Softball Recap: Alexis Nisyrios '27 leads Kingswood Oxford to victory over Cushing Academy

By Team Reports May 19, 2024, 6:49pm

Softball Recap: Kingswood Oxford Wyverns vs. Cushing Academy Penguins

Kingswood Oxford stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They never let the Cushing Academy Penguins onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Kingswood Oxford considering their one-run performance the match before.

Alexis Nisyrios '27 made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Nisyrios '27 has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in 12 consecutive pitching appearances. Nisyrios '27 was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Olivia Doran '26, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Olivia Gallup '25 was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.

Kingswood Oxford is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. As for Cushing Academy, they now have a losing record at 2-3.

Kingswood Oxford will have a chance to go back-to-back against Cushing Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps