Softball Preview: Piedmont Academy Cougars vs. Westfield School Hornets
The Piedmont Academy Cougars will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Westfield School Hornets at 2:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Piedmont Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Pinewood Christian as Piedmont Academy made off with a 14-1 win.
Marissa Holder was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Shaniyah Lane, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Piedmont Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .652. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .348 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Westfield School entered their tilt with Piedmont Academy on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Cougars 14-5. That's two games straight that the Hornets have won by exactly nine runs.
Piedmont Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which somehow still isn't as good as their 18-5 record this season. As for Westfield School, their victory bumped their record up to 16-9.
Piedmont Academy suffered a grim 14-5 defeat to Westfield School in their previous meeting on Friday. Can Piedmont Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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