The Evangel Christian Lightning will head out on the road to challenge HCYA at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday. HCYA took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Evangel Christian, who comes in off a win.
Evangel Christian can't be too worried about heading out to take on HCYA: they just beat Ezekiel Academy at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Evangel Christian walked away with a 7-2 win over Ezekiel Academy back in April.
Meanwhile, HCYA unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 9-2 to Houston Christian.
Taegan Lermann was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Lermann was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Lermann wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Yanaia Scott, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Evangel Christian's victory bumped their record up to 20-4-2. As for HCYA, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 24-10.
Evangel Christian might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from HCYA in their previous matchup back in May of 2021. Thankfully for Evangel Christian, Hosanna Lindblade (who struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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