Prep softball: Mesa tops CdM for third

COSTA MESA - The Costa Mesa High softball team rallied for a 5-1

victory over Pacific Coast League rival Corona del Mar to earn third

place in the Costa Mesa Invitational Saturday at TeWinkle Park.

Ann Marie Topps and Jane-E Yamamoto both went 2 for 3 and drove in a

run for the Mustangs (3-1), who also had two hits from Michelle Miller.

Topps also made an over-the-shoulder catch of a would-be single to center

field to help thwart a bases-loaded opportunity for CdM in a scoreless

fourth.

Mesa outhit the Sea Kings, 10-5, after falling in the championship

semifinal to Anaheim, 4-1.

CdM’s Casey Bunney doubled in a run and Amy Tyson also doubled against

Mesa.

Katy Renish had two of Mesa’s three hits against Anaheim.

Costa Mesa Invitational

Third-place game

Costa Mesa 5, Corona del Mar 1

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Tyson and Stern; Lindsay and DeMello. W - Lindsay, 4-1. L - Tyson. 2B - C. Bunney (CdM), Tyson (CdM). HR - Yamamoto (CM).

Semifinal

Anaheim 4, Costa Mesa 1

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Lindsay and DeMello; Lampson and Placentia. W - Lampson, 4-1. L -

Lindsay, 3-1.