 p.m. Lake Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Lake Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Wheaton-Warrenville South, who was ranked 25th at the time (Lake Park was ranked 12th). The Lancers took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers on Monday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Lake Park saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ava Arenz, who went 2-for-4 with one double.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, St. Charles North's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Glenbard North by a score of 4-3.
St. Charles North's loss dropped their record down to 11-4. As for Lake Park, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 12-3.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Lake Park hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like St. Charles North struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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