Collegiate is 8-1 against Norfolk Academy since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Collegiate Cougars will look to defend their home field against the Norfolk Academy Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. Collegiate is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, Collegiate finally turned things around against Saint Gertrude on Thursday. Collegiate came out on top against Saint Gertrude by a score of 10-5.
The team relied heavily on Olivia Tull, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Leah Proffitt, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Norfolk Academy's offense. Their rough 16-0 defeat to Nansemond-Suffolk Academy on Thursday might stick with them for a while. That's two games in a row now that Norfolk Academy has lost by exactly 16 runs.
Norfolk Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adie Wood, who went 1-for-2 with a triple.
Collegiate's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-11. As for Norfolk Academy, their loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-8.
Collegiate took their win against Norfolk Academy in their previous meeting on April 5th by a conclusive 17-10. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Norfolk Academy's Elise Marie Standing, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Collegiate still be able to contain Standing? There's only one way to find out.
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