The Kearney Bearcats will challenge the Grand Island Islanders on Thursday. Kearney is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Kearney is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Lincoln Southwest, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Kearney was ranked 16th). Kearney lost 13-2 to Lincoln Southwest on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that the Bearcats have lost by exactly 11 runs.
Kennedy Lee was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Grand Island was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of McCook by a score of 8-7.
This is the second loss in a row for Kearney and nudges their season record down to 16-9. As for Grand Island, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-17.
Kearney couldn't quite finish off Grand Island when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 4-2. Can Kearney avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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