The Marquette Catholic Explorers will be playing at home against the Southwestern Piasa Birds at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Marquette Catholic will be strutting in after a win while Southwestern will be coming in after a defeat.
Marquette Catholic can finally bid farewell to their seven-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They never let Metro-East Lutheran onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. That ten run margin sets a new team best for Marquette Catholic this season.
Meanwhile, Southwestern came up short against Quincy Notre Dame on Thursday and fell 12-8. Southwestern has not had much luck with Quincy Notre Dame recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Sydney Valdes was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-5 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Vivian Zurheide was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
Marquette Catholic's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8. As for Southwestern, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Marquette Catholic suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Southwestern in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southwestern's Grace Strohbeck, who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Marquette Catholic knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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