Preview: Dunnellon Tigers vs. Trinity Catholic Celtics
Dunnellon and Trinity Catholic are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Dunnellon Tigers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Trinity Catholic Celtics at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Dunnellon scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. Everything went their way against Ocala Christian as Dunnellon made off with a 17-2 win. Dunnellon might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four matchups by ten runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Olivia Joiner, who went 2-for-2 with five RBI, three runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Taytym Simonsen, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Trinity Catholic has not done well against Lake Weir recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Trinity Catholic put the hurt on Lake Weir with a sharp 7-1 victory. The win was just what Trinity Catholic needed coming off of a 14-3 defeat in their prior contest.
Emma Kaylor was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Dunnellon's victory bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Trinity Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
Dunnellon might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Trinity Catholic when the teams last played on March 1st. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Trinity Catholic's Caylee Barbe, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 17 over seven innings pitched. Now that Dunnellon knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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