The Morris Catholic Crusaders will be playing at home against the Parsippany Redhawks at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Morris Catholic is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Morris Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: West Morris Central, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Morris Catholic was ranked 15th). Morris Catholic came out on top against West Morris Central by a score of 7-3 on Wednesday.
Sofia Reisinger made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. Reisinger was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Kaelyn Brown was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Natalie Carovillano was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Parsippany might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-1 to Madison, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The defeat continues a trend for Parsippany in their matchups with Madison: they've now lost three in a row.
Morris Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 14-3. As for Parsippany, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-10.
Everything went Morris Catholic's way against Parsippany in their previous matchup back in April as Morris Catholic made off with a 33-13 win. Will Morris Catholic repeat their success, or does Parsippany have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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