The Padua Franciscan Bruins will face off against the Elyria Catholic Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Monday, Padua Franciscan came up short against Holy Name and fell 14-9.
Meanwhile, Elyria Catholic strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They came out on top against Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin by a score of 9-4.
Elyria Catholic got a massive performance out of Nadia Pagan, who fired off two home runs while going 2-for-4. Those two home runs gave Pagan a new career-high. Lillian Ciryak was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Elyria Catholic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin only posted a batting average of .267.
Elyria Catholic pushed their record up to 11-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games. As for Padua Franciscan, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Padua Franciscan couldn't quite get it done against Elyria Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as they fell 3-0. Can the Bruins avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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