On Saturday, Lincoln Southwest faced Millard North in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks beat the Millard North Mustangs by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-3. The victory was familiar territory for the Silver Hawks who have now won eight matches in a row.
Emma Dostal was excellent, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Lincoln Southwest didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Millard North only tossed three.
Lincoln Southwest is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season. As for Millard North, the loss snapped their winning streak at nine games and leaves them with a 20-5 record.
Lincoln Southwest will challenge Kearney at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Kearney is on a nine-game streak of home wins, Lincoln Southwest a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Millard North, they will square off against Papillion-LaVista at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Papillion-LaVista: 3.3, Millard North: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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