The Mountain Pointe Pride will be taking part in a tournament against the Verrado Vipers at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mountain Pointe has struggled recently with eight defeats in a row, while Verrado will arrive with eight straight wins.
Mountain Pointe fell victim to Arizona College Prep and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They came up short against the Knights, falling 17-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Verrado). Their pitcher stepped up to hand Desert Edge a 19-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Vipers, who have now won four games by six runs or more so far this season.
Jill Ryan made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with three RBI and two doubles. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in April of 2025.
In other batting news, Verrado got a massive performance out of Nevaeh Stell, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, two doubles, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Faith Grabau, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.
Verrado was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .667. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .345 or higher in eight consecutive contests.
Verrado's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Mountain Pointe, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Mountain Pointe came out on top in a nail-biter against Verrado in their previous meeting back in February of 2016, sneaking past 8-6. Will the Pride repeat their success, or do the Vipers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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