After five games on the road, Christian Educational Consortium is heading back home. They will take on the Sacred Heart Valkyries at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Sacred Heart took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Christian Educational Consortium, who comes in off a win.
On Friday, Christian Educational Consortium needed a bit of extra time to put away Jeffersontown. They skirted past the Chargers 9-7.
Christian Educational Consortium let Jewel Cockerel and Chloe Schramkowski loose on the outfield. Cockerel scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances, while Schramkowski went 3-for-5 with three RBI. Ruby Swift was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Fairdale on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Sacred Heart couldn't push the score so high this time.
Sadie Hayes spent all 7.2 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on five hits and racked up 13 Ks. Those 7.2 innings set a new season-high mark for her.
On the hitting side, Tatum Etheridge made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Hadley Dierking, who went 3-for-4 with a triple.
Even though they lost, Sacred Heart didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fairdale only tossed five.
Christian Educational Consortium has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-6 record this season. As for Sacred Heart, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-10-1.
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