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Neroda Wins MVP Honors as Pearl River Wins Mudville Softball Tournament

Pearl River crushed Burnt Hills and held on to defeat Kiskayuna in Mudville Tournament at the NYSSCOGS Softball Festival.

Pearl River junior outfielder Kristyn Neroda slugged her way to MVP honors as Pearl River defeated Burnt Hills and Niskayuna to win the Mudville Softball Tournament at the NYSSCOGS Softball Festival in Herkimer.

Neroda was 4-for-6 in the two games with four runs scored, three RBI, two doubles and two walks.

She doubled, singled twice, walked and scored three runs in the first game as Pearl River belted out 25 hits and crushed Burnt Hills, 20-3. Senior Katie O'Flynn was 3-for-3 with two doubles while senior Kaity Goldrick doubled, singled twice, scored two runs and drove in two. Junior Nicole Leote doubled twice, scored three runs and drove in two. Gemma Mahoney, Jamie DeGennaro, Mandy McCarthy and Amanda Shule were also among nine Pirates to get at least two hits.

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Freshman pitcher Caroline Kardashian earned the victory in her first varsity start, giving up two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four in five innings. She also went went 2-for-2 at the plate.

O'Flynn was back on the mound for the second game, striking out seven and giving up one earned run on five hits and three walks in seven innings of a 2-1 victory over Niskayuna. She also gave the Pirates a lead in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI double that brought Neroda home. Neroda doubled in another run in the sixth, which ended up being the margin of victory.

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The Pirates are now 4-0 heading into Tuesday's 4:30 p.m. game at Harrison.

Pearl River 20, Burnt Hills 3

Pearl River   7 0 3 2 8 -- 20  25  1
Burnt Hills   0 0 0 1 2 --  3     3  3
WP: Caroline Kardashian
2B: Katie O'Flynn (2), Nicole Leote (2), Kristyn Neroda, Amanda Hartigan, Mandy McCarthy, Kaity Goldrick

Pearl River 2, Niskayuna 1

Niskayuna   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -- 1  5  0
Pearl River  1 0 0 0 0 1 X -- 2  4  1
WP: Katie O'Flynn
2B: Kristyn Neroda, Katie O'Flynn


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