Softball Recap: Bandys Beats Bunker Hill for Their Ninth Straight Win

Trojans

Previous Games

04/15/25 @ Bunker Hill	5-1
04/14/25 @ West Caldwell	11-1
04/09/25 vs Newton-Conover	18-1
04/04/25 @ Maiden	3-2
04/01/25 vs Lincolnton	12-3
+ 4 more games

Bandys waltzed into their match on Tuesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They walked away with a 5-1 win over the Bunker Hill Bears. This was payback for the Trojans, who suffered a 3-2 loss the last time these two teams met.

Piper Barrymore spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up seven Ks.

On the hitting side, Caroline Drum was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Reagan Saunders, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Bandys' victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-6. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Bunker Hill, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 14-5.

Bandys will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Bears: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.