The Northwest Cabarrus Trojans have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the South Rowan Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northwest Cabarrus' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Lake Norman Charter by a score of 3-0.
The result came thanks to Haylee Ellis's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up 16 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Northwest Cabarrus' victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Langston Harrison, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, South Rowan has not done well against Carson recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. South Rowan put the hurt on Carson with a sharp 11-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for South Rowan considering their two-run performance the match before.
Northwest Cabarrus is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for South Rowan, the victory got them back to even at 8-8-1.
Everything went Northwest Cabarrus' way against South Rowan in their previous meeting back in February as Northwest Cabarrus made off with a 10-4 win. Does Northwest Cabarrus have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Rowan turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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