Softball Recap: Holy Cross Find Success

Incarnate Word Academy typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Holy Cross proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with an 8-4 victory over the Angels. This was a revenge game for the Knights: when they faced off against the Angels back in March, they had to take a 1-0 defeat.

Genesis Medrano made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. Medrano was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and one stolen base. That home run was her first of the season.

Leena Garcia

Doubles (Career)

04/04/25 @ Incarnate Word Academy	2
03/13/25 @ Incarnate Word	1
03/04/25 @ John F. Kennedy	1
03/01/25 vs Cole	1
02/13/25 vs Roma	1

Medrano wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Leena Garcia, who scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Garcia a new career-high in doubles (two).

Holy Cross was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .441. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Incarnate Word Academy only posted a batting average of .233.

The win made it two in a row for Holy Cross and bumps their season record up to 12-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 4 runs in those games. As for Incarnate Word Academy, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-2-1.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Holy Cross will take on rival Geneva at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Incarnate Word Academy is set to face off against their familiar foe John Paul II at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.