In an 11 inning ‘edge of your seat’ type of game, neither team could step up and win it.  With day light running out, the game was called at a tie.

The Oxnard Yellow Jackets came out to play with a STRONG defensive, particularly in center field.  No matter where the Vikings hit the ball, it seemed as though their center fielder was there.

Oxnard scored in the first inning and the Vikings scored in the 4th after a Madison Shipman single, a Caitlin Rooney sac to move her over, then a steal at third that went bad for Oxnard and got passed the third baseman far enough for Maddi to score the tying run.

The Vikings had 9 singles in the game by Lauren Boser (2), Madison Shipman (2), Karlie Habitz (2), Megan Fogelsong (1), Shannon Fitzgerald (1), Missy Fundora (1).  Carly Mortensen pitched all 11 innings giving up only 4 hits and 1 earned run in the first. Karlie Habitz caught the whole game and made two huge outs catching two runners stealing in the 10th.

The Vikings head to Bullhead City on Wednesday to the Tournament of Champions and will face Greenway in their first game on Thursday at 4pm.

Valencia 10 El Dorado 1

The Vikings came out pumped up in their first game of the season.  The girls brought their sticks and scored a whopping 10 runs over El Dorado who did score one earned run in the 6th.  Carly Mortensen took the circle and pitched a complete game giving up 6 singles and striking out 9.

Offensively the Vikings had 12 hits, 4 doubles by Lauren Boser, Shannon Fitzgerald and Justine Sibthorp and a 2 run homer courtesy of Madison Shipman.

The Vikings play Oxnard High School at home Monday 3/8.

The Lady Vikings started their 2010 season with two scrimmages.  The first vs Burbank at Valencia, then our annual scrimmage vs Santa Monica High School happened despite the storm looming ahead.

After 9 months apart, the girls took the field as if it was just yesterday. The ladies came out strong and looked solid both offensively and defensively.

Thank you to Debbie and the girls and SaMo for hosting our scrimmage.

Here’s to a great 2010 season.  Go Vikings!!!

In the top of the 1^st, Agoura went down in order. Bottom of the 1^st, Lauren Boser singled to left field and went to 2^nd when Madison Shipman drew a walk. Bethany Kemp grounded out, but advanced Boser to 3^rd and Shipman to 2^nd. Caitlin Rooney hit a single to right, scoring Boser and Shipman. Amy Moore singled to right advancing Rooney to 3^rd. Missy Fundora who was running for Moore was able to steal 2^nd. Top of 2^nd, Agoura once again went down in order with a groundout and two strikeouts. Bottom of 2^nd, Shannnon Fitzgerald singled to center followed by another single to center by Megan Foglesong. Fitgerald however was out at 2^nd on the throw from center. Boser singled to center advancing Foglesong to to 3^rd. With Shipman up to bat, Boser stole 2^nd. Shipman was walked. Kemp singled to center, scoring Foglesong. Top of 3^rd, Agoura went down in order. Bottom of 3^rd, Moore hit a grounder to 3^rd but beat out the throw by sliding into 1^st. Annie Dreher singled to center advancing pinch runner Fundora to 2^nd. Lindsay Clark had a sacrifice bunt advancing the runners to 2^nd and 3^rd. Fitzgerald singled to center sending Fundora home and Dreher to 3^rd. Foglesong singled to center bringing Dreher home. Boser hit a grounder to short and Fitzgerald was tagged out running to 3^rd. Shipman doubled scoring Foglesong and sending Boser to 3^rd. Top of 4^th, Top of 4^th, again Agoura was kept scoreless. Bottom of 4^th, Dreher singled to center. With Sarah Solano in running for Dreher she was able to advance to 3^rd sith a double to center by Clark. Fitzgerald went to 1^st when she was hit by a pitch. With bases loaded and Foglesong up to bat, the pitcher had an illegal pitch and advanced the runners, bringing home Solano. Foglesong singled to center bringing Clark home. Top of 5^th, Agoura was again kept scoreless. Bottom of the 5^th, the Vikings had one base runner when Kemp drew a walk. Top of 6^th, Agoura went down in order. Botttom of 6^th, the Lady Vikings did not score.  Top of 7^th, the only batter that received a hit for the day was a bunt back to Carly Mortensen, the batter was able to beat the throw by sliding into 1^st. Agoura was unable to score. The Lady Vikings win their  first playoff game with a one hit shutout by Mortensen and by a score of 8-0.

