Prep Softball Roundup: San Marcos Defeats Lompoc in Offensive Slugfest
by Diego Sandoval, Noozhawk Sports Editor February 29, 2024
San Marcos softball pulled out a 15-10 win over Lompoc on the road on Thursday.
The Royals started fast, plating seven runs in the first two innings of the game to grab a quick 7-1 lead.
However, the Braves responded with six runs in the bottom of the third, tying the game at seven apiece.
After a scoreless fourth inning, San Marcos grabbed the lead back in the top of the fifth.
Lompoc punched right back in the bottom half with a trio of runs to take their first lead of the game.
The rest of the game was all San Marcos, as the Royals rattled off six runs in the final two innings to earn the 15-10 win.
“I’m proud of our team for answering back,” San Marcos coach Emily Dietz said. “We never let the big innings that Lompoc had impact how we played, we just rolled with it and kept going.”
Solana Sandoval and Lucy Dessert led San Marcos with three hits while Caitlyn Early, Tiana Monaghan and Charlotte Hastings tallied two hits apiece.
Early and Monaghan roped homers in the win while Hastings picked up a pair of doubles.
Monaghan (4), Dessert (3), Hastings (2) and Early (2) all drove in multiple runs in the victory.
Kate Guerra and Dessert were in the circle for the win, with Dessert tossing the final 4 2/3 innings while allowing just one earned run.