Makayla Villapando ended a back-and-forth battle between 3C2A superpowers with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 8th that clinched a 4-3 West Valley win over visiting College of San Mateo. Villapando's bases-loaded grounder to the right side of the CSM infield drove home pinch runner Marissa Rodriguez and gave the Vikings (30-2, 7-1 Coast) a season sweep of the Bulldogs (27-3, 7-2).

San Mateo grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd on a Jessica Gutierrez RBI single, but a Villapando double to right knocked in Rylee Gomez and knotted it up at 1-1 after two. West Valley took advantage of an E2 on a Tyla Arbuckle fielder's choice that scored Ella Moser and gave the Vikings a 2-1 lead in the 5th. CSM evened it up an inning later on Cici Kim's RBI single, but WVC countered with a Brianna Chambers Lee double that brought home Jasmine Mixco, who had earned a leadoff walk, for a 3-2 Viking lead heading to the top of the 7th.

CSM's Ale Phillips led off the 7th with a single and moved to 2nd on a Katie Johnson groundout to Alina Perez at 2nd. Viking starter Ashlie Nakano gave way to reliever Alysia Elizarrey, who immediately made a stellar defensive play on a Gutierrez shot back to the circle for the 2nd out. Back-to-back wild pitches, however, brought home Phillips and tied it at 3-3. Newly-insterted Amelia Sizemore got Nohemi Livingston to ground out to Gomez at 3rd to end the Bulldog threat and send the game into extra innings. The Vikings, it turned out, would only need a single extra stanza.

Sizemore set the Bulldogs down in order in the top of the 8th to pave the way for WVC's home-half heroics. Chambers Lee led off with a single and in came pinch runner Rodriguez. Gomez almost ended it two pitches later with a double to center field that was held in the park by a stiff wind, but moved Rodriguez to 3rd. Alexis Bojorquez-Nava worked Livingston for a walk to load the bases with nobody out. Raylene Cruz just missed with a flyout to right for the first out and up to the plate strode Villapando. The Viking catcher ended it with a hard-to-handle dribbler to 2nd that scored Rodriguez and ignited a Viking infield celebration.

Chambers Lee and Villapando each had three of West Valley's 12 hits, while Gomez finished 2-for-2. Nakano spun 6.1 strong innings, striking out three and scattering six singles. Sizemore was perfect in 1.1 innings of work to earn the win and move to 5-1 on the season.

The Vikings head to Monterey Peninsula April 4 for a key contest against the Lobos (14-14, 3-5). First pitch is 3:00pm.