St. Mary's Ryken is 10-0 against The Academy of the Holy Cross since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The St. Mary's Ryken Knights will head out on the road to challenge The Academy of the Holy Cross Tartans at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Mary's Ryken has six straight victories, The Academy of the Holy Cross has 16 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Mary's Ryken is ranked highly in their home state, and on Tuesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Bishop Ireton. St. Mary's Ryken blew past Bishop Ireton 7-0. Considering St. Mary's Ryken has won three matches by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Emmaleigh Zagrodnichek, who gave up just zero hits and racked up 16 Ks to keep Bishop Ireton off the board. Those no hits set a new season-high mark for her.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mackenzie Gorczyca, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Natalie Nichols was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for The Academy of the Holy Cross' offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 25-0 walloping at the hands of St. John's on Tuesday.
St. Mary's Ryken's win bumped their record up to 6-0. As for The Academy of the Holy Cross, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Everything went St. Mary's Ryken's way against The Academy of the Holy Cross when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as St. Mary's Ryken made off with a 23-2 victory. Does St. Mary's Ryken have another victory up their sleeve, or will The Academy of the Holy Cross turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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