The Kankakee Valley Kougars will head out on the road to square off against the Andrean Fighting 59ers at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Kankakee Valley never let their opponents score. They blew past Lowell 9-0. The win was just what Kankakee Valley needed coming off of a 12-1 defeat in their prior game.
Elyse Starr made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Starr was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Starr wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Mallorie Rose, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. Kyli Page was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Andrean entered their tilt with Hanover Central with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 8-5 on Monday.
Maggie Voliva and Elaine Doukas did most of the damage at the plate: Voliva scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances, while Doukas scored a run while going 2-for-2. Voliva continues to roll, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Sadie Drousias, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
The victory got Kankakee Valley back to even at 2-2. As for Andrean, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
Kankakee Valley came up short against Andrean when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 4-1. Can Kankakee Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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