The Somerset Academy Panthers will head out to face off against the St. Brendan Sabres at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Somerset Academy fell victim to Western and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 1-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their meetings with the Wildcats: they've now lost three in a row.
Somerset Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emily Munoz, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles. The dominant performance gave Munoz a new career-high in doubles.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but St. Brendan ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They had just enough and edged out Lourdes Academy 4-3. Four seems to be a good number for the Sabres as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Taylor Nielson, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI and one double. Rachel Rodriguez also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen bases of the season.
The win made it two in a row for St. Brendan and bumps their season record up to 4-5. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Somerset Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Somerset Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Brendan when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 14-13. The rematch might be a little tougher for Somerset Academy 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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