Softball Recap: Gray Stone Day's Losing Streak Snapped at Five Games

Gray Stone Day can bid farewell to their five-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Albemarle Bulldogs as they made off with an 18-3 win. With that victory, the Knights brought their scoring average up to 6.9 runs per game.

Helen Klauder made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (four). She was even better at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.

London Gray

Hits (Career)

04/15/25 vs Albemarle	3
04/14/25 vs North Stanly	2
03/27/25 vs North Hills Christian	2
03/18/24 vs Salisbury	2
04/08/25 @ North Stanly	1

In other batting news, London Gray was a standout: she went a perfect 3-for-3 with five RBI, one triple, and one stolen base. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Lindsey Stirewalt, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3.

Gray Stone Day always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .767. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Gray Stone Day's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-8 and their overall record up to 4-10. As for Albemarle, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-9.

Looking ahead, Albemarle will venture away from home to take on South Stanly at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Gray Stone Day will be paying especially close attention to the Bulldogs' contest: after the Bulldogs faces off against the Rowdy Rebel Bulls, they'll take on Gray Stone Day again at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.