Jonathan Law, the sixth seed, stunned No. 3 Amity in impressive fashion as the Eagles bested the Spartans in a convincing 12-1 win to highlight this weekend’s Southern Connecticut Conference quarterfinals.
The remaining seeds held true as No. 1 Cheshire rolled past Daniel Hand by an 18-0 score; No. 2 Foran bested No. 7 Lyman Hall by a 6-1 score and No. 4 Mercy edged fifth-seeded Shelton by an 8-6 tally to set up Tuesday’s semifinals.
In those games, hosted by the higher seeded team, Mercy will trek to Cheshire while Foran will host cross-town rival Law.
Here’s a look at the SCC Quarterfinals:
CHESHIRE 18, DANIEL HAND 0
Jordan McCue, Tai Byrd and Avery Radford combined for 12 RBIs to lead the Rams to a big win over Daniel Hand in the quarterfinals.
McCue was 2-for-4 with a home run and a single; Byrd was 1-for-1 with a home run; and Radford was 2-for-3 with three runs scored as the Rams rolled.
Ava Pearson went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs; Lyla Blair was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBIs; and Julia Miller was 3-for-3 with two runs scored.
Jenica Matos went five innings in the mercy-rule shortened game, giving up one hit and while striking out 14. She didn’t walk a batter.
Hand’s Erin Cerny had the lone hit.
FORAN 6, LYMAN HALL 1
Abigail Corris earned the complete-game win, striking out 12 and walking just two, while giving up just two hits as the Lions advanced to the semifinals.
Out of the No. 9 spot in the line-up, Maddie Delden was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and two RBIs to pace the Lions’ offense.
Julia O’Connell (run) also had two hits as did Olivia Gregory (run). Ariella Diorio drove in two.
Gregory and Norah Bove (1 run, 1 RBI) both tripled.
Mya Tyrell (double) and Maddy Thomas had the hits for Lyman Hall. Matti Andrews scored the run.
JONATHAN LAW 12, AMITY 1
Law jumped out to a nine-run lead after just two innings while stunning Amity in the SCC quarterfinals.
With the Spartans piling up 12 runs, Law starting pitcher Madyson Bull went six innings, giving up one run and one hit and striking out seven. She did walk five.
At the plate, Law pounded out 15 hits against a trio of Amity pitchers.
From the lead-off spot, Bull was 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs.
Julia Scibek (1 run, 3 RBIs) and Sophia Scarpa (1 run, 4 RBIs) both had two hits. Scarpa also hit a home run.
For Amity, Alexx Reinwald and Emily Cewe had the hits. Cewe scored a run and had an RBI courtesy of a solo home run off Corris in the sixth inning.
MERCY 8, SHELTON 6
The Tigers raced out to a 4-0 lead and immediately answered Shelton after the Gaels tied the game in the third en route to the quarterfinal win.
Skylar Swanson led off the bottom of the third with a solo home, blasting a 2-1 pitch over the center field to give Mercy the lead again.
Swanson (2-for 2, 3 runs scored), Sage Svalestad and Claire Bush each had two hits for the Tigers. Swanson (solo), Svalestad (2 RBIs) and Julia Lane (3 RBIs) all went deep for Mercy, notching home runs.
The top of the line-up did the job for Shelton as the first three Gael batters went 8-for-13 with 3 runs scored and 2 RBIs. Tori Silva (2-for-4, triple), Avery Wheeler (3-for-5, 2 runs scored), and Jeanise Serrano (3-for-4, RBI) were raking.
The rest of the Gaels lineup, however, was 2-for-20 against Mercy’s Pip Karch. (4 strikeouts, zero walks).
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