Jefferson has gone a perfect 10-0 against Austin recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Jefferson Silver Foxes will take on the Austin Panthers in a tournament on Thursday. Austin took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Jefferson, who comes in off a win.
Jefferson's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Young Women's Leadership Academy with a sharp 15-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Silver Foxes.
Yazmeen De La Paz
| 02/25/25 vs Young Women's Leadership Academy | 11 |
| 02/22/25 vs Bel Air | 8 |
| 02/20/25 vs Coronado | 5 |
| 02/18/25 @ Bowie | 5 |
| 02/10/25 vs Clint | 4 |
Yazmeen De La Paz was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 11 over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. That triple was her first of the season.
In other batting news, Jefferson got a massive performance out of Nayeli Luna, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Luna has been hot recently, having also posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Angelina Perez was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Jefferson was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .654. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .355 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Austin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They came up short against Andress, falling 21-6. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Jefferson's victory bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Austin, they now have a losing record of 5-6.
Everything went Jefferson's way against Austin when the teams last played back in February of 2023, as Jefferson made off with a 16-8 win. Does Jefferson have another victory up their sleeve, or will Austin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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