Prep softball: Costa Mesa still alive with 4-2 win over Laguna

Beach

LAGUNA BEACH - The Costa Mesa softball team moved into a tie for

second place in the Pacific Coast League with Corona del Mar, after the

Mustangs defeated Laguna Beach, 4-2, in their final Pacific Coast League

game Wednesday.

Mesa senior starter Tess Lindsay picked up her 17th win to go with

nine losses, as the Mustangs improved to 17-9, 7-3 in the Pacific Coast

League.

The Mustangs scored three runs in the third inning. Junior center

fielder Jade Moss started things off with a single, but she was thrown

out trying to steal. Junior Ann Marie Topps, who also doubled in the

game, singled as did Lauren DeMello to set the stage for sophomore

outfielder Uyen Mai, who singled bringing home two runs. Mai would score

on Jane-E Yamamoto’s fielder’s choce to give the Mustangs their fourth

run. DeMello added an RBI single.

Pairings for the CIF playoffs will be announced Monday.

“I’ll take it because it’s tough down there,” said Mesa coach Rick

Buonarigo. “It’s a tough place to score a lot of runs. We had some

opportunities slip through our hands, but overall I think we did well.”

Pacific Coast League

Costa Mesa 4, Laguna Beach 2

Costa Mesa 103 000 0 - 4 10 3

Laguna Beach 000 001 1 - 2 8 2

Lindsay and Miller; Turner, and Frimond. W - Lindsay, 17-9. L -

Turner. 2B - A.M. Topps (CM), Herbert (LB).