Host Colonia was scoreless and trailing by five runs with a man on first in the bottom of the seventh, but then pieced together a pair of doubles and three walks to whittle the deficit to one.

Nicole Swatko was a triple short of the cycle with three RBI to lead top-seeded South Plainfield past eighth-seeded Colonia 8-1 in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 quarterfinals in South ...