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Softball: Chiefs' Struggles Continue, Lose 8th Straight

Hopatcong falls to Kinnelon, 5-3.

softball team is still searching for answers as it has lost 13 games on the season, with its latest defeat coming at the hands of the Kinnelon Colts.


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Hopatcong

(3-14)

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Kinnelon

(11-9)

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IN SHORT
Kinnelon's Clare Spies delivered a first inning triple that drove home two runs as the Colts got out to an early 4-1 lead after two innings. Hopatcong cut into the lead after first baseman Courtney Stillwell's single made it 4-3 in the top half of the fifth. Kinnelon responded when Sarah Galese's base hit drove in a run to make it 5-3 after five. Kinnelon's relief pitcher Grace Carvalho shut the door on the Chiefs, closing out the next two innings allowing no runs and striking out three to earn the save.

CHIEF OF THE GAME
Courtney Stillwell—
2-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base.

Stillwell's run scored in the top of the fifth brought the Chiefs within one run.

OTHER KEY PERFORMANCES

Jennifer Mazza (Hopatcong), 1-for-3 with an RBI double; Kelsey Spaziani (Hopatcong) 1-for-4 with an RBI double.

THEY SAID IT
"I'm weeding in younger players right now, our seniors are starting, but not playing the full game and they understand what's going on as we're kind of looking to the future right now."–head coach Gary Widdoss

Up Next— Morristown-Beard Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Morristown-Beard.

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