Softball Recap: Chicago Academy Cougars vs. Rickover Naval Seadragons
Chicago Academy lost against Rickover Naval back in April of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Chicago Academy Cougars' rough 25-11 defeat to the Rickover Naval Seadragons might stick with them for a while. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Chicago Academy in their matchups with Rickover Naval: they've now lost three in a row.
Destiny Rodriguez was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Annali Martinez, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
On Rickover Naval's side, Halena Gartner made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. Gartner was even better at the plate, going 3-for-5 with six RBI, four runs, and two stolen bases. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last three times she's played.
In other batting news, Rickover Naval got a massive performance out of Nick Vila, who scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of her eight plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Juliana Senorski, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Chicago Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 3-7-1. As for Rickover Naval, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
While Chicago Academy had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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