The St. Catherine's Saints will head out on the road to take on the Collegiate Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. St. Catherine's is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season.
St. Catherine's stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 19-0 margin over St. Margaret's. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Catherine's.
Day Vetter made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Vetter was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-1.
In other batting news, Kinnady Branch was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. Virginia Dean was another key contributor, going 1-for-1 with three RBI and a triple.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Collegiate had to settle for a 13-12 defeat against Norfolk Academy on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (ten), Collegiate still had to take the loss.
Olivia Tull made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Finley Haas, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
St. Catherine's pushed their record up to 17-2 with that win, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Collegiate, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-12 record this season.
Collegiate's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. St. Catherine's has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Collegiate, though, as they've been averaging only 2.1. Will St. Catherine's keep running through batters, or will Collegiate buck the trend?
Everything went St. Catherine's way against Collegiate in their previous matchup back in April as St. Catherine's made off with a 19-3 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Catherine's since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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