BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The sixth-seeded Bloomfield High School varsity softball team scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat 14th-seeded Ridgewood, 3-2, in walk-off fashion in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on May 23 at Carla Ward Memorial Field at Clarks Pond South.
Kasey Coury hit a bunt to score Jalia Santos for the tying run. Lexi Corio hit an RBI sacrifice fly to score Jamell Quiles for the game-winning run.
Quiles finished 2-for-3 with a triple. Corio was the winning pitcher as she struck out four and walked two.
The Bengals, who improved to a 17-10 record, will visit second-seeded Morris Knolls in the semifinals on May 25 in Denville. The other semifinal pits fourth-seeded Kearny at top-seeded Fair Lawn. The final is May 30.
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