In the top of the 1^st with one out and runners on 1^st and 2^nd, Amy Moore was able to get the runner out at 1^st that was off the bag. The last out of the inning was a pop up to Lauren Boser at 1^st. Bottom of 1^st, Boser had a walk. Madison Shipman had a pop up fly to short stop that was dropped allowing the runners to be safe at 1^st and 2^nd. The Vikings were unable to score. Top of the 2^nd, Boser was able to make a behind the back catch behind 1^st base for the first out of the inning. Saugus was able to get on base with the next two batters having infield singles. The second and third out were recorded by Carly Mortensen with a comebacker and a strikeout. Bottom of 2^nd, Lindsay Clark was the only base runner with a walk. Top of 3^rd, with the first batter having a slap single and steal 2^nd. Moore made a fabulous play by catching a pop up along the fence in foul territory for the first out. The second out of the inning was made by a great catch in center by Megan Foglesong. The third out was made by Moore who threw down to second to get the runner out. Bottom of 3^rd, Foglesong led off the inning with a single to center. Boser followed up with a fabulous slap bunt and beat the throw at first  and with an overthrow allowed Foglesong to go to third. With Shipman up the catcher had an overthrow trying to throw out Foglesong at 3^rd, Foglesong scored and Boser went to 2^nd. Boser went on to steal 3^nd with an overthrow at 2^nd. Bethany Kemp drew a walk. Moore doubled to center to score Boser and Kemp to advance to 3^rd. With Annie Dreher up to bat, the Saugus pitcher threw a wild pitch that allowed Kemp to score and. Dreher walked. Top of 4^th, Saugus went down in order. Bottom of 4^th, Shannon Fitzgerald led off the inning with a walk. Foglesong and Boser both had sacrifice bunts advancing Fitzgerald to 2nd then 3^rd. The inning was ended with a line out to 2^nd.Top of the 5^th, Saugus was unable to score. Bottom of 5^th, Caitlin Rooney singled to center. Moore tripled, scoring Justine Sibthorp who was running for Rooney. Dreher hit a groundout that allowed Moore to score. Lindsay Clark singled on an overthrow to 1^st and advanced to 2^nd. Fitzgerald singled to left to score Clark. Fitzgerald went on to steal 2nd while Foglesong was up to bat. Bottom of 6^th, Boser singled, but was thrown out trying to go to 2^nd. Kemp walked. Rooney doubled and scored Kemp. Top of 7^th, inning was led off with a strikeout followed by a walk. The last two outs were recorded by Shipman who caught a line drive and threw to first for the double play. Lady Vikings get the win 7-2. Carly Mortensen was the winning pitcher.

It was a packed house and an enormous amount of school spirit at Valhalla field on Tuesday 5-12-09 where the Lady Vikings took on Hart and took the win with a 4 hit shut out.

In the top of the 1^st Hart went down in order. Bottom of the 1^st, Lauren Boser hit a slapper along the 3^rd base side and beat the throw at 1^st. Madison Shipman then came up with a double and moved Boser to 3rd. The Lady Vikings were unable to score. Top of the 2^nd, Hart had 2 strikeouts followed by a hard hit line drive to Boser for the out. Bottom of the 2^nd the Vikings went down in order. Top of 3^rd, Harts first two batters struck out followed by a walk, single to left and a groundout to Caitlin Rooney for the third out. Bottom of the 3^rd, Shannon Fitzgerald hit the first pitch to right field for a double followed by a sacrifice bunt by Megan Foglesong to advance Fitzgerald to 3^rd. Boser drew a walk and Madison Shipman was intentionally walked to load the bases. Again the Vikings were unable to capitalize. Top of 4^th, the first batter got on with a walk and advanced to 2^nd on a sacrifice bunt. The next two batters were put out by Shipman and Amy Moore. Bottom of the 4^th the Vikings went down in order. Top of 5^th Hart had a groundout to Rooney followed by a single that tipped off Carly Mortensen’s glove and just got by a diving Shipman into center field. A bunt was put down but Boser tagged out the batter and the runner advanced to 2^nd. The inning was ended with a strikeout. Bottom of 5^th, Fitzgerald had a single but was caught stealing at 2^nd base. Top of 6^th, the first two outs were recorded by Mortensen with a comebacker and a strikeout. The next batter hit a single but was able to advance to 3^rd on an error. The last out of the inning was handled by Rooney when the batter popped up. The real action began in the bottom of the 6^th inning when Boser led of the inning getting to 1^st when she was hit by a pitch. With Justine Sibthorp running for Boser, Shipman came to the plate and drew her second walk of the game, advancing Sibthorp to 2^nd. Bethany Kemp came to the plate and drew another walk to load the bases. Rooney came to the plate and came up huge when she hit a double to left field scoring Sibthorp and Shipman. With Kemp on 3^rd and Rooney on 2^nd, Annie Dreher was hit by a pitch and went to 1^st to load the bases. The Lady Vikings were unable to score more in the inning. With the Vikings winning 2-0, Harts first batter grounded out to Boser followed by another groundout to Shipman. With two down in the inning and only needing one more out to win the game the next batter hit a ball that seemed as though it would go to left field, but Shipman made a diving save to hold the batter to a single. Mortensen recorded the last out with a strikeout. Mortensen took the win with a 2-0 win with 8 strikeout. This truly was a team effort and the ladies played flawlessly. Thank you to all the support from everyone that came out to cheer these ladies on, it truly made a difference.

