The Catholic of Pointe Coupee Hornets will square off against the Buckeye Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Catholic of Pointe Coupee's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Buckeye's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Catholic of Pointe Coupee is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: St. Thomas More, who was ranked 14th at the time (Catholic of Pointe Coupee was ranked 22nd). Catholic of Pointe Coupee fell just short of St. Thomas More by a score of 5-3 on Friday. The Hornets haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Buckeye duked it out with Benton on Saturday. Buckeye skirted past Benton 7-6. The victory continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won five in a row.
Buckeye pushed their record up to 13-7 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games. As for Catholic of Pointe Coupee, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-5.
Catholic of Pointe Coupee couldn't quite finish off Buckeye in their previous matchup back in March of 2024 and fell 3-1. Will Catholic of Pointe Coupee have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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