The Cheshire Rams and Foran Lions will battle out in the SCC championship game on Thursday at West Haven High School.
The first pitch is set to be delivered at 5:30 p.m.
Top-seeded Cheshire bested Mercy by a 10-0 score to advance out of the quarterfinals while Foran, the second seeded, edged cross-town rival Jonathan Law by a 6-4 count.
The two teams did not meet during the regular season.
CHESHIRE 10, MERCY 0
Jenica Matos fired a four-hit, complete-game shutout and Tai Byrd drove in five runs as the Rams advanced to the CCC title game with a 10-0 win over Mercy.
Matos, who also notched her 600th career strikeout in the game, fanned 15 and walked three.
Bird was 2-for-4 with a home run, a run scored and five RBIs. Jordan McCue went 3-for-4 with a pair or doubles, two runs scored and two RBIs; Ava Pearson was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs; Avery Radford was 2-for-3 with a run scored; and Julia Miller was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Molly Fleming also had an RBI for the Rams.
For Mercy, Julia Lane had two hits, both singles, and stole a base. Carly Weisenberg and Claire Bush had the other hits.
FORAN 6, JONATHAN LAW 4
The host Lions raced out to a five run lead after two innings and held on to advance to the league title game.
Abigail Corris earned the complete-game win, giving up two earned runs. She struck out 10 and walked just two.
At the plate for Foran, Norah Bove had two hits, both singles, and scored and drove in a run. Maddie Deldin tripled and scored twice while Olivia Gregory drove in two and had a hit. Julia O’Connell (2 runs) and Ariella Diorio the Lions other hits.
For Law, Haley Stroffolino doubled while Julia Scibek, Charlotte Doyle (2 RBIs), Chloe Capalbo, and Emily Roos all singled.
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