Riverside came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the Holy Cross Crusaders, falling 10-1. The Vikings have struggled against the Crusaders recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Riverside saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emily Chilek, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
Riverside's loss dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Holy Cross, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Riverside is set to take on their familiar foe Honesdale at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Holy Cross will square off against rival Old Forge at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Crusaders 2.5, the Blue Devils 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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