Terrell Academy hasn't had much luck against Tiftarea Academy recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Terrell Academy Eagles will welcome the Tiftarea Academy Panthers at 4:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Tiftarea Academy is hoping to do what Valwood couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Terrell Academy's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Terrell Academy's way against Valwood as Terrell Academy made off with a 13-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won six matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
Caroline Presley made a splash no matter where she played. She pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. What's more, she also racked up five strikeouts, the mostshe's had since back in August of 2023. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Emma Lane was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Piper Graham, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Terrell Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 32.8% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 51.5%.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tiftarea Academy). They were the clear victor by a 15-6 margin over Deerfield-Windsor on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Terrell Academy has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Tiftarea Academy, their win bumped their record up to 5-7.
Terrell Academy couldn't quite finish off Tiftarea Academy in their previous meeting on September 5th and fell 8-6. Will Terrell Academy have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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