This year the Lady Vikings bid farewell to two very special girls.  Lindsay Clark and Amy Moore are our only two seniors who will be embarking on the journey of college life this fall.  Both girls and their families are very special to Valencia Softball and we will miss them in a BIG way.  Amy Moore will be attending University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA and Lindsay Clark will be attending Azusa Pacific in Azusa, CA. Both girls will be representing their schools on the field with well deserved athletic scholarships.

In the 1^st inning Amy Moore had a walk but was unable to score. The bottom of the 1^st Carly Mortensen was able to get out of an early bases loaded jam when there was a grounder to Madison Shipman who threw home to Amy Moore for the first out of the inning followed by two strikeouts by Mortensen. Top of the 2^nd, Annie Dreher had a single. Bottom of the 2^nd, the Lady Vikings were able to get West Ranch out 1,2,3.Top of 3^rd, Shannon Fitzgerald had a single to right but was put out at 2^nd when Megan Foglesong had a fielders choice. Foglesong stole 2^nd. Madison Shipman came up and hit a two run homerun over the center field fence. Bethany Kemp went to 1^st when she was hit by a pitch. Top of 4^th, Dreher singled to short. Top of 5^th, Fitzgerald singled to right followed by a double down 3^rd base line by Foglesong who scored Fitzgerald. Amy Moore had a bunt single by beating out the throw and advancing Foglesong to 3^rd. Foglesong scored on a wild pitch to Shipman. Bottom of the 5^th, a batter was walked. With a runner at 1^st, Mortensen struck out the next batter and Moore threw down to 2^nd to catch the runner trying to steal. Top of 6^th, Caitlin Rooney led off the inning with a walk. Dreher doubled to center scoring pinch runner Elena Dickson. Lauren Boser singled to right and advanced to 2^nd on an overthrow. Foglesong doubled to left scoring Dreher and Boser. Bottom of 6^th, West Ranch was able to score one run. Top of 7^th Shipman singled to left and followed up by stealing 2^nd base. Kemp doubled to left scoring Shipman. Rooney singled to left advancing Kemp to 3^rd. Jessica Smith hit a deep fly ball to left, just missing a homerun and scoring Kemp. Lindsay Clark singled to left. Bottom of 7^th, Mortensen struck out the first batter and then walked the following two batters. The next batter popped up a bunt that a diving Rooney caught to hold the runners and record the second out. Mortensen followed up with a strikeout to end the game. Lady Vikings win 9-1, Mortensen got the win with 10 strikeouts.

In the 1^st inning Megan Foglesong singled to center followed up by stealing 2^nd and 3^rd. Bethany Kemp singled to left scoring Foglesong. 2^nd inning, Justine Sibthorp walked and then stole 2^nd. Shannon Fitzgerald doubled to center scoring Sibthorp. Foglesong tripled to right scoring Fitzgerald. Amy Moore singled to left scoring Foglesong. 3^rd inning, Caitlin Rooney doubled to center and went to 3^rd on a double by Annie Dreher. Sibthorp doubled to center scoring Rooney. Lindsay Clark singled to center scoring Dreher. With runners at 1^st and 2^nd Foglesong doubled to left scoring Sibthorp and advancing Clark to 3^rd.  4^th inning, Kemp singled followed by another single by Rooney. Dreher singled to center scoring Kemp and advancing Rooney to 2^nd. Elena Dickson was put in to run for Rooney when Ally Peskay hit a hard shot down the 3^rd base line for a single and to score Dickson and advance Dreher to 2^nd. Clark hit a single to right to load the bases. Fitzgerald hit a single to center scoring Peskay and Dreher and advancing Clark to 2^nd. Moore doubled to center sending Clark home and Fitzgerald to 3^rd. With Missy Fundora in to run for Moore, Madison Shipman doubled to left scoring Fitzgerald and advancing Fundora to 3^rd.  Kemp doubled to right to score Fundora and Shipman. Elena Dickson hit a grounder to Short and was called out at 1^st base which looked as if she beat the throw out. In the top of the 5^th Sibthorp singled to left. Clark hit a bomb to left which one hopped over the left field fence and was ruled a ground rule double and advancing Sibthorp to 3^rd. Foglesong walked. The inning was ended with a flyout to center.