Softball Recap: Hollins Beats Clearwater Central Catholic for Their Third Straight Victory

Royals

Margin (Wins)

03/13/25 @ Countryside	13
03/06/25 @ Pinellas Park	11
03/24/25 vs Clearwater Central Catholic	10
02/21/25 vs Indian Rocks Christian	10

Hollins had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders as they made off with a 13-3 victory. Considering the Royals have won four matches by more than nine runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

The team relied heavily on Hailey Mercado, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. What's more, she posted three RBI, the most she's had since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Westerfield, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Hollins was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .538. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .462 or higher in three consecutive games.

Hollins now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Clearwater Central Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-7.

Coming up, Hollins will head out to face off against Largo at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Clearwater Central Catholic, they will take on Saint Stephen's Episcopal at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Saint Stephen's Episcopal's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Clearwater Central Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them.