(Glendale, AZ) The Pima Community College softball team (9-0, 4-0 in ACCAC) played an ACCAC conference doubleheader on Saturday at Glendale Community College (3-4, 3-3).
The No. 6 ranked Aztecs scored 26 runs and swept the Gauchos. Sophomore Clarissa Figueroa (Mountain View HS) finished the day going 3-for-7 with four RBIs and four runs scored while freshman Angelina Dehler (Empire HS) finished 5-for-9 with two RBIs and four runs scored. Freshman Izabel Rodriguez (Sahuarita HS) went 5-for-8 with an RBI and four runs scored. Sophomores Belen Camacho (Pueblo HS) and Sariah Ferrentino (Sabino HS) picked up the wins in the circle.
Game 1: (6) Pima Aztecs 21, Glendale Gauchos 1 (5 innings)
The offense popped off as they scored five runs in the 1st inning, six runs in the 2nd innings, seven runs in the 4th and three in the 5th inning.
Freshman Tayah Lyons fell a double short of hitting for the cycle. She hit a two-run home run in the 2nd inning to make it 11-0 and a two-run RBI triple in the 4th inning to score sophomores Amerika Lopez-Bedoy (Sunnyside HS) and Julissa Lopez (Tucson Magnet HS) to make it 16-1. She brought in the last run in the 5th inning with an RBI single.
Figueroa hit a two-run RBI single in the 1st inning scoring freshman Alyssa Aguirre (Sabino HS) and Rodriguez to put Pima on the scoreboard. She had an RBI single in the 2nd inning to score Rodriguez again and make it 6-0. Figueroa added a sacrifice-fly RBI in the 4th and scored a run in the 5th inning.
The Aztecs finished the game with 24 hits. Lyons went 3-for-4 with five RBIs and two runs while Figueroa was 2-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs. Rodriguez finished 4-for-5 with three runs. Lopez hit a two-run homer in the 1st inning and was 3 for 5 with three RBIs and three runs. Dehler closed out the game, going 3 for 5 with two RBIs and three runs.
Camacho picked up the win as she pitched four innings, giving up one run (one earned) on two hits with six strikeouts and two walks on 68 pitches.
PCC 5 6 0 7 3 21 24 1
GCC 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1
W – Camacho (3-0). 2B: Dehler, Lopez-Bedoy. 3B: Rodriguez, Lyons. HR: Lopez, Lyons. SB: Dehler, Rodriguez, Hendrix.
Game 2: (6) Pima CC Aztecs 5, Glendale CC Gauchos 0: Ferrentino earned her third win of the season as she pitched a complete-game shutout, giving up six hits with three strikeouts and one walk on 104 pitches.
The offense struck again in the 1st inning with three runs. Rodriguez hit an RBI single to score Aguirre and later scored on a passed ball to make it 2-0. Freshman Soleil Ponce (Sunnyside HS) capped off the inning with an RBI single to bring in Figueroa.
The score remained until the 6th inning when freshman Isabel Mendoza (Cienega HS) hit an RBI double to drive in Dehler, who hit a lead-off single. Aguirre followed with an RBI single to plate Mendoza.
Aguirre finished the game 3-for-4 with an RBI, a run and three stolen bases. Mendoza went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run. Rodriguez was 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run. Figueroa scored a run and Ponce had an RBI.
PCC 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 11 1
GCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
W – Ferrentino (3-0). 2B: Figueroa, Mendoza. SB: Aguirre 3.
The Aztecs will hit the road on Tuesday when they play at 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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