Westcliff drop two to the Maple Leafs of Goshen

By: SID Chase Dodge What Happened? Westcliff in its last non-conference game before conference play faced off against Goshen College. Game 1 started off slow with the Warriors earning the 1st run of the day off of an error by the Leaves. However in the Top of 3rd is where the Leaves broke away from the Warriors earning 6 Runs in that inning alone. The rest of game 1 was the Warriors fighting to get their offense started but was unsuccessful with the Leaves taking Game 1: 8-1. The 2nd game was more entertaining with the Warriors down by 2 in the bottom of the 5th. A lead off single by Siana San Vicente along with Ananda Delegarito reaching 1st on a fielder's choice at the next at bat. Both San Vicente and Delegarito advancing one base off of a wild pitch saw the Warriors in scoring position. A triple by RF Natalie Ziegler tied the game but that was not all. Ziegler on that same play went all the way home off of a throwing error by the Leaves. The Warriors were now up 4-3. This lead was short lived however, as the Leafs in the top of the 7th scored 3 runs to earn back the lead. The bottom of the 7th saw the Warriors fight back loading the bases but were unlucky. The Leaves won game 2: 6-4. Final Score Game 1 Westcliff - 1 | 3 | 2 Goshen - 8 | 12 | 2 Game 2 Westcliff - 4 | 10 | 0 Goshen - 6 | 15 | 4 Top Performers (Game 1 and Game 2) Natalie Ziegler - 2-5, 3B, 2 RBI, 3 PO Becky Ramos - 2-6, 2 R, 12 PO Desare Moreno - 3B , 1 RBI, 4 PO Celeste Huffman - 3B  Nina Hendriks - 10 SOs What's Next? Westcliff will be taking on Antelope Valley in their first conference 4 game series this weekend on Friday and Saturday. Game times for both days are at 12:00 and 2:00