MCHS Sundevils Schedule

MARCH
DATE	OPPONENT	LOCATION	TIME	Score	W	L	T
5	Cougar Classic-West Hills	Kit Carson Park	7pm	2 - 0	x
6	Cougar Classic-University City	Kit Carson Park	7pm	6 - 0	x
9	Cougar Classic-Orange Glen	Kit Carson Park	8am	3 - 1	x
11	Cougar Classic-Playoffs	Kit Carson Park	6pm	0 - 2		x
13	NCC Tourney-Fallbrook	MCHS	3:30pm	6 - 0	x
16	NCC Tourney-San Pasqual	Cardiff Sports Park	9am	3 - 5		x
16	NCC Tourney, Orange Glen	Cardiff Sports Park	11am	11- 0	x
19	NCC Tourney-Valley Center	Valley Center	3:30pm	9 - 4	x
21	NCC Tourney-San Marcos	San Marcos	3:30pm	12- 1	x
22	Escondido	Escondido	3:30pm	4 - 2	x
25	Longhorn Tourney-El Cap	MCHS	4pm	5 - 0	x
26	Longhorn Tourney-Granite Hills	MCHS	4pm	5 - 3	x
27	Longhorn Tourney-Serra	Rancho Buena Vista	4:45pm	0 - 0			x
28	Longhorn Tourney-Bonita Vista	MCHS	4pm	0 - 1		x

APRIL					W	L	T
9	Ramona	MCHS	3:30pm	4 - 3	x
11	La Costa Canyon	La Costa Canyon	3:30pm	0 - 4		x
12	Fallbrook	MCHS	3:30pm	3 - 0	x
17	Rancho Bernardo	Rancho Bernardo	3:30pm	3 - 4		x
19	Rancho Buena Vista	Rancho Buena Vista	3:30pm	1 - 2		x
24	Poway	MCHS	3:30pm	Rained	Out
26	Vista	Vista	3:30pm	Rained	Out
27	Vista (make up 4/26)	MCHS	12:00pm	2 - 0	x
30	Poway (make up 4/24)	MCHS	3:30pm	1 - 3		x

MAY					W	L	T
1	Torrey Pines	MCHS	3:30pm	2 - 5		x
3	Rancho Bernardo	MCHS	3:30pm	2 - 1	x
8	Rancho Buena Vista	MCHS	3:30pm	4 - 3	x
10	Poway	Poway Lake	7:00pm	0 - 3		x
13	Vista	Vista	3:30pm	7 - 2	x
15	Torrey Pines	Torrey Pines	3:30pm	1 - 0	x
CIF	Championships
18	Vista	MCHS	9:30am	15 -2	x
21	Torrey Pines	MCHS	3:30pm	5 - 2	x
23	La Costa Canyon	MCHS	5:00pm	1 - 2		x
STATS:	Games: 30 Shutouts: 8	Last Ten: 6 - 4 - 0	PCT:	.633	19	10	1

