Softball Recap: Middletown North Makes It Eight in a Row at Home

Middletown North waltzed into their match on Monday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Colts Neck Cougars a 2-0 shutout. The Lions have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Cougars, too.

Lions

Previous Games (Home)

04/14/25 vs Colts Neck	2-0
04/10/25 vs Freehold Township	5-1
04/05/25 vs Wall Township	5-1
04/03/25 vs Point Pleasant Boro	2-1
03/26/25 vs Toms River North	7-4
+ 3 more games

Middletown North pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Colts Neck, they now have a losing record of 2-3.

Middletown North has already played their next contest, a 7-0 defeat against Red Bank Catholic on the 16th. As for Colts Neck, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 6-4 loss against Marlboro on the 16th.