Softball’s successful start

Salem CC softball opens its season with doubleheader sweep at home; baseball loses two on the road

SALEM CC SOFTBALL
Salem 7-19, Monroe Bronx 6-6
SALEM CC BASEBALL
Brookdale 11-20 Salem CC 6-7

By Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE – The Salem CC softball team opened its 2025 season in a most dramatic fashion and carried that emotion into an 11-run first inning in the nightcap to sweep Monroe-Bronx 7-6 and 19-6 Saturday at the Pennsville LL Complex.

Lilly Peverelle’s one-out single in the bottom of the seventh plated Ella Hayes with the winning run in the opener. Hayes, last year’s Region XIX Player of the Year, started the rally with a line single to center and stole second before riding home on Pavarelle’s second hit of the game.

The Mighty Oaks came from behind twice to win it. They trailed 3-0 in the second and 5-4 in the fifth.

Peverelle, Hayes, Bella Rappa and Jill Robinson all had two hits in the game. Robinson also had three RBIs and pitched the final inning and a third to get the win.

“It’s early in the season for these feelings but it was an exciting moment for the team,” Salem coach Angel Rodriguez said. “We had to work through some rust in that game. It was an up and down battle, but the team kept their composure and finished strong.”

And it carried over into the nightcap. 

The Mighty Oaks sent 16 batters to the plate in the first. Eight of the first nine hitters reached safely with the only interruption being a successful sacrifice. Among the big hits in the inning, Rappa had a go-ahead single, Val Hatterer a two-run double, Robinson a two-run single and Callie Rozak a two-run homer.

Robinson had two hits and four RBIs from the No. 9 spot in the order. Hayes had two hits and two RBIs. Peverelle and Hatterer each had two RBIs and Rozak drove in three.

“The message was clear to the team after Game 1: Enjoy the first win but (have a) short memory and prepare for Game 2,” Rodriguez said. “We learned a lot with our approaches and getting in our first competition, but we had to look back in and get the job done again.

“We talked with some players on adjustments going into the next game and they were ready.”

GAME 1
Monroe Bronx	210 021 0-	6	7	0
Salem CC	030 120 1-	7	12	0

GAME 2
Monroe Bronx	103 20-	6	4	0
Salem CC	(11)23 3x	19	9	2

Baseball

GAME 1
Salem CC (0-4)	003 102 0-	6
Brookdale CC (5-0)	320 231 x-	11	10	1

Game 2
Salem CC (0-5)	410 100 1-	7
Brookdale CC (6-0)	064 532 x-	20	15	0