The St. Ursula Academy Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the Bishop Brossart Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. St. Ursula Academy is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
St. Ursula Academy proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by eight) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Conner 2-0. Give the Bulldogs' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Not much got past O Basil, who gave up just three hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Conner off the board. Basil has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.
At the plate, St. Ursula Academy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was E Schauer, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 19 runs the game before, Bishop Brossart was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They lost 8-0 to Grant County.
St. Ursula Academy's win bumped their record up to 18-3. As for Bishop Brossart, their loss dropped their record down to 16-9.
Bishop Brossart's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Monday. St. Ursula Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.8 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Bishop Brossart, though, as they've been averaging only 3 strikeouts. Will St. Ursula Academy keep running through batters, or will the Mustangs buck the trend?
Everything went St. Ursula Academy's way against Bishop Brossart in their previous meeting last Thursday, as St. Ursula Academy made off with a 12-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bulldogs since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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