The Rutgers Prep School softball team heads into Saturday’s Somerset County Tournament second-round game at 6-4, on pace to notch its first winning season since 2019 after winning just three times last year.
Sophomore Sophia Soares has been a big part of that, as she was during last week’s big win over Montgomery and victory over Manville — both division victories. The first-year starting second baseman went 6-for-8 last week with four RBIs, scoring the winning run on a seventh-inning passed ball against the Cougars.
She is the MyCentralJersey.com Softball Player of the Week, hitting .515 and leads the club in RBIs.
“She’s made a huge impact on this team this year,” Rutgers Prep coach Carli Perruso said. “She’s really stepped up as a teammate who brings a lot of energy. She’s been a player who is determined to be successful and gritty and her love for the game is showing in her hitting.”
Staff writer Simeon Pincus has been covering NJ sports since 1997, and has been on the softball beat since 1999. He can be reached at CourierSoftball@aol.com. Follow him on Twitter @SimeonPincus
This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: NJ Softball Player of the Week is Rutgers Prep’s Sophia Soares