5/4/24
West Windsor, NJ-Mercer softball (42-7) lost to Del Tech (27-9) 9-11 in the Region 19 Championship in eight innings. Sophomore Abby Bell (Hightstown, NJ/Hightstown) went 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs and freshman Madison Jobes (Roebling, NJ/Florence Twp. Memorial) was 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs. Sophomore Cierra Acevedo (Hamilton, NJ/Hamilton West) had 2 RBIs and freshman Kelci O’Dell (Wrightstown, NJ/Northern Burlington) added an RBI. Freshman Makenna Spak (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) went 2 for 3 with 2 runs and sophomore Maya Patel (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Township) had two hits in the loss.
The Vikings will still advance to the District Championship despite the loss and take on #1 seed Louisburg (50-6) out of Region 10 in a best of three series.