Covenant Day is 2-8 against Charlotte Christian since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Covenant Day Lions will look to defend their home field against the Charlotte Christian Knights at 5:00 p.m. Covenant Day will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Covenant Day's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Charlotte Country Day School 10-0. With that win, Covenant Day brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Avery Houseton, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, two stolen bases, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Kaitlyn Allen, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Charlotte Christian sidestepped Charlotte Latin for a 1-0 victory.
Not much got past Morgan Banks, who gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Charlotte Latin off the board. Banks has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 13 consecutive pitching appearances.
Covenant Day's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 10-11. As for Charlotte Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 8-6.
Covenant Day couldn't quite finish off Charlotte Christian in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Banks, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. Now that Covenant Day knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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