Varsity Highlights
WCAC Quarterfinal v. Good Counsel
The Cardinals finished the WCAC in 5th place and traveled to Good Counsel for the quarterfinals. Earlier in the year, Good Counsel beat BI 16-2, but the Cardinals' confidence was high despite that loss.
The Cardinals wasted no time. Senior Captain Annie Simon crushed a pitch to deep left field easily clearing the fence for a tone setting leadoff home run! Senior Captain Caroline Dick then crushed a double to the fence and the bats were rolling. She later scored and the top of the 1st ended with BI leading 2-0.
The energy continued into the 2nd. Rachel Klaric hit a mile high fly ball to left that also left the park for another home run, and the third base dugout emptied to meet her at home plate. Caroline followed with a single, senior Captain Ciara Funk blasted a double, and Caroline scored on a wild pitch. Kolby Curry hit a double to the fence scoring courtesy runner senior Annabelle Seaton. Cardinals were up 4-1 in the 3rd.
Ciara pitched a 7-inning complete game striking out 3, walking none and giving up just 1 earned run spinning pitches left and right to keep the batters off balance. She threw 87 pitches with 68 strikes!
The Cardinals had 2 home runs, 4 doubles (freshman Kate Harrington had the fourth) and 4 singles to defeat Good Counsel 5-1 and advance to the semifinals scheduled for Thursday at Paul VI.
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