St. Croix Prep is 2-7 against Maranatha Christian Academy since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Lions will challenge the Mustangs at 4:30 p.m.
North Lakes Academy hit St. Croix Prep with a five-run sixth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Lions fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 9-8. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last match, Maranatha Christian Academy made sure to put some runs up on the board against St. Croix Lutheran on Friday. The Mustangs never let the Crusaders get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Mustangs, who have now won four contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Alaina Dunham was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Mozdin, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Maranatha Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for St. Croix Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
St. Croix Prep came up short against Maranatha Christian Academy in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 14-10. Can the Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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