Ursuline Academy came into Saturday's matchup having lost nine straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They put the hurt on the Parish Episcopal Panthers with a sharp 10-3 win on Saturday. The victory was just what Ursuline Academy needed coming off of a 16-1 loss in their prior match.
The team relied heavily on Tatum Kreutz, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Tallulah Washington, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
On Parish Episcopal's side, Caden Young put in work no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and nine unearned) runs off five hits. Young was also big at the plate, going 4-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two doubles.
In other batting news, Ciara Matthews made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Parish Episcopal 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 Ursuline Academy only tossed five.
Ursuline Academy made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-8. As for Parish Episcopal, they dropped their record down to 2-8 with that defeat, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Ursuline Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Parish Episcopal: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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