The South Elgin Storm are taking a road trip to take on the Prospect Knights at 4:45 p.m. on Friday. South Elgin knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Prospect likes a good challenge.
South Elgin can't be too worried about heading out to take on Prospect: they just beat Riverside-Brookfield at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Storm walked away with an 11-8 win over the Bulldogs on Thursday. South Elgin's victory was all the more impressive since the Bulldogs were averaging only 3.07 runs allowed on the season.
South Elgin let Millie Viruet and Adreana Hauser run wild. Viruet went 1-for-2 with two runs, two RBI, and one double, while Hauser went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Prospect won against Rolling Meadows on Monday with 13 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Knights blew past Saint Viator 13-0. The win continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won six in a row.
Prospect's victory bumped their record up to 13-11. As for South Elgin, their win bumped their record up to 21-4.
Everything went South Elgin's way against Prospect when the teams last played back in March of 2022, as South Elgin made off with a 12-2 victory. Will the Storm repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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