It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Cottage Hill Christian Academy can now relate to. They lost 13-6 to the W.S. Neal Eagles on Friday. Cottage Hill Christian Academy was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as W.S. Neal apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played two weeks ago.
Marilyn Hayes put in work while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and nine unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk). Hayes has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances. Hayes was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Paislei Daughtery was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Lallie Hays, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with an RBI.
Cottage Hill Christian Academy's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 26-10. As for W.S. Neal, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-21 record this season.
As of now, neither Cottage Hill Christian Academy nor W.S. Neal have any future games scheduled.
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