Cougars
| 03/24/25 vs Seminole Ridge | 4 |
| 03/18/25 @ Oxbridge Academy | 11 |
| 03/11/25 vs Jupiter Christian | 7 |
| 03/10/25 @ King's Academy | 4 |
| 03/07/25 @ Lake Worth | 15 |
| + 11 more games |
The Somerset Academy - Canyons Cougars are taking a road trip to challenge the Saint Andrew's Scots at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Somerset Academy - Canyons is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.5 runs per game this season.
Somerset Academy - Canyons easily dispatched Oxbridge Academy last Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Somerset Academy - Canyons fell just short of Seminole Ridge by a score of 6-4 on Monday. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Hawks recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Tyler Schwal put in work no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, Saint Andrew's came tearing into Tuesday's match with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.1 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 9-4 win over the Bulls.
Quinn Connors looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Luccas Mendez, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and one double. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Aaron Orozco was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Saint Andrew's always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .543. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Saint Andrew's pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Somerset Academy - Canyons, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-6.
Somerset Academy - Canyons suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Saint Andrew's in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can Somerset Academy - Canyons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
