Northern Burlington is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Lenape is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Northern Burlington Greyhounds will take on the Lenape Indians at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northern Burlington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Bordentown, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Northern Burlington was ranked 14th). Northern Burlington's pitcher stepped up to hand Bordentown a 4-0 shutout on Monday.
Not much got past Mikayla Fontana, who gave up just five hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Bordentown off the board. Fontana has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Northern Burlington's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Emily Shiner, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last matchup, Lenape made sure to put some runs up on the board against Camden Catholic last Monday. Lenape walked away with an 11-7 win over Camden Catholic.
Northern Burlington's victory bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Lenape, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season.
Northern Burlington beat Lenape 9-5 when the teams last played on April 5th. Does Northern Burlington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lenape turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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