“Montclair can really swing the bats and this is a nice win for us,” said Mondadori-Llauget. “There is a lot of softball still to be played and I like how our young team keeps improving each day.!”
NOTES- Mondadori-Llauget praised the work of assistant coach Mia Faieta, the former Cedar Grove all-state hurler, who calls all the pitches for West Essex and did a great job in helping get Brooke Gillen through a couple of tough innings. Brooke, who started at third base as a freshman and at shortstop as a sophomore, stepped in this spring as the Knights’ starting pitcher with the graduation last June of her older sister Brianna…Montclair is guided by first-year head coach Mark Griff who said he liked the way his team played before West Essex’s big fifth inning which was helped by Mountie fielding mistakes…Montclair veteran senior pitcher Marley Kim (6 IP, 8 HA, 3 BB, 5 K’s) deserved a better fate but was not helped by her team defense.
Super Essex Conference-American Division Game, Friday, April 17:
MONTCLAIR (3-6, 1-4) 100 102 0 -3 R 4 H 5 E
WEST ESSEX (7-3, 2-3) 020 050 x -8 R 8 H 3 E
2B- MHS- Siri Krabbe WE- Sam Bivona, Brooke Rampone 3B- WE- Caitlin Breslin; WP- Brooke Gillen LP- Marley Kim
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