Softball: CdM gets revenge against Newport, 3-2

CORONA DEL MAR - After the novelty of having a softball team wore

off, Corona del Mar High’s softball team went out and shocked Back Bay

rival Newport Harbor, 3-2, in a nonleague game Tuesday.

In their previous meeting, the Sailors destroyed the Sea Kings, 15-3, but

the rematch was a completely different story. Freshman Alissa Zoelle

pitched a complete game for CdM (3-5), scattering seven hits and holding

Newport (6-4) to two runs.

The visiting Sailors took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Kristen

Smith singled in Athena Vasquez.

But CdM took the lead for good by scoring all three of its runs in the

third inning. Amy Tyson led off with a single, and Zoelle, who went 2 for

3 at the plate, doubled to put two runners in scoring position. Mijanou

Pham then singled both of them home, and a ground out by Lauren Loe

scored Pham.

Newport got its second run in the fifth when Lindsay Moore came in on a

fielder’s choice, but it could not score again as the Sailors stranded 13

runners on base. Kim Moore pitched a complete game for Newport.

Nonleague

Corona del Mar 3, Newport Harbor 2

Score by innings

Newport Harbor 100 010 0 - 2 7 4

Corona del Mar 003 000 0 - 3 6 1

K. Moore and Campbell; Zoelle and Tyson. W - Zoelle: L - K. Moore. 2B -

Zoelle.