ATLANTA - The Mount Vernon Varsity Softball team kept to its winning ways over the weekend, defeating the Lovett School 12-0 followed by a 5-1 victory over Blessed Trinity at Mustang Park on Saturday, Sept. 7.
In the first game of the day against Lovett, MV came away with a 12-0 victory in four innings.
Mount Vernon racked up 12 hits in the game paced by the three hits of Kennedy Reynolds.
Priscilla Andrin was 2-for-2 with a home run and two runs driven in.
Maggie Moore also drove in two runs with a 1-for-1 performance at the dish.
Reese Hickey picked up the win in the circle for MV, tossing three innings with seven strikeouts and no walks.
In the afternoon contest against Blessed Trinity, the Mustangs came away with a 5-1 triumph.
Mount Vernon scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie and give the Mustangs the lead for good.
Hickey was 1-for-3 at the plate with two RBI's while Olivia McDougall, Alex Schiff and Andrin accounted for one RBI each.
Hickey was brilliant in the circle, allowing just one run while scattering four hits. The righty struck out nine batters en route to the win.
With her 16 punch-outs on the day, Hickey also surpassed over 300 career strikeouts.
MV (9-7), winners of nine straight, will return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 10, traveling to Galloway for a Region 5-1A contest.
First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Warren Road Complex.
About The Mount Vernon School
Established in 1972, The Mount Vernon School serves over 1,250 students in preschool through grade 12 on our 40-acre Atlanta campus. As a leading innovative, independent school in the country, Mount Vernon’s brand of innovation, expansion, and growth has emerged over the last decade, impacting schools in the US and across the globe through Mount Vernon Ventures, a research, strategy, and consulting division of the School. In addition, in 2021 the School launched a global online program for grades 9-12 to meet the needs of today’s flexible family. Through established partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and civic environments, our mission is to design a better world...together.
VARSITY SOFTBALL PICKS UP WEEKEND WINS OVER LOVETT AND BLESSED TRINITY
