American hasn't had much luck against Newark Memorial recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Cougars at 4:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
American is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Mission San Jose on Thursday as they made off with a 16-6 win. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Eagles with their most commanding win of the season.
Mya Anderson
| 05/01/25 vs Mission San Jose | 5 |
| 03/20/25 vs Deer Valley | 3 |
| 04/29/25 @ Irvington | 2 |
| 04/30/24 @ Kennedy | 2 |
| 03/14/24 @ Arroyo | 2 |
The team relied heavily on Mya Anderson, who went 1-for-3 with five stolen bases and three runs. Those five stolen bases gave her a new career-high. Faith Paz also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, Newark Memorial waltzed into their match on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Colts, sneaking past 8-6. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Cougars have posted since March 20th.
Andrea Tall was excellent, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two runs. Mahlyah Sao was another key player, going 1-for-3 with three runs and one RBI.
Newark Memorial's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for American, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-13.
American suffered a grim 24-3 defeat to Newark Memorial in their previous meeting back in April. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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