Softball Recap: Pine Crest Sets Scoring Season-High Against Highlands Christian

Panthers

Team Score (Highest)

03/20/25 vs Highlands Christian	24
03/13/25 @ Highlands Christian	23
02/26/25 vs Coral Shores	22
02/25/25 vs Calvary Christian Academy	2
03/14/25 vs Miami Country Day	1

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pine Crest). They skirted past the Highlands Christian Knights 24-23. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Panthers have posted against the Knights since April 9, 2019.

Pine Crest got a massive performance out of Ava Karinattu, who scored three runs while going 4-for-5. The dominant performance also gave Karinattu a new career-high in doubles (two). Mia Farber was another key player, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.

Pine Crest was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Pine Crest's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-5. As for Highlands Christian, they dropped their record down to 2-7 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.

Looking ahead, Pine Crest will head out to face off against Calvary Christian Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pine Crest will need to watch out since Calvary Christian Academy has now posted at least ten runs in their last three contests. As for Highlands Christian, they will head out on the road to square off against Berean Christian at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Berean Christian has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 10.6 runs per game on average), something Highlands Christian will no doubt try to take advantage of.