The Aquinas Institute Little Irish will venture away from home to challenge the Canandaigua Academy Braves at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Aquinas Institute will be strutting in after a victory while Canandaigua Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
Aquinas Institute is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Bishop Kearney on Thursday as they made off with a 28-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Little Irish considering their one-run performance the match before.
Meanwhile, Canandaigua Academy fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Mendon on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Braves in their meetings with the Vikings: they've now lost three in a row.
Aquinas Institute pushed their record up to 7-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.0 runs over those games. As for Canandaigua Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-6.
Aquinas Institute couldn't quite finish off Canandaigua Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 and fell 6-4. Can the Little Irish avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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