{"id":237832,"date":"2026-03-26T17:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/237832\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:44:21","slug":"warriors-softball-sink-to-vikings-as-losing-streak-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/237832\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors softball sink to Vikings as losing streak continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The score is tied 3-3 as the Long Beach Vikings<\/a> are up to bat at the top of the second inning and No. 12 Vikings catcher Zara Mineo<\/a> waits for the perfect pitch to bring runners home.<\/p>\n

\u200bWith teammates on second and third base, there\u2019s an opportunity to score. She hits a line drive down the right-center field and sprints all the way to third base as two runners ahead of her make it home, giving the Vikings a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n

\u200bLong Beach City College defeated the El Camino Warriors<\/a> softball team (9-4) on Tuesday, March 24 at the Warriors\u2019 home field. \u200bThe Warriors have lost five consecutive games (18-8). <\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cI was kinda struggling mentally. \u200bI just go up there, I blackout all the noise, and I just hit, and I do what I know how to do. Doing that [scoring] helped me regain confidence in myself and my abilities,\u201d Mineo said.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe El Camino Warriors scored three runs in the first inning. No.12 utility Emily Gamboa<\/a> doubled to left field for an RBI (3-2), allowing No. 7 pitcher and offielder Jazmin McHenry<\/a> to score. The momentum continued as Gamboa and No.15 infielder Emma Padilla<\/a> scored.<\/p>\n

\"El<\/a>El Camino College Warriors pitcher and outfielder Jazmin McHenry, gets hit by a pitch in the bottom of the first inning, advancing to first base on Tuesday, March 24. She\u2019s the first runner on base for ECC Warriors. (Frances Que | The Union)<\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cIt was a really good game, and towards the end, our energy got a little low once the score changed. We battled until the end,\u201d Warriors No.5 catcher Bryanna Morales<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

\u200bA strategy utilized by the Vikings was bunting, allowing runners to advance. Instead of taking full swings, batters lightly tapped the ball into the infield. Meanwhile, their pitcher, No.8 Ella Haugo<\/a>, focused on throwing strikes.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cI just throw strikes and let my defense work,\u201d Haugo said. I don\u2019t need to overpower them and strike them out. I just need to make sure that they hit it to my defense because they\u2019re good.\u201d \u200b<\/p>\n

\u200bAs both teams are gearing up to play back to back games this week, their goal is to qualify for state championships.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>El Camino College Warriors and Long Beach City College Vikings line up, introducing themselves before the match starts on March 24 at the ECC softball field. Players go down the line to give each other high fives. (Frances Que | The Union)<\/p>\n

With several tough opponents ahead, the Warriors are strategizing on plays they can improve.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cThere\u2019s always that one inning in a game that can decide it, and today was that case. There in the second inning, we gave up six runs, and that\u2019s the difference in the game,\u201d Warriors\u2019 assistant coach Michael Smith<\/a> said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The score is tied 3-3 as the Long Beach Vikings are up to bat at the top of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[107270,131,133,132,107271,14502,127,107272],"class_list":["post-237832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-el-camino-warriors","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-long-beach-vikings","tag-softball","tag-sports","tag-womens-softball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}