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The St. Joseph's Academy (St. Louis, MO) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis, MO) by a score of 8-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
IWA	2	0	1	1	4	0	0	8	11	0
St. Joseph's Academy	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	5	7	4

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Incarnate Word Academy (25-26)

St. Joseph's Academy (25-26)

Incarnate Word Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.467	35	30	8	14	8	4	1
1	Lauryn Walker (Jr)	.667	4	3	2	2	1	2	0
5	Makenna Brannam (Fr)	1.000	4	3	1	3	2	2	0
6	Charli Niemczyk (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
7	Jillian Abegg (Fr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
15	Layla Portis (Fr)	.750	4	4	0	3	2	0	1
17	Francesca Lane (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0	0
21	Chloe Bryant (Fr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	Erin Meriwether (Jr)	.750	4	4	2	3	1	0	0
66	Mary Kling (Sr)	.000	3	3	1	0	2	0	0

St. Joseph's Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.259	30	27	5	7	5	2
2	Charley Moore	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	H. Backsmeyer	.500	3	2	1	1	0	1
4	Gracie Ott	.500	4	4	2	2	1	0
6	Olivia Hartman	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
7	K. Catanzaro	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
9	Sophia Besmer	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	H. Backsmeyer	.667	3	3	1	2	1	0
12	Sara Munaco	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
13	Alana Malone		1	0	1	0	0	0
16	Kennedy Byrne	.250	4	4	0	1	2	1
18	J. Origliasso	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0

Incarnate Word Academy

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	7	1	1	9	.543	.667	1.210
1	Lauryn Walker (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	.750	1.333	2.083
5	Makenna Brannam (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.667	2.667
6	Charli Niemczyk (Sr)	1	1	0	0	5	.500	.333	.833
7	Jillian Abegg (Fr)	0	1	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500
15	Layla Portis (Fr)	0	0	0	0	2	.750	1.250	2.000
17	Francesca Lane (Jr)	1	2	0	0	3	.500	.333	.833
21	Chloe Bryant (Fr)	1	2	0	0	5	.250	.000	.250
23	Erin Meriwether (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.500
66	Mary Kling (Sr)	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000

St. Joseph's Academy

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	7	1	4	.310	.333	.643
2	Charley Moore	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	H. Backsmeyer	0	0	0	1	1	.667	1.000	1.667
4	Gracie Ott	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
6	Olivia Hartman	1	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
7	K. Catanzaro	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Sophia Besmer	0	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
11	H. Backsmeyer	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
12	Sara Munaco	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
13	Alana Malone	0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
16	Kennedy Byrne	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.500	.750
18	J. Origliasso	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500

Incarnate Word Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
15	Layla Portis (Fr)	1
23	Erin Meriwether (Jr)	1

Baserunning

St. Joseph's Academy has not entered any baserunning stats.

Incarnate Word Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.971	34	21	12	1
1	Lauryn Walker (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
2	A. Clayborne (Sr)	1.000	3	0	3	0
5	Makenna Brannam (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
6	Charli Niemczyk (Sr)	1.000	7	7	0	0
7	Jillian Abegg (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Layla Portis (Fr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
17	Francesca Lane (Jr)	1.000	12	12	0	0
21	Chloe Bryant (Fr)	1.000	6	0	6	0

St. Joseph's Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.857	28	18	6	4
3	H. Backsmeyer	.800	5	4	0	1
4	Gracie Ott	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Sophia Besmer	.750	4	1	2	1
11	H. Backsmeyer	.667	3	1	1	1
12	Sara Munaco	.500	2	1	0	1
16	Kennedy Byrne	1.000	10	8	2	0
18	J. Origliasso	1.000	3	2	1	0

Incarnate Word Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.00	0	0		1				0
15	Layla Portis (Fr)	3.00	0	0		1				0

St. Joseph's Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	2.33	0	1	.000	1				0
18	J. Origliasso	2.33	0	1	.000	1				0

Incarnate Word Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	5	3	1	7			0	30	28
15	Layla Portis (Fr)	7	6	5	3	1	7			0	30	28

St. Joseph's Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	11	8	2	4	7			0	35	30
18	J. Origliasso	6	11	8	2	4	7			0	35	30

Incarnate Word Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.214	.267	1	1			102
15	Layla Portis (Fr)	.214	.267	1	1			102

St. Joseph's Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.367	.457	1	1			114
18	J. Origliasso	.367	.457	1	1			114

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Game Story

Missouri High School Softball - Incarnate Word Academy St. Joseph's Academy

September 25, 2025: St. Louis, MO 63131

The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the Incarnate Word Academy Red Knights (St. Louis, MO) and the host St. Joseph's Academy Angels (St. Louis, MO), observed Incarnate Word Academy's softball team get by St. Joseph's Academy by a tally of 8-5.

