Perhaps a bye in the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament wasn’t the best thing for the Southern Regional softball team, despite the fact the Rams entered their second-round clash with 13th-seeded Middletown South with an undefeated record.

A day after their bats cooked up 16 runs in the first round against Barnegat on May 15, the Eagles made another trip to Southern Ocean County and were nearly as effective, hitting the ball well, taking advantage of mistakes and scoring runs in spurts on the way…