The Placer Hillmen will challenge the Destiny Christian Academy Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Placer is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Los Banos 10-1. Winning may never get old, but the Hillmen sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Sydney Nitta spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up seven Ks.
Olivia Thornton
| 05/16/25 vs Los Banos | 4 |
| 04/08/25 @ River Valley | 3 |
| 04/24/25 vs Nevada Union | 2 |
| 03/27/25 vs Bear River | 1 |
| 03/21/25 @ Roseville | 1 |
On the hitting side, Olivia Thornton was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Osborne, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.
Placer always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .514. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Destiny Christian Academy came tearing into Friday's match with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Knights an 8-0 shutout.
Destiny Christian Academy's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for Placer, their win bumped their record up to 18-6.
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