Vikings in the News
2010
The Tournament of Champions from Thursday-Saturday at Mohave High of Bullhead City, Ariz., is another tournament that attracts top national teams. Two-time tournament champion Valencia of Valencia, El Modena, Pacifica, Mater Dei, Norco and Riverside Poly are among the top teams in the 42-team field. …
2009
Mortensen tossed a one-hitter in her postseason debut and Valencia cranked out 14 hits in an 8-0 shutout of Agoura in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division I playoffs Thursday at Valencia High School.
Valencia softball facing a tough road in bid to three-peat
“I just trusted my teammates out there and stayed positive the whole time,” Mortensen said. “I was just trying to keep their hitters off-balance.”
“Valencia 2, Oxnard 0: Lauren Boser and Maddie Shipman had RBI doubles for visiting Valencia in a nonleague game. Megan Foglesong went 2 for 3 with two stolen bases, two runs scored and a walk.”
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Lauren Boser and Maddi Shipman each drove in a run and had a double against Oxnard.”
“Valencia has been awarded the No. 1 ranking in the preseason Southern Section Division I softball coaches’ poll ahead of Simi Valley.” Click here for the poll.
“Defending champion Valencia (Calif.) has dominated the event the past two years. The Vikings didn’t allow a run in winning the tournament in 2007 and they walloped Poly of Riverside 11-3 in last year’s finals. The Vikings will be without EA National Player of the Year Jessica Spigner, who is now attending the University Of Tennessee. However 11 players are expected to return for coach Donna Lee’s team, which went 29-5-1 last year including an upset of national No. 1 Simi Valley in the Southern Section Division 1 finals.”