Reporter/Times Herald Softball Roundup (May 19): Wilmot homers twice, North Penn earns 13th straight win

North Penn 11, Perkiomen Valley 1 (5) >> Bri Wilmot hit a pair of home runs, Mady Volpe also homered as North Penn ended its regular season with a 13th straight victory, rolling past Perkiomen Valley in five innings in their nonleague contest Wednesday.

Volpe and Wilmot connected on back-to-back longballs in North Penn’s five-run bottom of the first – Volpe belting a three-run shot to left for a 4-1 lead with Wilmot following with a solo blast to center. In the fourth, Wilmot hit a two-run homer to put NP up 9-1.

Wilmot also doubled as she finished 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored for the Knights (19-1, 15-1 SOL Colonial). Julia Shearer was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run, Gianna Cimino went 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs while Annabelle Smink was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.

Volpe earned a complete-game win, allowing one earned run on two hits, walked four and struck out seven.

Perk Valley scored its lone run on Serena Crovetti’s RBI single in the top of the first. In the bottom of the inning, a Smink RBI single tied things while Wilmot and Volpe homered the next two at-bats for a four-run NP lead.

The Knights made it 6-1 in the third on a Cimino RBI double and Shearer RBI single then scored their final four runs in the fourth.

Abington 12, Mount St. Joseph 5 >> Jess Sokolski hit a home run and pitched 6 2/3 innings to get the win as Abington used a pair of five-run innings to finish its season with a victory in the nonleague matchup.

Mackenzie Marcotte was 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored with Bella Oquendo having two RBIs for the Ghosts (8-11, 6-10 SOL Liberty), who snapped a four-game losing streak.

Sokolski finished with three RBIs and a run scored while in the circle allowed five runs – two earned – on eight hits, walked four and struck out five. Annie Sokolski and Julia Bruestle both scored twice.

Paige Moore was 2-for-4 with two runs scored for Mount St. Joseph while the Magic’s Clare Moxey, Alex Ritter and Katie Convey each had an RBI.

A Mount run in the top of third tied the game 2-2 but Abington took the lead for good with five in the fourth on RBI singles from Jenna Doyle and Annie Sokolski, a Bruestle RBI sacrifice fly and Jess Sokolski’s two-run home run to right to put the Ghosts up 7-2.

The Magic plated a run in the top of the fifth before Abington produced another five spot in its half of the sixth. Annie Sokolski scored on a wild pitch with Jess Sokolski’s RBI ground out made it 9-3. An Oquendo RBI single, a RBI double by Meghan Strange and Marcotte’s RBI single extended the lead to 12-3.

Pennsbury 11, Plymouth Whitemarsh 0 (6) >> Pennsbury scored three runs in the top of the third then pulled away with eight in the sixth as the Falcons (19-1, 16-0 SOL Freedom) topped Plymouth Whitemarsh in six innings for their 12th win in a row.

Hannah Suh collected the lone hit for the Colonials (12-8, 11-5), who had a three-game win streak snapped.