West Orange High senior Veronica Cardona slides to third base during the road victory over Glen Ridge on April 6. Photo by Steve Ellmore.
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity softball team, under head coach Joel Troast, won its first two games to start the season.
The Mountaineers defeated Newark East Side, 18-5, in the season opener April 5. Nahtali Simpson went 2-for-3 with a triple and six RBI; Erin Vermeal went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI and Danielle Fastiggi went 1-for-3 with a double and three RBI.
Simpson had a triple, homer and four RBI in the 10-7 win over Glen Ridge on April 6 in Glenfield Park in Montclair. Fastiggi had two hits and two RBI ; Siena PIzzano had three hits with a double; Vermeal had three hits, including two triples, an RBI and three runs scored; Andreyah Ageday had three hits and an RBI and Sophia Scholz struck out six for the win.
Upcoming games
April 12, at Parsippany Hills, 4 p.m.
April 13, Lyndhurst, 4 p.m.
April 16, Montclair Kimberley Academy, 4 p.m.
April 18, at East Side, 4 p.m.
April 19, at Dayton, 4 p.m.
April 21, at Hackensack, 10 a.m.
April 23, East Orange, 4 p.m.
April 25, Passaic, 4 p.m.
April 27, at Whippany Park, 4 p.m.
April 20, Glen Ridge, 4 p.m.
May 2, at Millburn, 4 p.m.
May 3, Nutley, 4 p.m.
May 7, Montclair, 4 p.m.
May 9, at Bloomfield Tech, 4 p.m.
May 11, Belleville, 7 p.m.
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