Mounties softball swept East Stroudsburg South in a game of 9-0 with seven total innings. The first game win is in the books!
Many speculated that the game would be postponed due to predicted rain; all coaches agreed to move the game up by one hour for a 3 p.m. start.
Stroudsburg gained 4 runs in the first inning. Hits by Elena Trotter, ‘25, Dorothy “Dot” Elko, ‘26, and a walk for Izzy Molinero, ‘25, got the ball rolling for Stroudsburg.
Stroudsburg kept their defense tight on Thursday as there were only four hits out of 24 at-bats. South had a total of five strikeouts compared to Stroudsburg’s one strikeout.
Jordan Cook, ‘27, pitched for Stroudsburg against the Cavs for all seven innings. Cook pitched a near-perfect game with only one walk, faced 25 batters and 64 percent of her pitches were strikes.
Elena Trotter, ‘25, had a phenomenal game. She went four for four at the plate with multiple hits to the outfield and two RBIs.
Isabella Thomas, ’26, went three for four with a triple.
By inning three, Stroudsburg was up 9-0. The game ended in inning seven with three straight outs including Maddie Perez, ‘26, and Katren Lavra, ‘26.
Before the game, the Mountaineer Newspaper had the chance to interview some of the varsity players and asked for their predictions for this first game. They all predicted they would win and they were spot on.
Stroudsburg softball has 19 more games to play. On Monday, they will face Pocono Mountain East at 4 p.m. The Cardinals are coming in hot after a tight game against Pleasant Valley, defeating them 3-2 after a walk-off hit.
