The Notre Dame Prep Lancers will square off against the Immaculate Mustangs at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Notre Dame Prep beats Immaculate with 16 runs on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Everything went the Lancers' way against Harding on Friday as they made off with a 16-4 win. The result was nothing new for the Lancers, who have now won four contests by nine runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Immaculate hadn't done well against Brookfield recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Mustangs sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Bobcats. The three-run effort marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Notre Dame Prep's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Immaculate, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
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