Ranger lady hitters out of CIF after wildcard loss

The Nordhoff softball team met its match in a wildcard playoff meeting with the St. Joseph's Knights of Santa Maria on Tuesday afternoon. After six and a half innings, the homestanding Knights walked off with a convincing 4-1 victory.

The Nordhoff bats were quiet all day and two costly Ranger errors allowed three runs to score for the Knights.

St. Joseph's scored one run in the first inning, two more in the fourth and one in the fifth, after Nordhoff plated its lone tally of the day.
Rachelle Madrid pitched well in a loss that dropped her record to 5-6 on the year. Coach Tom Husted called her performance "a fine effort." Unfortunately for Madrid, her teammates couldn't pick up the offense. The Rangers managed just two hits for the ball game.

Nordhoff ends a fairly successful year 11-10-1 overall, while St. Joseph's, which finished third in the Los Padres League, advances to play Buena in a CIF Southern Section first- round playoff game.

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