It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Incarnate Word Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Westminster Christian Wildcats by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. The Red Knights' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Sophia Otten spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on ten hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Erin Meriwether was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in strikeouts ( no).
Incarnate Word Academy's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-10. As for Westminster Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
As of now, neither Incarnate Word Academy nor Westminster Christian have any future games scheduled.
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