Menomonie is 0-5 against Superior since May of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The Mustangs will challenge the Spartans at 4:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Menomonie barely beat River Falls the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Mustangs put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 11-4 victory on Thursday. The win continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Superior). They were the clear victors by a 29-1 margin over Marshall on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Emma Lampton made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (three). She was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with three runs and one RBI.
In other batting news, Matteline Schilling was a standout: she went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. That home run was her first of the season. Another player making a difference was Halle Visger, who got on base in all five of her plate appearances with four runs and four RBI.
Superior always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .833. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
The win made it two in a row for Superior and bumps their season record up to 6-4. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 4 runs in those games. As for Menomonie, their record now sits at 11-5.
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