The Oxford Hornets will take on the Unionville Longhorns at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Oxford is looking for their season's first win.
Oxford lost 9-3 to Avon Grove on Friday.
Oxford saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ericka Ortega, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last match, Unionville made sure to put some runs up on the board against Bishop Shanahan on Friday. Unionville blew past Bishop Shanahan 14-2. The result was nothing new for the Longhorns, who have now won four games by ten runs or more so far this season.
Unionville let Shannon Megill and Addison Smith run wild. Megill scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Smith went 2-for-4 with one home run, two RBI, and one double. Lily Daniels was another key player, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Unionville's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-3. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.5 runs over those games. As for Oxford, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Oxford was able to grind out a solid victory over Unionville when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 6-1. Will Oxford repeat their success, or does Unionville has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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