St. Matthews is in the driver’s seat in the first year of the Princeton Park District Fastpitch League tournament.

On Tuesday, St. Matthews, the No. 2 seed, defeated No. 4 People’s Church 5-2 to advance to the championship game with a 2-0 record.

In the nightcap, No. 1 Malden Methodist knocked out No. 3 First United Methodist 12-2 in an elimination game.

The tournament will continue on Friday with People’s Church and Malden Methodist meeting in an elimination game at 6 p.m. Their winner will advance to the championship game on Tuesday, Aug. 6 needing to defeat St. Matthews twice in the double-elimination tournament.

In the first-round of games on Friday, July 26, People Church upset the top-seeded Malden Methodist 7-2 behind pitcher Katie Bates and St. Matthews topped First United Methodist 21-6.

This is the first year for the Park District Fastpitch League which took over the former long-running Princeton Fastpitch Church League. Malden Methodist won the final Church League championship last year.