The Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns will square off against the La Costa Canyon Mavericks at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Rancho Buena Vista 2.7, La Costa Canyon 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Rancho Buena Vista is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Mission Vista on Tuesday as they made off with a 12-2 victory. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Longhorns with their most commanding win of the season.
Danica Nielsen made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in March. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Riley McGee
| 04/29/25 vs Mission Vista | 3 |
| 04/24/25 @ Carlsbad | 2 |
| 03/01/25 vs Mission Hills | 2 |
| 02/25/25 vs Mira Mesa | 2 |
| 04/22/25 vs Torrey Pines | 1 |
In other batting news, Riley McGee was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Avery Griffin, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Rancho Buena Vista hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least two batters in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, La Costa Canyon was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They fell just short of Torrey Pines by a score of 3-2.
La Costa Canyon saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Malia Whitehouse, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Rancho Buena Vista is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for La Costa Canyon, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 15-7-1.
Rancho Buena Vista skirted past La Costa Canyon 2-1 in their previous meeting last Saturday. Will the Longhorns repeat their success, or do the Mavericks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
