The Hopkinton Hillers will head out on the road to take on the Westwood Wolverines at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopkinton is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.
Hopkinton stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against Ashland as Hopkinton made off with a 17-3 victory.
Holly Paharik was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Leah O'Rourke, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Westwood's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of Medfield by a score of 8-7.
Hopkinton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Westwood, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3.
Hopkinton suffered a grim 12-6 defeat to Westwood when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Westwood's Bridget Mulkeen, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up five earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Now that Hopkinton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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