Conestoga Valley is 2-8 against Ephrata since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Conestoga Valley Buckskins will head out on the road to take on the Ephrata Mountaineers at 7:00 p.m. Conestoga Valley will be strutting in after a win while Ephrata will be coming in after a defeat.
Conestoga Valley is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Lebanon with a sharp 16-4 victory on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Conestoga Valley considering their one-run performance the game before.
Ephrata lost 11-1 to Lampeter-Strasburg on Friday. Ephrata has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Ephrata got a good showing from Kylie Thomas, who tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Ephrata saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaliana Auchey, who went 3-for-3 with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Ali Williams, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
The win got Conestoga Valley back to even at 3-3. As for Ephrata, their loss dropped their record down to 8-5.
Conestoga Valley suffered a grim 16-1 defeat to Ephrata in their previous meeting on Monday. Can Conestoga Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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