Baseball Recap: Villa Madonna Find Success

Calvary Christian typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Villa Madonna proved too difficult a challenge. They skirted past the Cougars 5-3. The Vikings have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Cougars, too.

Joe Rice spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on four hits.

Michael Callioni

Runs

03/21/25 @ Newport	4
05/10/25 @ Calvary Christian	2
04/15/25 vs Ludlow	2
04/12/25 @ Summit Country Day	2
04/08/25 @ Dayton	2
+ 11 more games

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Michael Callioni, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of Villa Madonna's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-2 (and 9-10-1 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan McLagan, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run.

The win made it two in a row for Villa Madonna and bumps their season record up to 14-12-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 3 runs in those games. As for Calvary Christian, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-7.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Villa Madonna beat the Cougars by a score of 5-3 later that day.