The Campbell Spartans will take on the Paulding County Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Campbell will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Campbell is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Osborne on Tuesday as Campbell made off with an 18-1 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Katie Bennett looked comfortable as she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Campbell got a big performance out of Maiya Washington, who scored three runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Washington continues to roll, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Aubrey Headd also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Campbell was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .571. The last time their batting average was this high was back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Paulding County hasn't done well against Chapel Hill recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Paulding County was the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over Chapel Hill. The high-scoring effort was just what the Patriots needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
The victory got Campbell back to even at 5-5. As for Paulding County, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-9.
Campbell beat Paulding County 13-8 in their previous matchup back in August of 2019. Will Campbell repeat their success, or does Paulding County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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