The Mount Dora Christian Academy Bulldogs will venture away from home to square off against the Countryside Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mount Dora Christian Academy has three straight wins, Countryside has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mount Dora Christian Academy is headed into the game having just posted their biggest victory since April 18, 2024 on Thursday. Everything went their way against Mount Dora as Mount Dora Christian Academy made off with a 10-3 win.
Katie Bayly
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Katie Bayly was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one triple and one run.
In other batting news, Presley Miller was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. Hallie Edwards was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Mount Dora Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mount Dora only posted a batting average of .267.
Meanwhile, Countryside unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They lost 11-0 to Osceola on Tuesday.
Countryside saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elizabeth Frizzle, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Mount Dora Christian Academy's record now sits at 3-0. As for Countryside, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
Mount Dora Christian Academy took their victory against Countryside in their previous meeting back in March of 2023 by a conclusive 7-1. Does Mount Dora Christian Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Countryside turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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