Hightstown is blanked by South Brunswick

HIGHTSTOWN » The Hightstown High softball team failed in its bid to nail down the fifth seed for the upcoming Mercer County Tournament when it dropped a tough 3-0 game to South Brunswick on Saturday.

South Brunswick came into the game with a record of 13-1, but for six innings could do nothing against Ram sophomore Allie Bridgman. In the top of the seventh, however, the Vikings broke through with three runs behind a home bun by Lindsey Warick.

Hightstown finished with just four hits against Gabriella Brancaccio.

South Brunswick (14-1) 000 000 3 — 3 4 0 Hightstown (10-6) 000 000 0 — 0 4 1 WP-Brancaccio. LP-Bridgman. HRWarick.

HUN 12, HOPEWELL 0 HOPEWELL TWP. » The Raiders cruised to their eighth win behind a huge game by Megan Donohue, who doubled, tripled and homered. Gigi Venizelos and Alana Pearson each smacked two doubles. Pearson was also the winning pitcher with a no-hitter and six strikeouts. Hun (8-5) 105 42 — 12 15 1 Hopewell Valley (2-13) 000 0 — 0 0 2 WP-Pearson. LP-Long. 2B-Venizelos 2, Donohue, Pearson 2, Shea. 3B-Zucatti. HR-Donohue.

LAWRENCEVILLE 3, HILL 1 LAWRENCEVILLE » Lindsey Kucker pitched a threehitter and fanned seven to help lift the Big Red to 113. Lawrenceville scored two in the first on an RBI single by Emily Matcham. Molly Fitzgerald singled home the final run in the sixth. Ciara Hoover had two hits for the winners.

Hill1000000—131 Lawerencville (11-3) 200 001 x — 3 7 1 WP-Kucker. LP-MOran. 3B-Giacche (H). RBIs: L-Matcham 2, Fitzgerald.

CONWELL-EGAN 4, BENSALEM 3 FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. » The Eagles squared their record at 8-8 and pretty much ended any chance of Bensalem (5-9) making the playoffs in the process. Devon Savage tripled and hit a game-winning homer in the fifth. Savage and Emily Wang each had two hits. Amber Stansfield pitched a six-hitter for the win. Bensalem (5-9) 120 000 0 — 3 6 1 Conwell-Egan (8-8) 201 010 x — 4 7 3 WP-Stansfield. LP-Saurer. 2B-Buechner (B). 3B-Savage (CE). HR-Savage.

DELAWARE VALLEY 5, PISCATAWAY 4 BAPTISTOWN » DelVal improved to 13-2 with Annalise Rohrbough working the first six innings for the win and Megan Haff the seventh for the save. Haff collected four singles, Alexa DeWire doubled and Sarah Zengel had three hits for DelVal. OTHER SCORES

Egg Harbor 12, Moorestown 1 Cherry Hill West 6, Moorestown 2