(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College softball team (8-0, 4-0 in ACCAC) played its first home games of the 2025 season on Tuesday at the West Campus Aztec Softball Field.
The No. 15 ranked Aztecs swept Glendale Community College (2-4, 1-3) winning the first game by run-rule and rallying to win the second game.
Freshman Jiselle Nunez (Tucson Magnet HS) finished the day 4 for 8 with six RBIs and four runs scored. Sophomore Aubrey Marx (Cienega HS) had five hits on the day as she went 5 for 7 with an RBI and three runs. Sophomore Alyssa Noriega (Pueblo HS) finished 3 for 7 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Sophomore Cheyanne Ortiz (Tucson Magnet HS) was 4 for 5 with an RBI and four runs scored and fellow sophomore Natalya Rivera (Sunnyside HS) was also 4 for 5 with two RBIs and three runs scored. Freshman Arianna Flores (Salpointe Catholic HS) threw another gem while freshman Sariah Ferrentino (Sabino HS) pitched quality innings in relief.
Game 1: (15) Pima Aztecs 9, Glendale Gauchos 0 (5 innings)
The Aztecs struck in the 1st inning, but the bats came alive in the 2nd inning.
The Aztecs scored six runs in the 2nd frame. With the bases load and one out, Marx hit an RBI single to score Ortiz. Nunez followed by clearing the bases with a three-run RBI double bringing around freshman Clarissa Figueroa (Mountain View HS), sophomore Talia Martin (Mountain View HS) and Marx to make it 6-0. Nunez would score on a passed ball. Rivera reached base on a walk and later scored on an error to cap the inning as Pima went up 8-0.
Freshman Legend Otero hit a sacrifice-fly RBI to score Noriega, who led off the 4th inning with a single.
Nunez finished the game 1 for 3 with three RBIs and two runs scored while Noriega was 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run. Marx went 2 for 2 with an RBI and two runs and Rivera closed it out going 1 for 1 with an RBI, a run and a walk.
Flores picked up the win as she pitched all five innings, giving up two hits with 14 strikeouts and five walks.
GCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
PCC 2 6 0 1 x 9 9 1
W – Flores (3-0). 2B: Nunez, Rivera. SB: Rivera
Game 2: (15) Pima Aztecs 13, Glendale Gauchos 9
The Aztecs rallied from a six-run deficit to beat the Gauchos and earn the sweep.
The Aztecs trailed 7-1 after Glendale put up four runs in the top of the 3rd inning. The Aztecs started to chip away as Noriega hit a two-run homer to right field to make it 7-3. Rivera followed with a triple and scored on freshman Julissa Lopez’s (Tucson Magnet HS) sacrifice-fly RBI.
The Gauchos got a run back in the 4th inning to make it 8-4 but the Aztecs produced another big inning to continue the rally. Nunez came through again in the clutch with the bases juiced as she knocked a triple into right field scoring Ortiz, Figueroa and Marx. Nunez scored two batters later to tie the game at 8-8 on Rivera’s RBI double.
Glendale retook the lead in the 5th inning, but the Aztecs countered once again and took the lead for good with two runs in the inning. Martin hit a sacrifice-fly that brought in Ortiz and Figueroa, which put the Aztecs ahead for the first time in the game at 10-9.
Pima added three more insurance runs as sophomore Mari Asher (Canyon del Oro HS) hit an RBI double to drive in Rivera. Asher scored on a passed ball and Ortiz, who doubled in the inning, scored on a wild pitch.
Nunez went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and two runs, while Ortiz closed out the game going 3 for 3 with an RBI and three runs scored. Rivera was 3 for 4 with an RBI and two runs and Asher finished 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs. Figueroa was 2 for 3 with two runs while Marx finished 3 for 5 with a run scored. Noriega went 1 for 4 with two RBIs and a run.
Ferrentino got the win after she pitched four innings, giving up one run (none earned) on four hits with four strikeouts and one walk.
GCC 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 9 14 0
PCC 0 1 3 4 2 3 x 13 17 1
W – Ferrentino (1-0). 2B: Asher, 2, Ortiz, Rivera. 3B: Nunez, Rivera. HR: Noriega.
The Aztecs will return to the West Campus Aztec Field on Saturday when they host Paradise Valley Community College in an ACCAC conference doubleheader. First game starts at noon.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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