Softball Game Preview: Tacony Academy Charter Lions vs. Nueva Esperanza

Lions

Runs

05/05/25 @ New Foundations	2
04/30/25 @ Maritime Academy Charter	13
04/25/25 vs String Theory	4
04/24/25 vs Mariana Bracetti Academy	21
+ 5 more games

Tacony Academy Charter is 0-3 against Nueva Esperanza since April of 2019 but things could change on Tuesday. The Lions will face off against Nueva Esperanza at 3:15 p.m. Tacony Academy Charter is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season.

Tacony Academy Charter is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against New Foundations on Monday. They came up short against New Foundations, falling 9-2.

Aubryella Thomas was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double. Jaylene Cruz was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

Meanwhile, Nueva Esperanza didn't have quite enough to beat String Theory on Thursday and fell 4-2.

Nueva Esperanza's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-5-1. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 1.67 runs. As for Tacony Academy Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3-1.

Tacony Academy Charter suffered a grim 19-11 defeat to Nueva Esperanza when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.