Coming off a spring break win against Cerritos College, the softball team battled against the Long Beach City College (LBCC) Vikings in their second match up of the season.

The Warriors defeated the Vikings 10-2 in five innings and EC had a big first inning scoring six runs.

“I think we did really well adjusting to pitches they threw at us,” sophomore third baseman Danielle Bonsky said. ” We played pretty solid defense, there [were] a few little errors but it’s going to happen.”

In the fourth inning the Vikings scored two runs but it wasn’t enough to beat the Warriors.

Sophomore center fielder Kirsten Romero had a stellar game. Romero had two stolen bases, and two doubles. Sophomore Jacqueline Gonzales had three RBIs . The Warriors did really well at bat and made good adjustments with the pitching.

“I thought our team did really well defensively getting the first out, ” coach Jessica Rapoza said. ” I thought Dani Bonsky had really good at bats today [and] a lot of us had really good at bats today.”

The Warriors were consistent throughout the game, made defensive plays and shut LBCC down.

“I think we came out here and executed the game we know how to play,” sophomore infielder Kathy Orozco said.

Heading into mid season and with the playoffs nearing, the Warriors are on six-game winning streak. Overall EC is 20-6 and in their conference they 11-1. Their next game is a home game on March 24 against L.A Harbor College at 3 p.m.

“We were really focused because we knew we needed this one to go to playoffs,” Bonsky said.

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