Immaculate Heart Academy is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while St. John-Vianney is on a 11-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Immaculate Heart Academy Blue Eagles will take on the St. John-Vianney Lancers at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Thursday, everything went Immaculate Heart Academy's way against DePaul Catholic as Immaculate Heart Academy made off with a 9-2 win. Nine seems to be a good number for Immaculate Heart Academy as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Immaculate Heart Academy got a great performance from Natalie Bonsignore as she pitched 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Rylee Smith, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Gianna Dimeglio, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, St. John-Vianney's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout in Tuesday's second game. They never let Red Bank Regional onto the board and left with a 21-0 win. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory St. John-Vianney has managed all season.
Immaculate Heart Academy's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for St. John-Vianney, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Immaculate Heart Academy came up short against St. John-Vianney in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 5-2. Can Immaculate Heart Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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