The St. Catherine's Saints will square off against the St. Margaret's Scotties at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Catherine's has ten straight wins, St. Margaret's has 14 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Catherine's is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Central Virginia Homeschool Athletic Association, who was ranked 20th at the time (St. Catherine's was ranked 12th). The Saints' pitchers stepped up to hand the Patriots a 2-0 shutout on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Saints have posted since March 14th.
St. Catherine's saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Izzy Viruet, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one run. That triple marked the first that Viruet hit this season.
St. Catherine's hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least four batters in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, St. Margaret's lost 21-2 to Collegiate on Tuesday.
St. Catherine's win was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for St. Margaret's, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
St. Catherine's took their win against St. Margaret's in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 19-0 score. Will the Saints repeat their success, or do the Scotties have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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