Southern Section Softball Playoffs : Zinner Leads Lancers Past Wilson, 3-1

Thousand Oaks High moved one step closer to the 4-A Division softball title game with a 3-1 second-round victory over host Long Beach Wilson on Tuesday.

The Lancers (24-7), who lost to Cerritos, 5-0, in the final last season, got solo home runs from Phronsie Franco in the first inning and Jamie Heggen in the third.

Alicia Zinner (14-1) pitched a four-hitter as Thousand Oaks advanced to Thursday’s quarterfinals, where they play Fountain Valley, an 8-1 victor over Cypress.

Long Beach Wilson had the tying runs on base with no outs in the seventh but could not score.

After Kim Duhen and Sara Williams singled, Marsha Bour made a fine play on a Sue Wells’ smash and forced Williams at second. Whitney Williamson popped out to Bour and Zinner struck out Van Dody to end the game.

Zinner struck out six batters and walked none.

Righetti 2, Newbury Park 0--The Panthers left six runners on base in the second-round 4-A game at Borchard Park in Newbury Park.

Heather Compton (21-4) pitched out of a jam in the seventh inning when Newbury Park had runners on second and third with one out. Compton struck out Heather Rolland and got Marilyn Carroll to pop out to the catcher.

Righetti scored the only runs of the game in the sixth inning.

Shauna Conn walked, went to second on a sacrifice by Shannon Munger and advanced to third on a single by Lisa Guys. Conn scored and Guys went to second on Lea Lopez’s wild pitch, and Compton followed with single, moving Guys to third. Andrea Beall grounded out to second to score Guys.

Compton struck out 12 and walked three. Lopez struck out four and walked one for Newbury Park (19-9).

Buena 8, Simi Valley 0--Right-hander Tamara Evans threw a three-hit complete game, struck out eight and walked none in a second-round 4-A game at Buena.

Junior left-hander Chrissy Oliver (19-8) took the loss for the Pioneers, allowing 14 hits and two walks. She struck out three.

St. Paul 1, Hart 0--The Swordsmen of Santa Fe Springs scored their run on a double and two errors in the top of the seventh to knock Hart out of the 4-A playoffs in the second round.

St. Paul pitcher Keri Kropke, who threw a perfect game in the first round, had a perfect game against the Indians until she walked Angie Gorski with two out in the bottom of the seventh.

Hart sophomore Kym Weil had 14 strikeouts and did not walk a batter. Of the three hits St. Paul managed off Weil, only one made it out of the infield: Lisa Gandara doubled in the seventh and then scored when the Indians’ outfielder bobbled the ball and the shortstop’s relay throw was wild.

La Reina 4, Miraleste 2--Erin Sweeney had three runs batted in, including a two-out, two-run double in the fifth that gave the Regents a second-round 1-A victory at Miraleste.

L.A. Baptist 3, Paraclete 2--The Knights scored two runs with two out in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a victory in a second-round 1-A playoff game at L. A. Baptist.