Notre Dame is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Grand Lake is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Notre Dame Pioneers will take on the Grand Lake Hornets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Notre Dame is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 11.8 runs per game this season.
Notre Dame can now show off 18 landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Mamou as Notre Dame made off with a 14-1 win.
Madeline Johnson tossed a big game, tossing seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Notre Dame got a massive performance out of Valerie Brown, who went 3-for-5 with a home run, seven RBI, and two runs. Brown has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Keleigh Spell, who scored five runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Grand Lake came up short against Vinton on Tuesday and fell 13-8.
Notre Dame has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. As for Grand Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11.
Notre Dame took their victory against Grand Lake in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 25-1. Will Notre Dame repeat their success, or does Grand Lake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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