The St. Francis Fighting Saints will square off against the Orono Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Francis will be strutting in after a victory while Orono will be coming in after a defeat.
On Friday, St. Francis needed a bit of extra time to put away North Branch. They walked away with a 5-2 win over the Vikings. The Fighting Saints haven't had any issues with the Vikings recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Kaely Saporito
| 05/09/25 @ North Branch | 2 |
| 05/07/25 vs Andover | 1 |
| 04/22/25 @ Monticello | 1 |
| 04/10/25 @ Zimmerman | 1 |
St. Francis' win was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kaely Saporito, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run. Those two RBI gave Saporito a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Orono was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 7-6 heartbreaker at the hands of St. Louis Park.
Orono now has a losing record of 6-7. As for St. Francis, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-3.
St. Francis was able to grind out a solid win over Orono when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 6-3. Do the Fighting Saints have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Spartans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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