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Mission Viejo softball uses clutch hitting to defeat Aliso Niguel and remain in first place – Orange County RegisterSkip to content
Mission Viejo players celebrate their 9-5 win over Aliso Niguel in a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
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MISSION VIEJO — Mission Viejo’s softball team continued to conjure memories of its magical 2022 season Thursday while competing in another intense South Coast League game.
The Diablos scored all their runs with two outs and overcame four home runs by Aliso Niguel to collect a 9-5 victory at Mission Viejo High.
Aliso Niguel catcher Tessa Cowsill can’t hang onto the ball as Mission Viejo’s Kaitlyn Sun, right, slides in safe in in a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Mission Viejo’s Ava Tabangcura falls over the outfield fence after chasing a home run during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Mission Viejo’s Reece Uehara pitches during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Aliso Niguel’s Taylor Nelson reaches in vain for a line drive during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Mission Viejo ended up winning 9-5. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Aliso Niguel’s Monica Chavez lays down a bunt during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Aliso Niguel’s Olivia Kuhnel pitched a complete game versus Mission Viejo in a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Aliso Niguel’s Gigi Ganje is mobbed by her teammates after slugging a home run in a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Mission Viejo’s Sofia Elliott pitches against Aliso Niguel during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Mission Viejo players celebrate their 9-5 win over Aliso Niguel in a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Aliso Niguel catcher Tessa Cowsill, left, is unable to put the tag on Mission Viejo’s Sofia Elliott, right, during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Mission Viejo head coach Clint Watson, right, congratulates Kylee Jepson, left, after she slugged a home run during a softball game against Aliso Niguel in the South Coast League at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Mission Viejo’s Mars Ruvalcaba, right, misses a throw as Aliso Niguel’s Gigi Ganje, left, slides safely into second base during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Aliso Niguel’s Taylor Nelson prepares to cross the plate as her team waits to celebrate one of her two home runs in a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Aliso Niguel head coach Randie Baldwin, right, congratulates Tessa Cowsill, left, after she homered during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Mission Viejo’s Sofia Elliott celebrates after scoring during a South Coast League softball game at Mission Viejo High School on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Mission Viejo (18-5-1, 6-1), ranked 12th in Orange County, scored four runs with two outs in the sixth inning to snap a 5-5 tie and remain a half-game ahead of Tesoro (13-3-1, 5-1) in league.
“It’s kind of going back to our 2022 season,” said Diablos coach Clint Watson, who guided his team to the CIF-SS Division 2 title that spring. “It’s just fight. The will to win, the why-not-us-type of attitude. There was a lot of energy today.”
Mission Viejo, ranked fifth in Division 2, took a 6-5 lead on a two-out single up the middle by Kara King, its No. 9 batter.
Leadoff batter Ava Tabangcura followed with a RBI infield single and Mars Ruvalcaba singled in two more runs to cap the scoring in the sixth.
Mission Viejo scored the four runs after Aliso Niguel center fielder Gigi Ganje robbed a home run with a grab over the fence earlier in the inning.
“We answered,” Watson said. “We literally preached (two-out hitting) for 45 minutes yesterday toward the end of our hitting (in practice).”
Mission Viejo freshman Kylee Jepson sparked the clutch hitting with a two-out, three-run home run to opposite field for a 3-2 lead in the second. She finished 3 for 3.
In the third, a two-out single by Mission Viejo catcher Hailey Gald was misplayed in right and led to two runs scoring.
Ganje, a Penn commit, hit one of the Wolverines’ four home runs and finished 3 for 3 with a walk. She launched a two-run home run to tie the score 5-5 with one out in the fifth.
Leadoff batter and Stanford commit Taylor Nelson hit two home runs and catcher Tessa Cowsill added one for the No. 13 Wolverines (13-5-1, 4-2).
“You always know on a big game, those three are going to bring their best,” Aliso Niguel coach Randie Baldwin said Ganje, Nelson and Cowsill. “We’re not out of it (in league) by any means.”
Mission Viejo turned to Reece Uehara to quiet the Wolverines’ powerful bats. The junior committed to Princeton responded by pitching 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief of starter Sofia Elliott to earn the win.
“We got each other’s back,” Uehara said. “As a relief pitcher, you just got to put out the fire the best you can. That’s what I tried to do.”
“We have a lot of seniors graduating,” she added. “Everyone just wants to give them the best final year.”
Mission Viejo closes league Wednesday by playing host to Tesoro, which defeated the Diablos 5-1 earlier this week. The Titans play at Aliso Niguel on Monday.
