The Mater Lakes Academy Bears will venture away from home to challenge the St. Brendan Sabres at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Friday, Mater Lakes Academy made easy work of Goleman and carried off a 17-9 win. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, St. Brendan got the win against TERRA Environmental on Friday by a conclusive 16-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Sabres.
Abigail Fernandez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (four). She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Rachel Rodriguez, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and one triple. Those four hits gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Madisyn Llerandi, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and two RBI.
St. Brendan always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .742. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive contests.
Mater Lakes Academy's record now sits at 5-3. As for St. Brendan, their record is now 12-9.
Mater Lakes Academy suffered a grim 14-7 defeat to St. Brendan in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Can the Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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