Glen Ridge HS softball team to host Bloomfield Tech in ECT

Lizzie Wielde tosses a pitch for the Ridgers in a game against West Orange on April 6 at Glenfield Park. Photo by Steve Ellmore.

GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School varsity softball team, seeded 16th, will host No. 17 seed Bloomfield Tech in the preliminary third round of the Essex County Tournament at Glenfield Park on May 1 at 4 p.m. The winner will visit top-seeded Cedar Grove in the first round on Saturday, May 5.

The Ridgers were looking to avenge a 9-8 loss to Bloomfield Tech on April 25 in a Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division game at home. Glen Ridge then lost to West Orange, 15-11, April 30, in a division game.