The Elmwood Park Crusaders will venture away from home to take on the Hasbrouck Heights Aviators at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Elmwood Park's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Hasbrouck Heights' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Elmwood Park took a six-run defeat the last time they faced off against New Milford, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Crusaders never let the Knights get on the board and left with a 2-0 win on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Crusaders.
| 04/23/25 vs New Milford | 10 |
| 04/15/25 vs Ridgefield Memorial | 10 |
| 04/09/25 vs Mary Help of Christians Academy | 11 |
| 04/05/25 vs Fort Lee | 7 |
| 03/31/25 @ North Arlington | 10 |
Christina Scarpulla made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts any time she's pitched this season. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one home run and two runs. That home run was her first of the season.
Scarpulla wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Gianna Ramirez, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last contest, Hasbrouck Heights made sure to put some runs up on the board against Cresskill on Wednesday. The Aviators were the clear victors by a 12-2 margin over the Cougars. Considering the Aviators have won eight matchups by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Maddy Connelly spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on two hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, Hasbrouck Heights got a massive performance out of Ali Monchino, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI Monchino has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Giuliana Terranova, who went 3-for-4 with three stolen bases, three runs, and two doubles.
Hasbrouck Heights always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cresskill only posted an OBP of .211.
Hasbrouck Heights is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Elmwood Park, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
