Softball: Garnet Valley in good hands with Tomasetti and Alderman

RADNOR >> Few teams in Delaware County have a one-two punch as potent as Garnet Valley’s Sam Tomasetti and Reva Alderman. Tomasetti, a senior shortstop, and Alderman, a senior third baseman, are at the forefront of the Jaguars’ midseason resurgence. Both All-Delco players, Tomasetti and Aldermen are constantly one-upping each other at the plate and in the field. With a combination of power and contact, they strike fear in the eyes of opposing pitchers in the Central League. But they’re certainly not out to show who’s better. In tandem, Tomasetti and Alderman, both of whom will play Division I softball next spring, simply are trying to make the Jags a better club.

Wednesday afternoon, they combined to hit 6 for 7 with a home run, three doubles, three RBIs, five runs scored and a walk as Garnet Valley blanked Radnor, 6-0. It was the Jags’ fifth straight victory.

“Me and Reva are both very competitive, but I think we push each other to do well,” said Tomasetti, who has been a first- or second-team All-Delco in each of her first three years. “I also want to see her do well, so even if I have a bad game … I’m not trying to do better than her. We’re both trying to help the team.”

Alderman, who spent the last two seasons as a catcher, earning All-Delco honors at that position in 2015, leads the county in homers. She hit a bomb off Radnor ace Brooke Nicander (five Ks) to the fence in left field for an RBI double. Tomasetti and Alderman, who are also teammates on the Chaos 18U Gold travel team, have never put pressure on themselves to carry the team, even when the squad skidded out of the chute with three straight losses.

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