Lacassine is 0-3 against Iowa since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lacassine Cardinals are on the road again to play the Iowa Yellowjackets at 5:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lacassine was not the first on the board on Tuesday, but they got there more often. Everything went their way against Crowley as Lacassine made off with a 14-1 win.
Layah Gaspard and Addison Hollier did most of the damage at the plate: Gaspard scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Hollier scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Hollier has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Bryant, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Iowa got the win against St. Louis Catholic on Tuesday by a conclusive 17-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Iowa.
Ayla Stollsteimer made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Stollsteimer was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Parkar Daigle was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Allie Darbonne was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Lacassine's victory was their tenth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-4. They've been dominating during the games in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 9.5 runs. As for Iowa, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season.
Lacassine suffered a grim 15-2 defeat to Iowa in their previous meeting back in March of 2022. Thankfully for Lacassine, Arlee Darbonne (who struck out 11 batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and not a single walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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