South Point has played every game this season on their home field, but they'll have to hit the road on Monday. They will square off against the Dawson-Bryant Hornets at 5:30 p.m. South Point will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
South Point scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Thursday. Everything went their way against Green as South Point made off with a 10-1 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Alli Stidham and Adyson Copley did most of the damage at the plate: Stidham scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3, while Copley went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Maddy Evans was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Dawson-Bryant sidestepped Portsmouth for an 8-7 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Dawson-Bryant.
Abbie Deeds spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered six earned (and one unearned) runs on ten hits and racked up 15 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Dawson-Bryant got a big performance out of Izzy Kitts, who scored a run while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Haynes, who scored a run and stole a base while going 4-for-5.
The victory got South Point back to even at 3-3. As for Dawson-Bryant, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season.
South Point suffered a grim 12-3 defeat to Dawson-Bryant in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can South Point avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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