The St. Joseph's Catholic Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Carolina Academy Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for St. Joseph's Catholic and 11 for Carolina Academy dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, St. Joseph's Catholic suffered a rough 24-11 loss at the hands of Southside Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (ten), St. Joseph's Catholic still had to take the loss.
Emerson Tate and Reese Martin stepped up to the plate in a big way. Tate scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances, while Martin scored a run while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kate Noel, who went 1-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and a run.
Meanwhile, Carolina Academy fell victim to Blue Ridge and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. Their tough 36-0 defeat to the Fighting Tigers might stick with them for a while.
St. Joseph's Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 1-16. As for Carolina Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
St. Joseph's Catholic took their win against Carolina Academy in their previous meeting last Monday by a conclusive 23-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Joseph's Catholic since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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