Kinnelon Softball: Colts Fall to Chatham in Morris County Tournament

On a hot day in Chatham, the Kinnelon Colts could not hold off the Chatham Cougars and fell 10-0 after six innings in the first round of the Morris County Tournament.

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

Total

Kinnelon (4-7)

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

0

Chatham (9-1)

2

0

3

0

3

2

-

10

IN SHORT
The Cougars defense did not allow more than four Kinnelon batters per inning and ended the game after six innings, 10-run ruling the Colts and advancing to the Morris County Tournament quarterfinals.

COLT OF THE GAME
Alyssa Schwed—Schwed was one of two Colts to cleanly reach base with a single. With six innings at shortstop, Schwed committed no errors and robbed Chatham of a line drive hit.

OTHER KEY PERFORMANCES
Amanda Fazio (Chatham)-On the mound, Fazio pitched six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts. At the plate Fazio went 3-3 at the plate with two triples.Kelly Winans (Chatham)-Winans went 2-4 at the plate with two RBIs.  Cara Delsandro (Chatham)-Delsandro went 3-3 with two singles and a double. Her sixth inning single drove in Chatham’s final two runs.

THEY SAID IT
"As the 21^st seeded team in the tournament, a lot of people didn’t expect us to make it out the preliminary round. We are a young team and the game was good experience for the girls.”-Head Coach Danielle Patlin.

Up Next— Hackettstown High School Wednesday in Hackettstown at 4 p.m.