Prep softball: Mustangs edge Century

SANTA ANA - Costa Mesa High senior Tess Lindsay pitched a

complete-game three-hitter and got just enough help from her defense and

her offense to earn a 3-2 nonleague win at Century Tuesday.

Kelly Topps went 2 for 2 with a run and an RBI to pace the six-hit

attack for the Mustangs (3-0).

Leading, 2-1, in the sixth Ann Marie Topps singled, stole second and

came all the way home when the throw to second got away for a much-needed

insurance run.

Century scored in the sixth to close the gap and had the bases loaded.

But sophomore second baseman Jane-E Yamamoto, who homered earlier, made a

running catch of a looper toward the foul line to end the threat.

The Mustangs meet Anaheim in the semifinals of the Costa Mesa

Tournament Saturday at 1 p.m.

Nonleague

Costa Mesa 3, Century 2

Costa Mesa 010 011 0 - 3 6 3 Century 010 001 0 - 2 3 2 Lindsay and DeMello; Carinca and Jessica. W - Lidnsay, 3-0. L -

Carinca. 2B - Nicole (C). HR - Yamamoto (CM).