North Central scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Saturday. Everything went their way against the New Prairie Cougars as the North Central Panthers made off with a 16-1 win. North Central's victory was all the more impressive since New Prairie was averaging only 3.38 runs allowed on the season.
Lorelei Hewlate tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Evy Krueger was incredible, scoring four runs while going 3-for-3. Kennady Johnson was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
On New Prairie's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alyson Beltran, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base.
North Central's win bumped their record up to 9-10. As for New Prairie, their loss dropped their record down to 17-4.
North Central will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against South Bend Clay at 3:00 p.m. South Bend Clay has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.35 runs per game on average), something North Central will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for New Prairie, they will head out on the road to challenge Penn at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Penn is on a three-game streak of home wins, New Prairie a 18-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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