The top four seeds in the Essex County Softball Tournament advanced on Saturday to play in Friday’s semifinal games. The semifinals are scheduled at Ivy Hill Park, adjacent to Seton Hall University. At 5pm it will be Livingston (3) taking on Cedar Grove (2) followed, at 7pm, by Columbia (4) attempting to upset Mt St Dominic Academy (1).

The championship game is set for the following evening, also at Ivy Hill, at 7pm.