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Benton Academy Simpson Academy

Raiders

Cougars

The Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS) varsity softball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against Benton Academy (Benton, MS) by a score of 14-7.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benton Academy	1	0	2	4	-	-	-	7	-	-
Simpson Academy	1	8	5	0	-	-	-	14	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Benton Academy (23-24)

Benton Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.368	23	19	7	7	6	3	2
00	Lucy McDaniel	.000	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
6	Abby Dewitt	1.000	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
7	M. Ledbetter	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	K. Purvis	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
16	P. Kraft	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	Maci Lowery	1.000	3	3	3	3	5	1	2
25	B. Blackstock	.500	3	2	0	1	1	1	0
26	Ella McCain	.500	3	2	2	1	0	1	0
27	Finley Kraft	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Benton Academy

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	1	1	1	2	3	.478	.842	1.320
00	Lucy McDaniel	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
6	Abby Dewitt	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
7	M. Ledbetter	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
14	K. Purvis	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
16	P. Kraft	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
22	Maci Lowery	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	3.333	4.333
25	B. Blackstock	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
26	Ella McCain	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
27	Finley Kraft	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500

Benton Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.909	11	10	1
00	Lucy McDaniel	.500	2	1	1
7	M. Ledbetter	1.000	1	1	0
16	P. Kraft	1.000	1	1	0
22	Maci Lowery	1.000	3	3	0
25	B. Blackstock	1.000	2	2	0
26	Ella McCain	1.000	2	2	0

Benton Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	12.60	1	.000	1
7	M. Ledbetter	35.00	0		1
15	Audrie Horne		0		1
25	B. Blackstock	0.00	0		1
27	Finley Kraft	3.50	1	.000	1

Benton Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	BF	AB
	Team Totals	3.1	6	14	6	10	29	17
7	M. Ledbetter	1	0	5	5	4	9	4
25	B. Blackstock	.1	0	0	0	2	2	0
27	Finley Kraft	2	6	9	1	4	18	13

Benton Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.353	.621	1	2	104
7	M. Ledbetter	.000	.556	1	1	35
25	B. Blackstock		1.000	0	0	11
27	Finley Kraft	.462	.611	0	1	58

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Simpson Academy (23-24)

Simpson Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Softball - Benton Academy Simpson Academy

August 12, 2023: Benton, MS 39039

The Benton Academy Raiders softball team (Benton, MS), was routed 14-7 in Saturday's non-league test with the visiting Simpson Academy Cougars (Mendenhall, MS)

Coming up next, the Cougars encounter the Copiah Academy Colonels (Gallman, MS) in a non-league test, on Saturday, August 12. Simpson Academy will attempt to improve on its 8-5 season record. The Colonels enter the test with a 3-0 record after their 6-5 non-league win over Simpson Academy (Mendenhall, MS).

The Raiders (0-2) will now prepare for their test against Central Holmes Christian (Lexington, MS). The Trojans enter the test with a 4-3 record.

Rankings & Records

Benton Academy (23-24)

National	MS
614	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
16-8	5-0	6-1	5-2	5-5	.667	1.000	225	108

Simpson Academy (23-24)

National	MS
493	18

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-12	4-3	11-4	4-4	2-4	.586	.571	218	133

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Benton Academy	1.9	1.6	2.5	1.7	2.0	2.6	1.3	1.0	9.4	8.5	2.3
Simpson Academy	1.4	1.7	3.2	.8	.3	.7	2.0	1.0	7.5	7.0	0

Team Stat Comparison

Benton Academy		Simpson Academy
.372	Batting Average	-
.481	On Base Percentage	-
.574	Slugging Percentage	-
.855	Fielding Percentage	-
.652	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Benton Academy		Simpson Academy	National Avg.
#22 Maci Lowery.690	Batting Average	-	.285
#4 Lindsey Hogue1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.407
#22 Maci Lowery1.586	Slugging Percentage	-	.385
#25 Brynn Blackstock1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.833
#22 Maci Lowery.857	Win Loss Percentage	-	.559

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benton Academy	2-1		Simpson Academy	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/7/23	Canton Academy	Benton Academy	(W) 10-0	7/29/23	Canton Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 9-1
8/8/23	Sylva Bay Academy	Benton Academy	(W) 10-0	8/1/23	Sylva Bay Academy	Simpson Academy	(W) 14-3
8/15/23	Benton Academy	Sylva Bay Academy	(L) 7-6

Record Breakdown

Benton Academy (23-24)		Simpson Academy (23-24)
16-8	Overall	17-12
5-0	League	4-3
5-3	Non-League	7-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-1	Common Opponent	2-0
6-1	Home	11-4
5-2	Away	4-4
5-5	Neutral	2-4
0-0	Playoff	1-2
16-8	In-State	15-11
0-0	Out-of-State	2-1