Sunset typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Glencoe proved too difficult a challenge. They never let the Apollos get on the board and left with a 4-0 win. Surprisingly, this marked the sixth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
The result came thanks to Lexi Brester's shutout, as she gave up just five hits. Those hits marked the first that she allowed this season.
On the hitting side, Allison Glaze was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits she has posted since back in March. Irene Vandyke was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one double.
Glencoe is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Sunset, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-2.
Glencoe has already played their next game (against Mountainside), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Sunset, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 10-7 win against Central Catholic on the 16th.
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