4/9/02 Mt. Carmel 4, Ramona 3	4/11/02 Mt. Carmel 0, LCC 4	4/12/01 Mt. Carmel 3, Fallbrook 0
Ramona 100 200 0 ---- 3 5 3 Mt. Carmel 102 001 x ---- 4 8 2 Lafreniere and Iverson. Wiens, Kala (3), Sullivan (5) and Floros. WP ---- Sullivan (1-0). LP ---- Lafreniere. HR ---- Soto (MC), 3rd, one on. Records: Ramona 4-11. Mt. Carmel 11-3-1.	"Mt. Carmel (11-4-1) certainly didn't play poorly against the two-time defending Division I champs. Shortstop Kristie Fox and third baseman Vanessa Soto made some outstanding defensive plays, and Fox laced a double to left-center field to lead off the fourth inning."	Fallbrook 000 000 0 - 0 2 2 Mt. Carmel 000 003 x - 3 5 3 A.Bow and Alkire; Kalla, Sullivan (3), Wiens (5) and Floros. WP-Wiens (7-4). LP-A.Bow (4-9).
4/17/02 Mt. Carmel 3, Rancho Bernardo 4	4/19/02 Mt. Carmel 1, RBV 2	4/27/02 Mt. Carmel 2, Vista 0
Rancho Bernardo 4, Mt. Carmel 3 Mt. Carmel 001 000 2 ---- 3 8 1 Rancho Bernardo 210 000 1 ---- 4 12 1 Wiens and Floros. Determan and Terry. WP ---- Determan (5-3). LP ---- Wiens (7-5). Notable: The Broncos started the winning rally with two-out singles by Summer Downs and Samantha Pittman, putting runners at first and third. Jo Sherlock laced a liner off the pitcher's shin to score the winning run. Pittman was 4-for-4 and Downs was 3-for-4 with a RBI. Kristie Fox was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Vanessa Soto was 2-for-3 with an RBI for Mt. Carmel. Records: Mt. Carmel 12-5-1, 0-1. Rancho Bernardo 10-7, 1-0.	Rancho Buena Vista 2, Mt. Carmel 1 Mt. Carmel 000 001 0 ---- 1 7 2 Rancho Buena Vista 000 002 x ---- 2 6 0 Wiens and Flores. Garcia and Fukuda. WP ---- Garcia (9-1). LP ---- Wiens. HR ---- Kristie Fox (MC) 6th, none on. Notable: With one out in the sixth inning Rancho Buena Vista's Megan Smith singled to center. After Tesia Liggins pinch-ran for Smith, junior Sarah Riehle hit an RBI triple. Sophomore Erika Sluss followed Riehle's hit with an RBI single that proved to be the game-winner. Mt. Carmel's Vanessa Soto went 3-for-3 and Kristie Fox finished 2-for-4. Records: Mt. Carmel 0-2. Rancho Buena Vista 15-4-1, 1-1.	Mt. Carmel 2, Vista 0 Vista 000 000 0 ---- 0 3 2 Mt. Carmel 000 101 x ---- 2 6 0 Martinez and Siliga. Wiens and Floros. WP ---- Wiens (8-6). LP ---- Martinez (10-5). Notable: Mt. Carmel's Laura Wiens pitched a three-hit shutout with three strikeouts and one walk. Katie Vickers paced the Sundevils' offense by going 2-for-3 with a double and one RBI. Records: Vista 13-7-2, 1-2. Mt. Carmel 13-6-1, 1-2.
4/30/02 Mt. Carmel 1, Poway 3	5/01/02 Mt Carmel 2 vs. Torrey Pines 5	5/03/02 Mt Carmel 2 vs. RB 1
Poway 3, Mt. Carmel 1 Poway 000 110 1 ---- 3 9 2 Mt. Carmel 000 000 1 ---- 1 6 1 Brown and Williams. Wiens and Floros. WP ---- Brown (7-4). LP ---- Wiens (8-7). HR ---- Dodds (P), 7th, none on. Records: Poway 13-5-2, 2-1. Mt. Carmel 13-7-1, 1-3.	Torrey Pines 012 020 0 - 5 11 0 Mt. Carmel 001 001 0 - 2 7 1 --------------------------------------------------------- Snyder and Smoot; Wiens, Kalla (3) and Floros. HRs-Snyder (TP) 3rd, none on. WP-Snyder (18-2). LP-Wiens (8-8).	R Bernardo 000 100 0 - 1 2 2 Mt. Carmel 100 010 x - 2 5 1 --------------------------------------------------------- May and Terry; Wiens and Floros WP-Wiens (9-8). LP-May (3-4). Notable: Kristie Fox had two doubles, game winning RBI for MC. (14-8-1 2,4) ;RB (11-10, 2-3)
5/8/02 Mt Carmel 4 vs. RBV 3	5/10/02 Mt Carmel 0 vs. Poway 3	5/13/02 Mt Carmel 7 vs. Vista 2
Mt. Carmel 4, Rancho Buena Vista 3 Rancho Buena Vista 100 200 0 ---- 3 5 0 Mt. Carmel 201 001 x ---- 4 9 1 Garcia and Fukuda. Weins and Floros. WP ---- Weins (10-8). LP ---- Garcia (10-3). Notable: Katie Vickers went 2-for- 2 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored, including the game-winning run. RBV's Desiree Franciscus finished 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Records: Rancho Buena Vista 17-8-1, 3-4. Mt. Carmel 15-8-1, 3-4.	Poway 3, Mt. Carmel 0 At Poway Lake Mt. Carmel 000 000 0 ---- 0 2 0 Poway 210 000 x ---- 3 6 1 Weins and Folors. Brown and Williams. WP ---- Brown (11-4). LP ---- Weins (10-9). Notable: Heather Williams was 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored for the Titans. Records: Mt. Carmel 15-9-1, 3-5. Poway 17-6-2, 6-2.	Mt. Carmel 112 201 0 --7 13 2 Vista 002 000 0 --2 5 4 Wiens, Kalla (7) and Floros. a. Martinez and Siliga. WP ----Wiens (11-9). LP --Martinez (10-11). Notable: The Sundevils' Erin Flores wnet 3-for-3 with an RBI. Records: 16-9-1, 4-5. Vista 13-13-2. 1-8.
5/15/02 Mt Carmel 1 vs. Torrey Pines 0	5/18/02 CIF 1st Round Mt Carmel 15 vs. Vista 2	5/21/02 CIF Quarterfinals Mt Carmel 5 vs. Torrey Pines 2
MT. CARMEL 1, TORREY PINES 0 (15) M.C. 000 000 000 001 - 1 7 1 T.P. 000 000 000 000 - 0 7 3 Weins and Floros; Snyder and Smoot. WP-Weins (12-9). LP-Snyder (21-4).	Mt. Carmel High softball coach Tom Peronto hopes history will repeat itself Tuesday when the Sundevils, who scored a 15-inning upset of No. 3 seed Torrey Pines in Wednesday's regular-season finale, visit the Falcons in the CIF Division I quarterfinals. The Sundevils will get the opportunity to make that happen after Vanessa Soto and Kristie Fox both homered Saturday to pace a 15-2 first-round victory over visiting Vista.... \| Article \|	Mt. Carmel 110 000 3 ---- 5 9 1 Torrey Pines 001 100 0 ---- 2 5 1 Wiens and Floros. Snyder, Wilburn (7), Snyder (7) and Smoot. WP ---- Wiens (14-9). LP ---- Snyder (21-5). HR ---- Floros (MC), 2nd, none on (No. 2). Notable: Katie Vickers slammed a bases-loaded double for three runs to snap a 2-2 tie with two outs in the seventh inning. Vickers also squeezed in a run in the first. Vanessa Soto was 2-for-3 for the Sundevils. Marci Hill was 2-for-4 with the lone RBI for the Falcons. Records: Mt. Carmel 19-9-1. Torrey Pines 28-6.

