 The Cerritos
College softball team wasted little time opening up
a sizeable lead in their Southern California
Regional Playoff game at Nancy Kelly Field on Sunday
afternoon. The Falcons scored eight runs in the top
of the first inning and cruised their way to a 10-0,
5-inning win over Ventura College to advance to the
Super Regional. Cerritos (37-9-1), who swept the
Pirates and are seeded #2 in the playoffs, will host
either Grossmont College or East Los Angeles College
next Sayirday and Sunday at Cerritos. The Falcons
are 1-1 on the year against Grossmont, while they
went 4-0 against East LA, who is a member of the
South Coast Conference.
The game started
with freshman outfielder
Lauren
Castrellon (Downey HS) lacing
a triple down the right field line and then came
home on a base hit up the middle by freshman
shortstop
Cassandra
Godoy (Downey HS). A single by
freshman catcher
Samantha
Vaaulu (Warren HS) and a walk
to sophomore outfielder
Jennifer
Salas (California HS) loaded
the bases. Godoy then scored on a wild pitch before
freshman second baseman
Lindsey
Marquez (Gahr HS) singled home
Vaaulu. After freshman designated hitter
Brandi
Rummell (La Serna HS) was
walked, freshman first baseman
Ashley
Ventura (Carson HS) drove in a
run on a ground out. Freshman outfielder
Devin
Salmones (Gahr HS) then walked
before sophomore third baseman
Desiree
Miera (Downey HS) drove in a
run on a sacrifice fly. The final three runs came
home on a three-run home run by Castrellon, her 12th
of the season.
That was plenty of
run support for freshman pitcher
Hillary Perez-Ashley (Long Beach
Poly HS), who allowed just one hit in the
final four innings after allowing two in the bottom
of the first inning. She picked up her 27th win
(against five losses), while it was also her eighth
shutout of the season and 24th complete game.
Castrellon
finished the day going 3-for-4 at the plate with
three RBI and two runs scored, while Vaaulu
(2-for-3), Marquez (2-for-3, 2 RBI, 2 runs, HR) and
Salmones (2-for-2) all had two hits.
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