The Cougars traveled to Opechee Park today to take on the Sachems of Laconia. The Cougars jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 3rd after Avery Moore walked, stole 2nd, and Kendall Sullivan hit her in with a right side single. The sachems answered with 2 of their own in the bottom of the 4th and the Cougars answered with 2 in the top of the 5th after Avery Moore walked, Sam Henderson singled to score Moore and Sullivan singled to plate Henderson. The Sachems scored 1 in the 6th to tie it at 3 and both teams scored 1 in the 7th to push to the 8th. Henderson reached in the 7th on a single, stole 2nd, and again Sullivan hit her in with a right side single. The Cougars scored 4 runs in the 8th. Opale Barrick, Avery Moore, Sam Henderson and Morgan Bemont all had singles and Bemont got the 3 RBI's on 2 wild pitches and her single to right center. Lily Mandel then plated Bemont. The sachems scored 2 in the 8th but it wasn't enough and the Cougars won 8-6. Kendall Sullivan was 3-5 with 3 RBI, Morgan Bemont had 3 RBI, Samantha Henderson was 3-5 and scored 3 runs as did Avery Moore. Mandel pitched all 8 innings, facing 36 batters, walking 0, and striking out 3. She gave up 6 runs (1 earned) on 9 hits and 4 errors. 

The Cougars move to 6-3 on the season with a 6 game win streak, and will travel to Hanover on 5/10.