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Smyrna Polytech

Eagles

Panthers

The Polytech (Woodside, DE) JV softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Smyrna (DE) by a score of 9-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Smyrna	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	9	15	0
Polytech	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	8	6

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Smyrna (25-26)

Smyrna has not entered stats for this game.

Polytech (25-26)

Polytech

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.296	33	27	5	8	3	1
2	Payton Merritt	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
4	Michaela Houdek	.667	4	3	1	2	1	0
6	Jaelyn Wood	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
9	Rylie Smith	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
10	Bayley Messick	.500	4	4	1	2	0	0
11	L. McLaughlin	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
13	Maci Ridgeway	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
21	Ryenn Sapp	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0

Polytech

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	8	7	.406	.333	.739
2	Payton Merritt	0	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
4	Michaela Houdek	0	1	0	1	.750	.667	1.417
6	Jaelyn Wood	0	0	1	4	.250	.250	.500
9	Rylie Smith	1	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
10	Bayley Messick	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
11	L. McLaughlin	0	1	2	2	.250	.000	.250
13	Maci Ridgeway	0	0	2	4	.000	.000	.000
21	Ryenn Sapp	0	1	1	2	.500	.333	.833

Polytech

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
4	Michaela Houdek	1
10	Bayley Messick	1

Polytech

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.838	37	21	10	6	1
2	Payton Merritt	.000	1	0	0	1	0
4	Michaela Houdek	1.000	4	4	0	0	0
9	Rylie Smith	.800	5	3	1	1	0
10	Bayley Messick	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
11	L. McLaughlin	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
13	Maci Ridgeway	.500	4	1	1	2	1
21	Ryenn Sapp	.833	12	9	1	2	1

Polytech

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	7.00	0	1	.000	1				0
6	Jaelyn Wood	7.00	0	1	.000	1				0

Polytech

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	15	9	7	2	3			1	37	35
6	Jaelyn Wood	7	15	9	7	2	3			1	37	35

Polytech

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.429	.459	0	0			103
6	Jaelyn Wood	.429	.459	0	0			103

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Game Story

Delaware High School Softball - Polytech Smyrna

April 16, 2026: Woodside, DE 19980

Smyrna Eagles (Smyrna, DE) backers left the game pleased Thursday as they saw their softball squad nudge the host Polytech Panthers (Woodside, DE), 9-5 in a non-league game.

With the triumph, Smyrna upgrades its record to 1-1 on the year. The Eagles travel to Caravel Academy (Bear, DE) to play the Buccaneers in a non-league game on Monday, April 20. The Buccaneers enter the game with a record of 2-1. Caravel Academy won 14-1 in their recent non-league game against Sussex Central (Georgetown, DE)

The Panthers now own a 2-2 record. They play next when they host Delmar for a non-league game on Friday, April 24.

Smyrna @ Polytech Softball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 16, 2026 @ 4:15p

Polytech HS

The Polytech (Woodside, DE) JV softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Smyrna (DE) by a score of 9-5.

Rankings & Records

Smyrna (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
3-4	1-2	2-1	0-1	.429	43	41

Polytech (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	RF	RA
4-4	3-2	1-2	.500	80	50

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Smyrna	1.0	.5	2.2	.8	1.6	.3	1.3	6.1	7.5	2.5
Polytech	2.4	1.3	1.8	.9	1.5	2.0	1.0	10.0	10.9	2.9

Team Stat Comparison

Smyrna		Polytech
.254	Batting Average	.364
.355	On Base Percentage	.460
.373	Slugging Percentage	.439
.867	Fielding Percentage	.896
.000	Win Loss Percentage	.571

Team Leaders

Smyrna		Polytech	National Avg.
#23 Mackenzie Hadaway.667	Batting Average	#21 Ryenn Sapp.552	.332
#23 Mackenzie Hadaway.833	On Base Percentage	#24 Heaven Buckson1.000	.485
#24 Raylee Price.714	Slugging Percentage	#10 Bayley Messick.655	.446
#13 Emily Fletcher1.000	Fielding Percentage	#4 Michaela Houdek1.000	.809
#15 Ellie Miller0	Win Loss Percentage	#21 Ryenn Sapp.500	.626

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Smyrna	1-2		Polytech	3-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/16/26	Dover	Smyrna		4/28/26	Polytech	Dover
4/20/26	Smyrna	Caravel Academy	(L) 13-3	5/4/26	Polytech	Caravel Academy	(L) 10-7
4/29/26	Caravel Academy	Smyrna	(L) 11-6	5/13/26	Caravel Academy	Polytech	(L) 9-8
4/28/26	Smyrna	Cape Henlopen		4/14/26	Polytech	Cape Henlopen	(W) 14-2
5/5/26	Caesar Rodney	Smyrna		3/31/26	Caesar Rodney	Polytech	(W) 10-2
5/7/26	Smyrna	Sussex Central	(W) 3-1	3/26/26	Polytech	Sussex Central	(L) 8-6
				5/14/26	Sussex Central	Polytech	(W) 15-5

Record Breakdown

Smyrna (25-26)		Polytech (25-26)
3-4	Overall	4-4
0-0	League	0-0
3-3	Non-League	4-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-2	Common Opponent	3-3
1-2	Home	3-2
2-1	Away	1-2
0-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-3	In-State	4-4
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0