The Whitewater Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Newnan Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Whitewater has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Newnan will arrive with four straight victories.
On Thursday, Whitewater came up short against LaGrange and fell 5-1.
Meanwhile, everything went Newnan's way against Dutchtown on Thursday as Newnan made off with a 10-2 win. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by eight runs or more this season.
Newnan got a great performance from Piper Willey as she struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits (and only one walk). The dominant performance also gave Willey a new career-high in strikeouts.
On the hitting side, Khloe Walker was a standout: she went 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, five RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits. Addison Smith was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Newnan was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .323 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Whitewater's loss dropped their record down to 11-9. As for Newnan, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season.
Whitewater beat Newnan 9-5 in their previous matchup back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for Whitewater since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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