Northwest waltzed into their match on Sunday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Scottsbluff Bearcats with a sharp 10-3 win. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won 11 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Reyse Zobel, who fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in home runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Smith, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Northwest lost a few balls and finished the game with four home runs. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 home runs per game earlier this season, but in their last ten games they've averaged 1.3.
Northwest's victory bumped their record up to 19-1. As for Scottsbluff, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 15-6 record this season.
Northwest will head out to challenge York at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Northwest's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so York's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Scottsbluff, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Alliance at 6:00 p.m. Scottsbluff is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.9 runs per game this season.
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