Mount de Sales Academy is a perfect 8-0 against Mercy since April of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Sailors will be playing at home against the Magic at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mount de Sales Academy has three straight victories, Mercy has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mount de Sales Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let McDonogh get on the board and left with a 25-0 win on Wednesday. Considering the Sailors have won five games by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Brooke Fuhr made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Fuhr was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most hits she has posted since back in April of 2024.
Vanessa Gilman
| 04/16/25 @ McDonogh | 3 |
| 03/15/25 @ Perry Hall | 2 |
| 03/13/25 @ Maryvale Prep | 2 |
| 04/09/25 @ John Carroll | 1 |
| 04/04/25 vs Archbishop Spalding | 1 |
In other batting news, Mount de Sales Academy got a massive performance out of Vanessa Gilman, who went 3-for-4 with five RBI, three runs, and two doubles. Those three runs gave Gilman a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Ross, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with four runs, two stolen bases, and two RBI.
Mount de Sales Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .622. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Mercy came up short against Archbishop Spalding on Thursday, falling 23-5.
Mount de Sales Academy's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-5. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Mercy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything went Mount de Sales Academy's way against Mercy when the teams last played on April 2nd, as Mount de Sales Academy made off with an 8-1 victory. Do the Sailors have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Magic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
