One of the biggest softball games of the week is what starts our week at JSZ as No. 9 Immaculate Heart visits No. 12 Paramus Catholic with a chance to hand the Paladins their first loss of the season. Check out all the action below!

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No. 9 Immaculate Heart Academy softball ended No. 12 Paramus Catholic’s unbeaten season on Monday with a 3-1 win on the road. Scoreless after three innings, IHA’s Brielle Bakker and Julia Valente each bunted in runs to make it 2-0 Blue Eagles. Leah English then made it 3-0 in the fifth as her fly ball couldn’t be handled by McKenna Anderson, and Ariana Lee came home to score.

Blue Eagles starting pitcher Olivia Gilligan had a stellar start to the game, going 5 1/3 innings without allowing a hit. That ended in the top of the sixth as PC’s leadoff hitter and starting pitcher DiLynn Jeffries-El hit a solo inside-the-park home run to cut it to 3-1. Gilligan finished out the inning, finishing with nine strikeouts and two hits, and freshman Kahlan Vough entered in the seventh and closed the game out to secure the win.

JSZ’s Ryan Sudol has the highlights from Paramus: 

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