Nease and First Coast are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. The Nease Panthers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the First Coast Buccaneers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Nease will be strutting in after a victory while First Coast will be coming in after a defeat.
Nease can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Providence School as Nease made off with a 14-3 win.
Kristina Campbell made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out six batters over three innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). Campbell has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Campbell was also big at the plate, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with two RBI.
In other batting news, Nease got a big performance out of Kaylee Wick, who scored a run while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Taylor Burton, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, First Coast fell victim to a rough 12-2 loss at the hands of Hilliard on Monday. That's two games in a row now that First Coast has lost by exactly ten runs.
First Coast saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carmen Overstreet, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Baylee Williams was another key contributor, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with a double.
Nease is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for First Coast, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-10.
Nease came out on top in a nail-biter against First Coast when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 9-7. Will Nease repeat their success, or does First Coast have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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