The Wickliffe Blue Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Gilmour Academy Lancers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Wickliffe is looking to tack on another W to their ten-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
On Thursday, Wickliffe was able to grind out a solid victory over Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, taking the game 7-2.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Gilmour Academy gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against Berkshire as Gilmour Academy made off with an 18-5 victory. 18 seems to be a good number for Gilmour Academy as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Gilmour Academy got a great performance from Camden Dreiling as she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Dreiling has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ava Gundling and Lauren Riccobelli did most of the damage at the plate: Gundling scored four runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4, while Riccobelli scored two runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Pike, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Wickliffe's victory bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Gilmour Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
Wickliffe couldn't quite finish off Gilmour Academy in their previous meeting back in May of 2021 and fell 6-4. Can Wickliffe avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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