Covenant Day is 2-8 against Cannon since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Covenant Day Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Cannon Cougars at 4:30 p.m. Covenant Day is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Covenant Day is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Wesleyan Christian Academy 4-2.
Alison Vandiver spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on six hits and racked up ten Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Covenant Day saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlotte Llaneza, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Cannon ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past Metrolina Christian Academy 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Cannon.
Cannon also let their pitcher toss all eight innings and she was also dialed-in: Maddie Sturgill gave up only one earned run on five hits and racked up eight Ks.
Covenant Day pushed their record up to 12-11 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Cannon, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-8-1 record this season.
Covenant Day suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Cannon in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sturgill, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that Covenant Day knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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