Nazarene Christian Academy made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Fellowship Academy, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Everything went the Nazarene Christian Academy Lions' way against the Fellowship Academy Mustangs on Monday as the Nazarene Christian Academy Lions made off with an 8-2 victory. This was a revenge game for the Lions: when they faced off against the Mustangs back in February, they had to take a 12-2 defeat.
Gracyn Whitsell
| 03/10/25 @ Fellowship Academy | 5 |
| 04/15/24 @ Texoma Christian | 4 |
| 04/29/24 vs Pantego Christian | 3 |
| 04/22/24 vs Christian Life Preparatory | 3 |
| 04/09/24 @ Trinity Valley | 3 |
Gracyn Whitsell was a major factor no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off two home runs, three stolen bases, and five RBI while going 3-for-4. Those five RBI gave her a new career-high.
Whitsell wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Savannah Spangler, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Nazarene Christian Academy lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Nazarene Christian Academy has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 11 hits in those games compared to only 2.75 in the others. Having lost for the first time this season, Fellowship Academy fell to 2-1.
Nazarene Christian Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Fellowship Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled on Tuesday.
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