Matawan used a six run third inning and held off a seventh inning Raritan rally to top the Rockets 10-8. Shore Sports Zone has highlights and post-game reaction in our US Army Softball Game of the Week
Matawan 10 Raritan 8
The Huskies used a six-run third inning to reach the ten run mark, but had to hold off a seventh inning Rockets rally to get to 6-1 on the season. Raritan used seven singles in the top of the third to score four runs and take a 5-4 lead before Matawan put together their six run frame. Jen Lloyd went 2-4 with 3 RBI’s and Lauren Conroy was 1-2 with 2 runs, 2 RBI’s along with 2 walks. Jessica Veary hit a 2-run homer in the first for the Huskies and Raritan’s Morgan O’Donnell went deep with a solo shot in the 7th, but Meghan Rutch came on in relief and picked up the win with 4.2 innings of strong work on the hill. Watch the highlights from Wednesday afternoon in our US Army Softball Game of the Week:
US Army Game of the Week
Thanks to the US Army, Shore Sports Zone will bring you a Game of the Week in baseball, softball and lacrosse throughout the entire spring. We’ll pick the big games on the schedule and bring you extended highlights and post-game reaction. Thanks to the US Army for supporting our coverage of great Shore Conference sports here on SSZ!
Nicole Kirse wins Monmouth Building Center Softball Game Ball
Congratulations to Raritan pitcher Nicole Kirse for winning this week’s Monmouth Building Center Softball Game Ball and thanks to the Raritan fans for casting thousands of votes! We’ll have 10 more nominees this Sunday and the winning nominee will be presented with another Game Ball at a practice or game in the middle fo the week.
A special thank you to Monmouth Building Center for supporting high school athletes in our area. It’s because of Monmouth Building Center that we’re able to bring a new level of coverage to Jersey Shore sports.
Sponsor Shout Out!
Thanks to Bayshore Community Bank for sponsoring our Raritan Rockets coverage as well as Saint John Vianney, Holmdel, Keyport and Keansburg High Schools! We’ll have more great highlights of these great schools because of Bayshore Community Bank.