5/2/26
West Windsor, NJ-Mercer softball beat Del Tech 15-5 to win the 2026 Region 19 Championship. Freshman Ammonie Wertz (Ewing, NJ/Mercer County Tech) went 2 for 5 with a double and 3 RBIs and freshman Bella Cornish-Didonato (Titusville, NJ/Hopewell Valley) was 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs. Sophomore Arianna Acevedo (Hamilton, NJ/Hamilton West) went 3 for 4 with a double, 3 runs and 2 RBIs and sophomore Stella Logan (Trenton, NJ/Allentown HS) was 2 for 3 with 2 doubles and an RBI.
Sophomore pitcher Jozalyn Sheipe-Warthen (Mount Holly, NJ/Rancocas Valley) stuck out four and allowed just two earned runs in seven innings to move to 20-3 on the season. Sheipe-Warthen also had an RBI in the win. Freshman Jamie Kozarski (Cherry Hill, NJ/Haddon Township) went 2 for 4 with 3 runs and an RBI.
Mercer advances to the Atlantic B District Championship and will face Richard Bland College (30-24) in a best of three series starting on Friday, May 8th at RBC. The winner of the series goes to the NJCAA Division II World Series.