The Cerritos College softball team slugged a season-high 24 hits and capped off their South Coast Conference game against East Los Angeles College on Thursday by scoring 11 runs in the seventh inning in their 18-3 victory. The win allowed the Falcons (31-4 overall, 11-2 SCC) to hold on to their one-game lead in the SCC over both Long Beach City College and Mt. San Antonio College, as the team will now play a pair of non-conference games on Saturday. The team will travel to Citrus College and face the Owls at 11:00 a.m., followed by a 1:00 p.m. game against Chaffey College.

    Four runs crossed the plate for Cerritos in the top of the first inning against the Huskies, as sophomore shortstop Jenel Guadagno (Warren HS) and sophomore third baseman Jessica Navarro (South Gate HS) each collected one-out base hits. Freshman outfielder Jennifer Salas (California HS) doubled home Guadagno before sophomore catcher Nadine Garcia (Mayfair HS) singled home Navarro and took second base on the throw to the plate. After a ground out, sophomore first baseman Stephanie Lomeli (Montebello HS) drove in a run with a single before Garcia stole home for the fourth run.

    Sophomore pitcher Korrin Soldan (Katella HS) ran her record to 13-0 on the season, limiting East LA to five hits, with one of the three runs being unearned. All three of the runs Soldan allowed were on base hits by Angela Kratz.

    Before the day was over, Navarro would have four hits and five RBI, while sophomore outfielder Capree Williams (Paramount HS/Bethune Cookman University) finished with three hits, three runs scored and four stolen bases. Guadagno (3-for-5), Salas (2-for-5, 2 runs) and Garcia (2-for-4) all had good games, as did sophomore second baseman Vanezza Martin Del Campo (St. Joseph HS), who went 3-for-5 with an RBI.