R’ville’s Manto gets hit No. 100
HOPEWELL TWP. » Well on her way to possibly becoming Mercer County’s all-time hit leader, Robbinsville junior Chelsea Manto collected her 100th hit Wednesday.
Manto and Shea Walsh each had three hits in undefeated Robbinsville’s 22-0 romp over Hopewell Valley.
Emily Rubino and Olivia Moser both collected four hits for a Robbinsville team that also got a home run by Devon Witt. Kate Hunter pitched a two-hitter and struck out two.
Robbinsville (8-0) 071 (14) — 22 20 0 Hopewell Valley (2-5) 000 00 — 0 0 2 WP-Hunter. 2B-Manto, Mazalewski, Moser, Walsh. HR-Witt.
ALLENTOWN 5, NOTTINGHAM 2 HAMILTON » Following seven straight losses to start the season, Allentown finally had something to smile about. Madison Storey got the win with help from three hits, including a double by Alyssa Notorianni. Heather Clevenger struck out 13 in defeat. Allentown (1-7) 201 020 0 — 5 11 1 Nottingham (4-2) 000 020 0 — 2 5 5 WP-Storey. LP-Clevenger. 2B-Notorianni (A), Varone (N). Robbinsville’s Chelsea Manto got her 100th career hit on Wednesday.
EWING 12, LAWRENCE 2 EWING » The Blue Devils got back on track behind 13 strikeouts by Lauren Christensen. Haley Allen homered, and Julia Nissen and Devon Kueny each had three hits. Lawrence (2-6) 001 010 0 — 2 7 1
Ewing (7-2) 243 111 x — 12 17 0 WP-Christensen. LP-Indelicato. 2B-Lestician (L), Deboskey (E), Nisen (E). HR-Allen (E).
STEINERT 11, HAMILTON 0 HAMILTON » No problem here for the Spartans (6-2), who got 11 strikeouts from Kaylee Whittaker. Cora Bridgers and Taylor Hawkes each had three hits. Hawkes and Whittaker doubled. Steinert (6-2) 222 221 — 11 17 0
Hamlton (3-6) 001 000 — 1 3 0 WP-Whittaker. LP-Palyock. 2B-Bridgers (S), Hawkes (S).
WW-PS 22, TRENTON 1 TRENTON » The Pirates (4-3) had a huge day at the plate featuring a 4-for-5,and double by Sam Hastings. Priyanka Kaul and Kayla Athey each had two doubles. Taylor Britt pitched a four-hitter and struck out seven.
WW-PS (4-3) 602 02(12) — 22 17 1
Trenton (2-8) 000 100 — 1 4 4
WP-Britt. 2B-Hastings, Churinskas, Bernheisel, Dunn, Kaul 2, Athey 2.
HIGHTSTOWN 21, PRINCETON 0 PRINCETON » The Rams improved to 6-2 and dropped the Little Tigers to 1-6. Allie Bridgman fired a four-hitter and struck out six. She also tripled and homered. Morgan Fleisher was 3-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs. Sam Zappola was 3-for-4.
Highstown (6-2) 6(12)1 02 — 21 16 0 Princeton (1-6) 000 0 — 0 2 4 WP-Bridgman. LP-Tucholski. 3B-Bridgman. HRFleisher, Bridgman.