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Pope John Paul II Upper Merion Area

Vikings

The Upper Merion Area (King of Prussia, PA) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Pope John Paul II (Royersford, PA) by a score of 7-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Pope John Paul II	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	8	0
Upper Merion Area	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	7	8	1

Final score provided by S. Faella.

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Game Stats

Pope John Paul II (24-25)

Pope John Paul II

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.296	29	27	6	8	6	3	1
1	Molly Houchins (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	2	0	1
3	M. McCarthy (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4	G. Fitzgerald (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	1	0
7	Charlie Hallman (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
8	Rylee Derecola (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
10	Mariesa Osorio (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Abby Simmers (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0	0
12	A. Henderson (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	2	1	0
13	Chloe Holmes (So)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	Kelly Murphy (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	0	1	0
21	S. Benincasa (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0

Pope John Paul II

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	1	1	2	.296	.519	.815
1	Molly Houchins (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.333	1.333	1.666
4	G. Fitzgerald (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.333	.667	1.000
7	Charlie Hallman (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
8	Rylee Derecola (Jr)	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
11	Abby Simmers (Sr)	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
12	A. Henderson (Fr)	0	0	0	0	.333	.667	1.000
13	Chloe Holmes (So)	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
16	Kelly Murphy (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
21	S. Benincasa (Jr)	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666

Pope John Paul II

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
11	Abby Simmers (Sr)	1

Pope John Paul II

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	30	19	11
1	Molly Houchins (Sr)	1.000	5	0	5
3	M. McCarthy (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
7	Charlie Hallman (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2
8	Rylee Derecola (Jr)	1.000	7	6	1
11	Abby Simmers (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
12	A. Henderson (Fr)	1.000	5	4	1
16	Kelly Murphy (Sr)	1.000	7	6	1
20	Lexi DiBricida (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1

Pope John Paul II

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	7.74	0	1	.000	1				0
20	Lexi DiBricida (Jr)	7.74	0	1	.000	1				0

Pope John Paul II

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.1	8	7	7	10	5			0	41	31
20	Lexi DiBricida (Jr)	6.1	8	7	7	10	5			0	41	31

Pope John Paul II

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.258	.439	0	0			161
20	Lexi DiBricida (Jr)	.258	.439	0	0			161

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Upper Merion Area (24-25)

Upper Merion Area has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Softball - Pope John Paul II can't get by Upper Merion Area

April 8, 2025: King of Prussia, PA 19406

The Upper Merion Area Vikings edged the visiting Pope John Paul II softball squad by a count of 7-6 in Tuesday's league challenge.

Next, the Vikings play the Valley Forge Military Academy Trojans (Wayne, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, April 11. Upper Merion Area will attempt to upgrade on its 2-3 season record.

The (5-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Faith Christian Academy (Sellersville, PA). The Lions enter the non-league challenge with a 1-2 record. In their last challenge, Faith Christian Academy was nudged by Merion Mercy Academy (Merion Station, PA), 19-3, in a non-league challenge.

PJPII @ UMAHS Softball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 8, 2025 @ 4p

The Upper Merion Area (King of Prussia, PA) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Pope John Paul II (Royersford, PA) by a score of 7-6.

Rankings & Records

Pope John Paul II (24-25)

PA	Class
282	41

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-9	8-5	6-4	6-5	.571	.615	170	115

Upper Merion Area (24-25)

PA	Class
276	48

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-7	9-4	5-3	6-4	.611	.692	158	134

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Pope John Paul II	1.5	.8	1.7	1.7	1.1	.8	.9	0	0	1.0	8.1	9.2	1.7
Upper Merion Area	1.5	0	1.0	.5	.5	2.2	.7	0	0	4.0	8.8	9.7	2.7

Head-to-Head

Upper Merion Area won on 4/8/2025

4/8 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

PJPII 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 0
UMAHS 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 7 8 1

The Pope John Paul II (Royersford, PA) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Upper Merion Area (King of Prussia, PA) by a score of 7-6.
Box score
Upper Merion Area won last month

5/7 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

UMAHS 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 9 17 3
PJPII 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 1

The Upper Merion Area (King of Prussia, PA) varsity softball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Pope John Paul II (Royersford, PA) in extra innings by a score of 9-6.
Box score

4/8 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
PJPII	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	8	0
UMAHS	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	7	8	1

5/7 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
UMAHS	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	9	17	3
PJPII	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	8	1

Team Stat Comparison

Pope John Paul II		Upper Merion Area
.334	Batting Average	-
.417	On Base Percentage	-
.487	Slugging Percentage	-
.937	Fielding Percentage	-
.632	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Pope John Paul II		Upper Merion Area	National Avg.
#20 Lexi DiBricida.750	Batting Average	-	.287
#20 Lexi DiBricida.750	On Base Percentage	-	.406
#4 Grace Fitzgerald1.000	Slugging Percentage	-	.393
#15 Gracyn McFall1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.829
#15 Gracyn McFall.833	Win Loss Percentage	-	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pope John Paul II	9-3		Upper Merion Area	8-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/21/25	Norristown	Pope John Paul II	(W) 14-4	4/2/25	Upper Merion Area	Norristown	(L) 16-15
4/28/25	Pope John Paul II	Norristown	(W) 15-4	4/30/25	Norristown	Upper Merion Area	(W) 10-1
3/27/25	Pope John Paul II	Phoenixville	(L) 12-6	4/7/25	Upper Merion Area	Phoenixville	(L) 13-5
4/24/25	Phoenixville	Pope John Paul II	(W) 6-5	5/5/25	Phoenixville	Upper Merion Area	(W) 13-5
4/2/25	Pottsgrove	Pope John Paul II	(W) 16-6	3/28/25	Upper Merion Area	Pottsgrove	(W) 10-2
4/30/25	Pope John Paul II	Pottsgrove	(W) 11-1	4/24/25	Pottsgrove	Upper Merion Area	(W) 7-3
4/4/25	Pope John Paul II	Archbishop Carroll	(W) 4-3	3/20/25	Upper Merion Area	Archbishop Carroll	(W) 4-2
4/14/25	Upper Perkiomen	Pope John Paul II	(W) 9-5	4/23/25	Upper Merion Area	Upper Perkiomen	(W) 8-4
4/15/25	Pope John Paul II	Pottstown	(W) 17-1	4/1/25	Pottstown	Upper Merion Area	(W) 13-0
5/5/25	Pottstown	Pope John Paul II	(W) 15-0	4/28/25	Upper Merion Area	Pottstown	(W) 22-3
4/16/25	Pope John Paul II	Methacton	(L) 5-2	4/14/25	Methacton	Upper Merion Area	(L) 14-1
				5/12/25	Methacton	Upper Merion Area
4/23/25	Pope John Paul II	Perkiomen Valley	(L) 3-0	4/15/25	Upper Merion Area	Perkiomen Valley	(L) 19-2

Record Breakdown

Pope John Paul II (24-25)		Upper Merion Area (24-25)
12-9	Overall	11-7
8-5	League	9-4
4-3	Non-League	2-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
9-3	Common Opponent	8-4
6-4	Home	5-3
6-5	Away	6-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
12-9	In-State	11-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0