Fox Valley Lutheran is 8-2 against Clintonville since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Fox Valley Lutheran Foxes will be playing at home against the Clintonville Truckers at 4:30 p.m. The last five games Fox Valley Lutheran has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Wednesday, it was close, but Fox Valley Lutheran sidestepped Notre Dame Academy for a 4-2 win.
Madison Babcock was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out 15 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits (and only one walk). Babcock has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. Babcock was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Melayna Sokulski was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, while Clintonville put up some runs on Monday, the same can't be said for Wrightstown. Clintonville had just enough and edged Wrightstown out 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clintonville.
Not much got past Claire Papendorf, who gave up just six hits to keep Wrightstown off the board.
On the hitting side, Clintonville's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Natalie Sunita, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Fox Valley Lutheran has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Clintonville, their win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-14.
Everything went Fox Valley Lutheran's way against Clintonville in their previous matchup two weeks ago as Fox Valley Lutheran made off with a 13-0 victory. Will Fox Valley Lutheran repeat their success, or does Clintonville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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