Shore Sports Insider Softball Week 2 Rankings
1. St. John Vianney (1-0) Last Week 1: – The Lancers began the season with a 5-0 win over Middletown South. Monmouth commit Madison McDougall struck out 16 batters within the shutout. Junior Brynn Utter picked up the place she left off final season and drove in a run and had two hits. SJV has a busy week with 4 video games arising. They begin the week with division video games in opposition to Middletown North and Colts Neck at residence. Friday they play in an occasion at Pope John, and Saturday they journey to Columbia.
SJV’s Madison McDougall (Photo by Sam Mayer)
2. Donovan Catholic (2-0) Last Week: 2 – Donovan began the season with two division wins in opposition to Central and Jackson. The bats are already in midseason type with Isabella Cino belting two residence runs in two video games and driving in six runs. Auburn commit Isabella Maria has collected 4 hits and drove in three runs to begin the yr. The Griffins begin the week with two division video games, touring to Pinelands on Tuesday and internet hosting Point Boro on Thursday. Donovan joins SJV in an occasion hosted by Pope John on Friday and Saturday they play Immaculate Heart.
Isabella Cino had a base hit and a run scored for Donovan within the South Jersey Non-Public A semifinal spherical in opposition to STA. Photo by Tom Smith
3. Middletown South (3-1) Last Week: 6 – Middletown South is that this week’s huge mover with three wins together with a win in opposition to previously No. 3 Red Bank Catholic and a win in opposition to A.L. Johnson, who’s the thirteenth ranked group in New Jersey. Against Johnson, Olivia Wisiak drove in each runs in a 2-0 victory. Junior Riley Smith has began the season with 42 strikeouts and solely has allowed three earned runs. Junior Mia Collins has pushed in three runs for the Eagles on the plate. The schedule doesn’t get any simpler with Middletown South touring to No. 6 Marlboro on Tuesday and Middletown North on Wednesday in two division video games.
Riley Smith struck out 13 batters in a 1-0 win over Holmdel on 4/28/25. Photo by Tom Smith
4. Colts Neck (1-0) Last Week: 4 – After a preseason journey to Florida, Colts Neck returned residence and opened the season Saturday with a 3-0 win over Middletown North. Angela Sasso struck out 8 batters within the victory. Gabby Bryce and Katherine Rizzo each doubled in a run for the Cougars. Colts Neck is one other group with 4 video games this week with three division video games earlier than the weekend. On Monday they host No. 5 Red Bank Catholic and Wednesday they journey to No. 1 St. John Vianney. They play No. 6 Marlboro on Thursday earlier than touring to Seton Hall University on Saturday to play Mount St. Dominic who’s at present the top-ranked group in New Jersey based on NJ Advance Media.
Angela Sasso completed with 8 strikeouts in opposition to Middletown North. 4/4/26 Photo by Samantha Mayer
5. Red Bank Catholic (1-1) Last Week: 3 – The Caseys began the season with a 3-0 win over Middletown North. Sophomore Mackenna Savage struck out 12 batters in her first begin because the full-time starter. Savage adopted that with 22 strikeouts in a 10-inning loss to Middletown South. Junior Grace Lombardi continues her very good hitting from final season, going 3-for-6 with all three hits being doubles to begin the season. RBC travels to No. 4 Colts Neck on Monday and No. 6 Marlboro on Wednesday in two division video games. On Thursday, the Caseys play St. Joseph by the Sea (NY), and on Saturday they journey to Ivy Hill Park to play Hanover Park.
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Mackenna Savage enjoying first base in opposition to St. John Vianney on 4/30/25. Photo by Nicholas Doll
6.Marlboro (1-0) Last Week: 5 –. Marlboro, like Colts Neck, performed their preseason in Florida and performed their first common season sport Saturday. Trailing 4-1, the Mustangs scored 5 runs within the 4th inning and defeated previously No. 9 Southern 9-4. Junior Ashlee Chen had a triple and drove in 4 runs within the sport. Senior Emily Gaudio struck out eight batters within the win. Marlboro has no breaks this week with three divisional video games. They host No. 3 Middletown South on Tuesday and No. 5 Red Bank Catholic on Wednesday. Marlboro ends the week at No. 4 Colts Neck.
7. Barnegat (3-0) Last Week: 8 – Barnegat picked-up two divisional wins final week to enhance to 2-0 within the Independence Division. They defeated Toms River East 2-1 to begin the week after which shutout New Egypt 12-0. Junior Gianna Gomez begins the season with 47 strikeouts over three video games. Freshman Mikaila Wickham hit the primary residence run of her profession and began her season 3-for-5 with 4 RBI’s. Barnegat travels to Toms River South on Tuesday and hosts Point Beach on Thursday in two division video games. On Friday, they host Pinelands in a non-divisional sport.
8.Holmdel (2-0) Last Week: 10 – Holmdel sits on high of the Colonial Division with two wins to begin the season. The Hornets began the season with a 14-2 win over Wall and a 6-2 win over previously No. 7 Raritan. Senior Julia Henderson has 18 strikeouts to begin the season and allowed two earned runs. Sophomore Molly Debias is 5-for-6 to begin the season and Natalie Clifford hit her first residence run of the season and drove in three runs. Holmdel will look to enhance to 4-0 within the division this week after they journey to Matawan on Wednesday and Howell on Thursday.
Julia Henderson solely allowed one run and struck out seven batters in opposition to Middletown South. 4/28/25 Photo by Tom Smith
9. Raritan (1-1) Last Week: 7 – Raritan began the season with a 7-1 win over Matawan. The Rockets rallied with 5 runs within the backside of the sixth inning to safe the win. Lila Houlihan and Janelle Clausi each drove in two runs within the sport and Katelyn Ruta struck out eight batters to earn the win. Raritan fell to No. 10 Holmdel in a division battle on Thursday. Raritan struggled to reap the benefits of their base runners within the loss. Raritan travels to Freehold Township on Monday and hosts Howell on Wednesday in two division video games. The Rockets journey to Central on Friday in a non-divisional sport after which host Woodbridge in a non-conference sport on Saturday.
10.St. Rose (3-1) Last Week: Not Ranked – St. Rose had an enormous week with the bats, beating rival Wall 13-3 and following that up with a division win over Shore, 8-1. Freshman Morgan Mcgee has began the season 9-for-13 with two residence runs and eight RBI’s. Senior Emily Torresdal has 46 strikeouts in 4 begins to begin the season. St. Rose hosts Freehold Boro on Tuesday and Manasquan on Wednesday in two division video games. On Friday, they journey to Ocean in a non-divisional sport and host Brick Memorial on Saturday.
Dropped out:
Southern
Bubble:
Middletown North
Manalapan