The Mater Lakes Academy Bears will venture away from home to challenge the Nova Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Mater Lakes Academy's offense. They fell 3-0 to Columbus on Tuesday. The Bears have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mater Lakes Academy had to settle for second despite strong performances on the mound from David Ortega and CHRIS ROQUE Ortega tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits, while ROQUE pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, Ortega gave up only one walk, the fewest he's had since back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, while Nova put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Coral Springs. Nova had just enough and edged out Coral Springs 1-0. The Titans haven't had any issues with the Colts recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Not much got past Cody Boisvert, who gave up just eight hits to keep Coral Springs off the board. Boisvert has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Nova saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cody Kunca, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Mater Lakes Academy's loss dropped their record down to 7-6-3. As for Nova, their win bumped their record up to 8-6.
Mater Lakes Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Nova when the teams last played back in March of 2024, sneaking past 2-0. Will Mater Lakes Academy repeat their success, or does Nova have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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