Immaculate Heart Academy entered their tilt with St. John-Vianney with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the St. John-Vianney Lancers a 2-0 shutout on Saturday. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Immaculate Heart Academy has scored all year.
Immaculate Heart Academy got a great performance from Gabi Dellavolpe as she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over 4.2 innings pitched. Dellavolpe has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gabby Shadek, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Immaculate Heart Academy pushed their record up to 7-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for St. John-Vianney, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
Immaculate Heart Academy will be playing at home against Cranford at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. As for St. John-Vianney, they are on the road again on Monday to play Freehold Boro at 3:45 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. John-Vianney: 1.4, Freehold Boro: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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