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Triton High School Softball Team Makes State Tournament

The Mustangs are the No. 10 seed in South Jersey Group 3.

Gloucester Township, NJ -- The Triton Regional High School softball team has a big mountain to climb, but it is in the running for a South Jersey title.

The Mustangs are the No. 10 seed in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 3 playoffs, according to brackets posted on nj.com on Tuesday.

Triton will visit No. 7 Gloucester Tech in the first round on Monday, May 23. The winner plays the winner of the game between No. 2 Pinelands and No. 15 Deptford on May 25.

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The semifinals are scheduled for May 31, with the finals at Kean University on June 3.

It will be the third time this season Triton (12-7) faces Gloucester Tech (13-5), with each team picking up a win.

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That game snapped a three-game winning streak for Triton, which is 2-2 since, with the season finale against Highland set for Wednesday.

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