Maine West is 8-2 against Niles North since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Maine West Warriors will head out on the road to take on the Niles North Vikings at 4:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Maine West has four straight wins, Niles North has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Maine West stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Everything went their way against DePaul College Prep as Maine West made off with a 10-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Niles North's offense. They fell just short of Fenton by a score of 2-0 on Wednesday.
Isla Kapellas spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on two hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Niles North saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emma Espinoza, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Maine West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Niles North, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11-1.
Maine West skirted past Niles North 2-0 in their previous meeting back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Kapellas, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Maine West still be able to contain Kapellas? There's only one way to find out.
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