The Mountain Vista Golden Eagles will challenge the Rock Canyon Jaguars at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mountain Vista is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Mountain Vista is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of Castle View by a score of 14-12 on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Golden Eagles have suffered since October 3, 2023.
Molly Carlise and Alexis Willahan did some serious damage despite the final result: Carlise scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Willahan scored two runs while going 3-for-5. The dominant performance also gave Carlise a new career-high in batting average. Rachel West was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, Mountain Vista didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Castle View only tossed five.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Rock Canyon, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They won by a run and slipped past Regis Jesuit 4-3.
Kennedi Martinez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned runs on eight hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Dakota Dugan, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Dumas, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.
Mountain Vista's loss dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Rock Canyon, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Everything went Mountain Vista's way against Rock Canyon in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Mountain Vista made off with a 14-1 victory. Does Mountain Vista have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rock Canyon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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