East Lyme is 9-1 against Norwich Free Academy since May of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Vikings will look to defend their home field against the Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (East Lyme 3.5, Norwich Free Academy 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
East Lyme is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Waterford, who was ranked 12th at the time (East Lyme was ranked 11th). The Vikings came out on top against the Lancers by a score of 6-3 on Wednesday.
Nick Cambi
| 05/07/25 @ Waterford | 3 |
| 05/03/25 vs South Windsor | 1 |
| 04/25/25 vs South Kingstown | 1 |
| 04/24/25 vs St. Bernard | 1 |
| 04/02/25 @ Old Saybrook | 1 |
The team relied heavily on Nick Cambi, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cooper Siragusa, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Norwich Free Academy waltzed into their match on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Rams.
Norwich Free Academy pushed their record up to 11-4 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for East Lyme, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
East Lyme was able to grind out a solid win over Norwich Free Academy in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, winning 4-0. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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