S. Jersey Girls: Adelizzi's penalty shot gives Middle Twp. a win

Grace Adelizzi's second goal of the game, on a penalty shot with 40 seconds remaining in regulation, gave

Middle Township

an 8-7 victory at

Mainland

yesterday in Cape-Atlantic League girls' lacrosse.

Leigh DeLollis led all scorers with five goals for Middle, which rallied from a 5-4 halftime deficit. Kelly Clever's hat trick paced the Mustangs.

Burlington County.

Kate Simmons and Maddy Lieljuris scored four goals apiece to power

Delran

to a 14-10 win at

New Egypt

.

Two-run home runs in the first inning by Chelsea Montana and Melanie Hogan got

Paul VI

off to a fast start, and Katie Koff capped the scoring with a grand slam in the fifth, as the host Eagles soared past

Timber Creek

, 10-3, in an Olympic Conference clash.

Bernadette Tenuto recorded a dozen strikeouts in going the distance for the win.

In other Olympic Conference action:

Monica Bonitatis doubled, tripled and scored twice as host

Cherry Hill East

avenged a 9-0 loss from earlier this season by edging visiting

Cherokee

, 5-3.

Lindsey Sampolski's three-run homer in the fourth inning allowed

Triton

to pull away to a 7-1 win at

Winslow Township

.

Tri-County.

Christen Glutz batted 4 for 5 and scored three times, Katie Trotter and Danielle McDevitt combined for six hits and three RBIs, and Royal Division-leading

Williamstown

ran its record to 15-0 overall with a 10-1 triumph at

Highland

.

Taylor Chain fanned 10 in tossing a four-hit shutout and Sam Dobleman contributed two hits, two RBIs and a pair of runs scored in

Gloucester

's 10-0 romp past visiting

Glassboro

.

Cape-Atlantic.

Amber Beauchemin starred for

Absegami

, striking out 11 in pitching a one-hit shutout and going 3 for at the plate with three RBIs, as the Braves rolled, 9-0, at

Mainland

.

Michelle Rapp tossed a three-hitter and Jess Combs came through with a double, a triple and two runs scored as

Hammonton

swamped host

Ocean City

, 12-1.

Colonial.

Natalie Guinto doubled home Marissa Mehaffey in the ninth inning, and Michelle Black finished off her two-hit shutout as

West Deptford

remained perfect in conference play with a 1-0 win at second-place

Sterling

.

Cara Gilbert held host

Lindenwold

without a hit, and

Gateway

mounted an eight-run rally in the third inning to pull away to a 14-0 win.

Sam Gale went 3 for 4 in driving in four runs, and winning pitcher Liz Carter helped herself by launching a three-run shot in

Woodbury

's 9-2 triumph over visiting

Haddon Heights

.

New Jersey Vocational.

Jessica Cooper, Jasmine James and winning pitcher Celenia Rivera each hit a two-run home run in powering

Westampton Tech

past

North 13th Street Tech

, 16-1, in a tournament second-round game.

Rivera struck out nine and yielded just three walks and two hits.

Nonleague.

Loretta Kelly hit a bases-empty home run in a six-run sixth inning that closed out host

Wildwood

's 7-0 victory over

Cape May Tech

.

Freshman Amber Smith of

Williamstown

rallied from one stroke down by birdying the par-five final hole, carding a 38 to win the South Jersey Girls Open at Sakima Golf Club.