There is rising to the occasion, and then there is what came together in the circle for Brick Memorial’s Avery Nalducci on Thursday.
Nalducci, who entered the game with a 5.05 earned run average, fired a no‑hit masterpiece with 13 strikeouts to lead 11th‑seeded Brick Memorial to a stunning 2–0 upset of third‑seeded Northern Burlington – No. 11 in the NJ.com Top 20 – in the Central Jersey, Group 3 quarterfinals in Columbus.
It starts and ends in the circle, and Avery has been getting better as the year goes on,” said Brick Memorial coach Christina Rodriguez. “But to that point, it had to be perfect defense out in the field as well. It needed to be mistake free softball and it was today.”…