The Providence Academy Lions will head out on the road to take on the Maranatha Christian Academy Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Providence Academy's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Minnehaha Academy with a sharp 13-0 win. While the Lions didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-10), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, Maranatha Christian Academy waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Pirates as they made off with a 13-0 victory. The game marked the Mustangs' most dominant win of the season so far.
Maranatha Christian Academy let Alaina Dunham and Gracelyn Kersey-Schutta run wild. Dunham went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs, while Kersey-Schutta got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those two stolen bases gave Dunham a new career-high. Grace Krieg also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Providence Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-2-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Maranatha Christian Academy, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-3.
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