Softball Game Preview: Nanih Waiya Warriors vs. French Camp Academy Panthers

By Team Reports Mar 27, 2024, 2:52am

Softball Preview: Nanih Waiya Warriors vs. French Camp Academy Panthers

Nanih Waiya is 9-1 against French Camp Academy since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Nanih Waiya Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the French Camp Academy Panthers at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nanih Waiya has four straight victories, French Camp Academy has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Nanih Waiya proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 15) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past French Camp Academy 6-4.

Addison Price spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four runs (all of which were unearned) on nine hits and racked up six Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Alyssa Price, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jade Chandler, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

Nanih Waiya has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-7-1 record this season. As for French Camp Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.

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