A feisty cat fight will be fought as College Station Cougars duke it out with Lake Creek Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as College Station comes in on four and Lake Creek on 17.
College Station is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Rudder an 18-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.
Gracie Ream made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). That's the fewest hits she has allowed since back in February. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and one triple. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in April of 2024.
Kenslee Palasota
| 03/18/25 vs Rudder | 2 |
| 03/10/25 @ A&M Consolidated | 1 |
| 03/07/25 vs Huntsville | 1 |
| 03/04/25 @ Montgomery | 1 |
| 03/01/25 vs Rouse | 1 |
In other batting news, College Station got a massive performance out of Kenslee Palasota, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those two runs gave Palasota a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Shaenyn Yates, who scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 2-for-3.
College Station was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .567. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .370 or higher in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, everything went Lake Creek's way against Rudder last Tuesday as Lake Creek made off with an 18-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won 14 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Lake Creek pushed their record up to 17-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for College Station, their record now sits at 15-4.
College Station couldn't quite get it done against Lake Creek in their previous meeting back in March of 2024 as they fell 5-2. Can College Station avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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