Sacred Heart Academy was the 3-2 winner over St. Mary when they last played one another last Thursday, but their luck changed this time around. The Sacred Heart Academy Sharks fell just short of the St. Mary's Lancers by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday.
For St. Mary's part, Danielle Spiegel looked comfortable as she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Spiegel has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, St. Mary's saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alexis Brown, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
Sacred Heart Academy's loss dropped their record down to 4-8. As for St. Mary's, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Sacred Heart Academy will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Mount Mercy Academy at 4:30 p.m. Sacred Heart Academy is facing Mount Mercy Academy at the right time seeing as Mount Mercy Academy is stuck on a four-game losing streak. St. Mary's does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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