(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College softball team (45-7) advanced in the Region I, Division II Tournament as it opened play on Thursday at the West Campus Aztec Field.
The No. 1 seeded Aztecs defeated No. 4 Scottsdale Community College 7-0 and will play South Mountain Community College on Friday at 12:00 p.m. with a chance to advance to the Championship round.
Freshman Adriana Machado (Canyon del Oro HS) threw a complete game shutout as she pitched all seven innings, giving up nine hits with five strikeouts and three walks on 100 pitches. The Artichokes (22-30) stranded runs in every inning and left 12 on base.
Sophomore Clarissa Figueroa (Mountain View HS) drove in the first run with a sacrifice-fly RBI bringing in sophomore Amerika Lopez-Bedoy (Sunnyside HS). Two batters later, sophomore Julissa Lopez (Tucson Magnet HS) hit an RBI single to left field to score freshman Izabel Rodriguez (Sahuarita HS) to make it 2-0.
The Aztecs added some insurance in the 5th inning when freshman Soleil Ponce (Sunnyside HS) drew a bases loaded walk to score Figueroa.
Pima helped seal it with another four runs in the 6th inning. Figueroa hit an RBI single to drive in freshman Tayah Lyons, who led off the inning with a single. Lopez drove in her second run with a sacrifice-fly RBI to center field, plating Rodriguez again. Lopez-Bedoy scored on a passed ball and sophomore Jiselle Nunez (Tucson Magnet HS) scored on an error.
Figueroa finished the game 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
“We want to come in and go hard every single game. We only want to play one game per day, and we want to make it a 3-peat,” Figueroa said. “Having the community out here supporting us, means a lot and it just fires us up even more.”
Lopez went 1-for-4 with two RBIs while Rodriguez was 1-for-4 with two runs scored. Lopez-Bedoy closed it out, going 1-for-3 with two runs and Lyons finished 1-for-3 with a run.
The Aztecs will play the No. 2 seeded Cougars on Friday at 12:00 p.m.
The No. 3 seeded Phoenix College Bears will play the No. 4 Artichokes in an Elimination Game on Friday at 9:00 a.m.
W – A. Machado (17-3). SB: Rodriguez, Nunez.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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