The Poly Engineers and the City College Knights, after both having extra time off, will shake off the rust and duke it out at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
City College will be up against a hot Poly squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Engineers put the hurt on Western with a sharp 25-3 win last Thursday. The Engineers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 13 runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, City College got the win against Forest Park last Thursday by a conclusive 22-10. The Knights haven't had any issues with the Foresters recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Brooklynn Murrell made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out 12 batters over three innings while giving up four earned (and six unearned) runs but no hits. Those 12 strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with five stolen bases and two runs. Murrell is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: she's snagged at least one every time she's taken the field this season.
In other batting news, City College got a massive performance out of Imani Lewis, who fired off two home runs, six RBI, and four runs while going 4-for-4. Those four hits gave Lewis a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Keira Thompson, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, four runs, and two stolen bases.
City College was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .667. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Poly's record is now 3-1. As for City College, their record now sits at an identical 3-1.
Poly couldn't quite get it done against City College in their previous meeting back in April of 2025 as they fell 19-16. Can the Engineers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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