The Grace Christian Crusaders will square off against the North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Grace Christian's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Harrells Christian Academy 17-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Grace Christian.
Olivia Hochevar
| 03/06/25 @ Harrells Christian Academy | 3 |
| 03/14/24 vs American Leadership Academy-Johnston | 2 |
| 03/12/24 vs Ravenscroft | 2 |
| 03/04/25 vs GRACE Christian | 1 |
| 05/13/24 vs Gaston Christian | 1 |
Grace Christian let Abby Carville and Olivia Hochevar run wild. Carville scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Hochevar scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. The dominant performance gave Hochevar a new career-high in runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Maryn Davis, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
Grace Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Harrells Christian Academy only posted an OBP of .182.
Meanwhile, North Raleigh Christian Academy unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They took a 15-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Faith Christian last Thursday.
Kelsey Knox stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: she scored three runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Sarah Vance, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
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