After three games on the road, Zionsville is heading back home. They will take on the Cathedral Fighting Irish at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Zionsville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Zionsville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Avon, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Zionsville was ranked 18th). Zionsville lost 9-1 to Avon on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for Zionsville in their matchups with Avon: they've now lost five in a row.
Zionsville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charli Westerfield, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Cathedral had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. They blew past the Giants 18-5. Considering Cathedral has won ten matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Zionsville's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-6. As for Cathedral, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-2 record this season.
Zionsville suffered a grim 13-3 defeat to Cathedral when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Zionsville have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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