The Red Knights (8-7) will now prepare for their contest against Cor Jesu Academy (St. Louis, MO). The Chargers enter the non-league contest with a 7-3 record. In their last contest, Cor Jesu Academy nudged Ursuline Academy (St. Louis, MO), 15-0, in a league contest.

The Angels now hold a 2-6 record. They play next when they travel to Pattonville for a non-league contest on Friday, September 26. St. Joseph's Academy will face a Pirates squad coming off a 14-3 non-league loss to Hazelwood West (Hazelwood, MO). The Pirates record now stands at 0-6.

IWA @ SJA Softball Game Info

Thu., Sep. 25, 2025 @ 4:15p

Incarnate Word Academy

The St. Joseph's Academy (St. Louis, MO) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis, MO) by a score of 8-5.

Rankings & Records

Incarnate Word Academy (25-26)

National	MO
656	137

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	RF	RA
12-14	3-7	7-6	2-1	.462	184	200

St. Joseph's Academy (25-26)

National	MO
850	179

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
7-12	1-0	2-7	5-5	.368	1.000	115	148

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Incarnate Word Academy	1.6	.7	1.2	1.1	.7	1.8	1.3	1.0	7.1	8.6	2.1
St. Joseph's Academy	.8	1.5	1.1	1.0	.9	1.1	1.1	-	6.1	7.4	3.4

Team Stat Comparison

Incarnate Word Academy		St. Joseph's Academy
.358	Batting Average	.303
.453	On Base Percentage	.377
.546	Slugging Percentage	.435
.909	Fielding Percentage	.863
.500	Win Loss Percentage	.333

Team Leaders

Incarnate Word Academy		St. Joseph's Academy	National Avg.
#1 Lauryn Walker.474	Batting Average	#16 Kennedy Byrne.553	.283
#1 Lauryn Walker.565	On Base Percentage	#11 Henley Backsmeyer.583	.401
#1 Lauryn Walker.868	Slugging Percentage	#16 Kennedy Byrne1.105	.387
#6 Charli Niemczyk1.000	Fielding Percentage	#16 Kennedy Byrne1.000	.824
#15 Layla Portis1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#18 Julie Origliasso.500	.536

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Incarnate Word Academy	5-6		St. Joseph's Academy	2-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/5/25	Incarnate Word Academy	Lafayette	(L) 16-3	9/2/25	St. Joseph's Academy	Lafayette	(L) 16-1
9/9/25	Lutheran	Incarnate Word Academy	(W) 6-5	9/17/25	Lutheran	St. Joseph's Academy	(L) 16-8
9/12/25	Cor Jesu Academy	Incarnate Word Academy	(L) 14-4	10/2/25	St. Joseph's Academy	Cor Jesu Academy	(L) 12-2
9/27/25	Incarnate Word Academy	Cor Jesu Academy	(W) 8-2
9/15/25	Incarnate Word Academy	Parkway North	(W) 15-1	9/30/25	St. Joseph's Academy	Parkway North	(W) 13-0
9/16/25	Eureka	Incarnate Word Academy	(L) 5-3	9/9/25	St. Joseph's Academy	Eureka	(L) 11-0
9/22/25	Oakville	Incarnate Word Academy	(W) 12-2	10/13/25	Oakville	St. Joseph's Academy	(L) 3-0
10/3/25	Oakville	Incarnate Word Academy
9/30/25	Incarnate Word Academy	Ursuline Academy	(W) 18-6	10/7/25	St. Joseph's Academy	Ursuline Academy	(W) 15-4
10/2/25	St. Dominic	Incarnate Word Academy	(L) 11-6	9/4/25	St. Joseph's Academy	St. Dominic	(L) 11-2
10/9/25	Westminster Christian	Incarnate Word Academy	(L) 18-0	10/8/25	Westminster Christian	St. Joseph's Academy	(L) 11-0
10/25/25	Incarnate Word Academy	St. Francis Borgia	(L) 10-2	10/9/25	St. Francis Borgia	St. Joseph's Academy	(L) 19-5

Record Breakdown

Incarnate Word Academy (25-26)		St. Joseph's Academy (25-26)
12-14	Overall	7-12
0-0	League	1-0
12-12	Non-League	6-12
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-6	Common Opponent	2-8
3-7	Home	2-7
7-6	Away	5-5
2-1	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
12-14	In-State	7-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0