Softball Recap: Bishop Ireton Sets Scoring Season-High Against the Academy of the Holy Cross

Cardinals

Team Score (Highest)

05/02/25 @ The Academy of the Holy Cross	20
03/07/25 @ Saint John Paul the Great Catholic	13
03/27/25 @ Saint Gertrude	9
03/21/25 vs St. John's	9
03/06/25 @ Alexandria City	8

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bishop Ireton). They blew past The Academy of the Holy Cross Tartans 20-4 on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Cardinals considering their one-run performance the match before.

Kolby Curry and Ciara Funk were major factors no matter where they played. Throwing, Curry tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Funk pitched two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than two walks in ten consecutive appearances. At bat, Curry went 2-for-3 with two doubles, one stolen base, and one run, while Funk got on base in three of her five plate appearances with four RBI and one run. Those four RBI gave Funk a new career-high.

In other batting news, Bishop Ireton got a massive performance out of Grace Artz, who went 4-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Those four hits gave Artz a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Annie Simon, who went 3-for-4 with four runs, one double, and one RBI.

Bishop Ireton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .424. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

With the victory, Bishop Ireton broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 6-9. As for The Academy of the Holy Cross, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-10.

As of now, neither Bishop Ireton nor the Tartans have any future games scheduled.