5/23/02
CIF Semifinal
Mt Carmel 1 vs. LCC 2

This victory by the Mavericks was not an easy one. Outhit by a 9-3 margin, La Costa Canyon got the one hit it needed in the third inning.

Trailing 1-0 on a first-inning run, La Costa Canyon shortstop Brandy Bucher got the hit-and-run sign, but instead slammed the second pitch she got over the left fielder's head for her first home run this season.

The shot also drove in Staci Falzon, who had laced a two-out single to left just before the game's big blow. "I was just trying to hit it hard on the ground somewhere,'' said Bucher, a sophomore who was promoted to the varsity for last year's postseason but sat on the bench instead. "I looked at it when I hit it and it kept carrying. It felt really good off the bat. I play a lot of games between LCC and travel ball, but I can't even remember the last home run I hit.''

La Costa Canyon got just one walk off Mt. Carmel junior hurler Laura Wiens, who walked one and struck out eight in falling to 14-10.

To say Mt. Carmel (19-10-1) had its scoring chances would be an understatement. Despite having runners in scoring position in six of the game's seven innings, the Sundevils stranded 10 runners against right-hander Katie Maroney, who improved to 24-4 despite battling a case of the flu. "We just couldn't get the key hit when we needed it,'' said Mt. Carmel coach Tom Peronto. "They got it and we didn't. Well, they got the one key hit they needed.''

After the Mavericks took the lead, the Sundevils left the bases loaded in the fourth, stranded two runners in the fifth, left a runner at second in the sixth and, as if to tease the Mt. Carmel fans one last time, stranded runners at first and second in the seventh.

Mt. Carmel put together a two-out rally for its only run in the first when Katie Vickers, who was 2-for-2, doubled in Vanessa Soto, who had singled.

"This was one of those games where you wonder how are we doing this,'' said Mavericks coach Mike Hill. "Our defense is a hallmark of our teams every year and it showed in this one.

"Getting to the finals is what we expect. We get to finals because we expect to be here. And we expect to win, nothing less.''

While Bucher was 2-for-3 for the Mavericks, the Sundevils got two-hit games from Erin Floros (2-for-3) and Kristie Fox (2-for-4).

Excerpts from the NC times | article |