Softball Game Preview: Mandarin Mustangs vs. Christ's Church Academy Eagles

Mustangs

Runs

03/25/25 @ Atlantic Coast	1
03/18/25 @ Bolles	12
03/13/25 @ Providence School	7
03/12/25 vs Paxon School For Advanced Studies	2
03/11/25 @ Sandalwood	6
+ 8 more games

The Mandarin Mustangs will head out to face off against the Christ's Church Academy Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mandarin is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.

Mandarin is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs last Tuesday, they were much more limited against Atlantic Coast on Tuesday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Stingrays. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Stingrays recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.

Mandarin saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryleigh Booth, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, while it was Christ's Church Academy who put the first points on the board on Tuesday, it was Bolles who put up more. Christ's Church Academy fell just short of Bolles by a score of 8-7. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Callie Flanagan made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Rylee Dynesius also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.

Christ's Church Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Mandarin, they now have a losing record of 6-7.