Joel Barlow and Notre Dame Catholic are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Joel Barlow Falcons will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Notre Dame Catholic Lancers at 3:00 p.m. Joel Barlow is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Last Monday, Joel Barlow earned a 6-1 victory over Kolbe-Cathedral.
The team relied heavily on Ian Nilsen, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one home run the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Capetanakis, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over O'Brien RVT on Friday, taking the game 5-2.
Joel Barlow pushed their record up to 21-0 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home. As for Notre Dame Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Joel Barlow came out on top in a nail-biter against Notre Dame Catholic in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 1-0. Will Joel Barlow repeat their success, or does Notre Dame Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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