OC Varsity » Bri Matthews http://ocvarsity.freedomblogging.com High school sports talk by the staff of the Orange County Register Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:37:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en-us hourly 1 Softball playoffs: Esperanza stuns top-ranked Mater Dei http://ocvarsity.freedomblogging.com/2009/05/21/softball-playoffs-esperanza-stuns-top-ranked-mater-dei/51893/ http://ocvarsity.freedomblogging.com/2009/05/21/softball-playoffs-esperanza-stuns-top-ranked-mater-dei/51893/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 03:10:13 +0000 CARLOS ARIAS http://ocvarsity.freedomblogging.com/?p=51893 softball_icon_blog10Esperanza put together a four-run rally in the second inning and went on to stun top-ranked Mater Dei, 5-2, in the first round of the CIF-SS Division I softball playoffs on Thursday at Thornton Park.

The Aztecs needed an at-large berth to get into the playoffs after finishing fourth in Sunset League and they needed a 6-4 wild-card victory over Roosevelt on Tuesday just to get into the main draw.

Esperanza (18-13-2) moves on to the second round where it will play host to third-ranked El Modena on Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. The Monarchs finished the season 20-5-1.

The Aztecs got eight hits off Mater Dei's freshman ace Bri Matthews. Trea Steele led the way, going 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs. Brittany Virgoe went 2 for 3 with an RBI and Kailyn Johnson went 2 for 3 with a run scored.

(More softball playoff results to come on OCVarsity.) 

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