The Normal University Pioneers will be playing at home against the Bloomington Purple Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Normal University will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Normal University's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Sacred Heart-Griffin 2-0.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Bloomington, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They had just enough and edged Rantoul out 1-0.
Not much got past Reilly Vetter, who gave up just four hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Rantoul off the board. Vetter has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 13 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Bloomington saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lauren Shuey, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Normal University is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. As for Bloomington, their victory bumped their record up to 6-9.
Normal University took their win against Bloomington when the teams last played back in March of 2023 by a conclusive 13-1. Will Normal University repeat their success, or does Bloomington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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