Lake Catholic is 1-6 against Padua Franciscan since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Lake Catholic Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Padua Franciscan Bruins at 5:00 p.m.
Lake Catholic is is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Monday. They lost 18-4 to West Geauga.
Meanwhile, Padua Franciscan put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 12-1 margin over Brookside. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Padua Franciscan.
Alex Camarati made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Camarati was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Padua Franciscan got a massive performance out of Samantha Ezzie, who went 3-for-5 with four RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Maya Stavnicky, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3.
Lake Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Padua Franciscan, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Lake Catholic suffered a grim 23-4 defeat to Padua Franciscan in their previous meeting on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Padua Franciscan's Samantha Black, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that Lake Catholic knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
