SAN MATEO – With Hillsdale teammate Mia DeMartini 60 standing 60 feet to her left at third base and zeroes showing on the scoreboard, Taylor O’Mahony planted herself in the right-handed batter’s box in the bottom of the seventh inning with one goal in mind.

Get the hit that would win the Knights their first regional softball title on Saturday afternoon.

After fouling a Cardinal Newman pitch and taking a ball that led to a throw down to third base necessitated a lengthy discussion between officials – one that they eventually determined did not qualify for batter’s interference – O’Mahony got the pitch she was looking for.

She slapped the ball right back to CN ace Callie Howard, the high-speed green sphere glancing off her glove and allowing DeMartini to score the only run of Hillsdale’s

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