Piasa Birds
| 04/23/25 @ New Berlin | 13-1 |
| 04/18/25 @ Litchfield | 6-2 |
| 04/17/25 @ Quincy Notre Dame | 9-7 |
| 04/15/25 vs North Mac | 18-3 |
| 04/14/25 vs Roxana | 13-3 |
| + 2 more games |
Southwestern waltzed into their match on Wednesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They blew past the New Berlin Pretzels 13-1. The Piasa Birds might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by ten runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Vivian Zurheide, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Gabby Poole, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.
Southwestern was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in seven consecutive games.
Southwestern pushed their record up to 9-3-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for New Berlin, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Coming up, Southwestern will square off against Carlinville at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. New Berlin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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