The Wilmington Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Plano Reapers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Wilmington's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Momence with a sharp 9-0 victory. Wilmington haven't had any issues with Momence recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Wilmington hit Momence with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Alaina Clark (4), Audrey Powlick (3), Aliyah Sanchez, and Addison Van Duyne.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Plano). Everything went their way against Illinois Math & Science Academy on Thursday as they made off with an 8-0 victory. Considering Plano's offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Wilmington's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Plano, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
Everything went Wilmington's way against Plano in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, as Wilmington made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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