Tavares is a perfect 10-0 against Leesburg since March of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Bulldogs will challenge the Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tavares has three straight wins, Leesburg has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Tavares' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Master's Academy. That's two games straight that the Bulldogs have won by exactly four runs.
Emersyn Lee
| 04/16/25 vs Master's Academy | 12 |
| 04/15/25 @ Mount Dora | 8 |
| 04/10/25 vs Lake Minneola | 8 |
| 04/08/25 vs South Lake | 6 |
| 04/03/25 vs Mount Dora Christian Academy | 7 |
Emersyn Lee made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. She has been consistent : she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. That triple marked the first that she hit this season.
Lee wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Aliyah Cantu-Lopez, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That double was Cantu-Lopez's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Leesburg came up short against Windermere Prep on Wednesday and fell 9-5.
Cassidy Custer was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. Addison Hunter was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
Leesburg's defeat dropped their record down to 13-6. As for Tavares, their record now sits at 9-7.
Tavares was able to grind out a solid win over Leesburg in their previous meeting back in March, winning 5-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bulldogs since the team 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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