If Our Lady of Good Counsel was feeling good off their 9-3 takedown of Bishop Ireton last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Our Lady of Good Counsel Falcons fell just short of the St. Mary's Ryken Knights by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Our Lady of Good Counsel of the 8-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2023.
For St. Mary's Ryken's part, Mikaela Guy made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits (and not a single walk). Guy was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4. She is on a roll when it comes to hits, as she's now hit three or more in the last three games she's played.
Guy wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Emmaleigh Zagrodnichek, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Zagrodnichek has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Chadwick, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Our Lady of Good Counsel's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-4. As for St. Mary's Ryken, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-1.
As of now, neither Our Lady of Good Counsel nor St. Mary's Ryken have any future games scheduled.
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