Back on track

Salem CC softball returns to winning ways in nightcap of doubleheader with RCSJ-Cumberland

By Riverview Sports News

VINELAND – All of a sudden, after weeks of winning, the Salem CC softball team was heading in the wrong direction, so they turned to Morgan Mecham to turn them around.

The Oaks lost their second game in a row after a 19-game winning streak in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader at RCSJ-Cumberland (8-4), but Mecham pitched a three-hit shutout in the nightcap to get them back on the winning track and salvage the split, 7-0.

The sophomore right-hander scattered three singles and allowed only six base runners. She struck out seven. She also shut out the Dukes on March 17

The Oaks (22-6) fell behind 6-0 after two innings in the opener, but were in complete control of the nightcap. They scored a run in the second inning on KC Garcia’s RBI single, made it 3-0 in the fifth on Courtney Hoggard’s two-run single and broke it open with four in the sixth.

Ella Hayes continued to swing a hot bat for the Oaks. She went 4-for-4 in each game with a homer and double in the nightcap, raising her average to .630 (51-for-81).

Haylee Pickrell had two hits in each game and Faith Penn had two in the nightcap.