Mount St. Mary Academy is 2-8 against Nardin Academy since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Mount St. Mary Academy Thunder will head out on the road to challenge the Nardin Academy Gators at 11:00 a.m.
Mount St. Mary Academy is is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They fell just short of Sacred Heart Academy by a score of 6-4.
Taylor Zajac spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Mount St. Mary Academy saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Claire Gaulin, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Mount St. Mary Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sacred Heart Academy didn't tossed any.
Meanwhile, Nardin Academy entered their tilt with Mount St. Mary Academy with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Thunder 12-1. Nardin Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten contests by six runs or more this season.
Nardin Academy let Teagan Edwards and Maddy Dehn loose on the outfield. Edwards scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Dehn scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Emily Gorman, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Mount St. Mary Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Nardin Academy, they pushed their record up to 15-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Mount St. Mary Academy might still be hurting after the 12-1 loss they got from Nardin Academy in their previous matchup on Wednesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nardin Academy's Jayden Szkatulski, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that Mount St. Mary Academy 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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