California High School Softball - La Costa Canyon can't get by Torrey Pines
May 20, 2009: San Diego, CA 92130 In Wednesday's league contest, the Torrey Pines Falcons (San Diego, CA) softball team held off the visiting La Costa Canyon Mavericks (Carlsbad, CA), by a score of 2-1.
With the triumph, Torrey Pines improves its record to 23-5 on the year.
Game Summary
The Torrey Pines Falcons defeated the cross-town rival La Costa Canyon Mavericks 2-1 before a standing room only crowd on senior day at Torrey Pines to win the Avocado league title. Freshmen Lauren Hynes threw a complete game 5 hitter striking out 5 to improve to 15-4 on the season. With the Falcons trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the 5th inning Avocado League Player of the year Lauren Morizi belted a 2 run home run to give Torrey Pines the lead. Torrey Pines then played solid defense in shutting down the Mavs for the last 2 innings to give the 2009 Avocado league Title to Torrey Pines. The Falsons improved to 23-5 on the year and 8-2 in the Avocado league while LCC dropped to 15-14-1 overall and 6-4 in league play. Torrey Pines received the 4 seed and will host the Escondido-Vista winner on Saturday morning at 10:00 A.M. at Falcon field. LCC received the #8 seed and they will host # 9 seeded Granite Hills on Saturday morning. This is the first league title for Torrey Pines since 2002.