Softball Game Preview: Rio Mesa Spartans vs. San Marcos Royals

Rio Mesa has gone a perfect 10-0 against San Marcos recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Rio Mesa Spartans will challenge the San Marcos Royals at 3:00 p.m. Rio Mesa is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.

Rio Mesa's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against San Marcos by a score of 5-0.

Analia Lopez

Batters Struck Out

02/21/25 @ Oak Park	6
02/18/25 @ Simi Valley	7
02/27/25 vs Santa Paula	8
03/03/25 vs Newbury Park	10
02/25/25 vs St. Bonaventure	11

Not much got past Analia Lopez, who gave up just a hit and racked up 14 Ks to keep San Marcos off the board. Those 14 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for Lopez.

On the hitting side, Rio Mesa's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jaslene Rios, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Samantha Barraza also deserves some recognition as she got her first hit of the season.

Rio Mesa's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for San Marcos, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.