Siskiyous Utilizes Early Hitting to Eliminate San Jose City
May 19 , 2007

Chino Hills, Calif. – Siskiyous and San Jose City were in a do-or-die game Saturday afternoon, as one’s season would end while the others would be extended at least one game. The Eagles defeated the Jaguars once this season 1-0 but would take no chances this time producing a nine hit 7-3 win. Sophomore right fielder Ashley Geer led Siskiyous with a grand slam.

The Eagles took advantage of San Jose City errors to score first in the second. Freshman third baseman Stephanie Zwetschke reached on an error and then advanced to second on another error. Sophomore pitcher Crystal Palacio singled next to put runners on the corners. Sophomore second baseman Alex Jordahl finished it off with a two RBI single down the left field line for the 2-0 lead. San Jose City fought right back on their turn in the second. Freshman catcher Jacklyn Alvardo singled to short and was followed by a home run by freshman shortstop Christina Satalino to tie it up at two.

Siskiyous produced their big inning in the third leading it off with a triple to right from freshman left fielder Chrislyn Chewning. Sophomore center fielder Kimberly Connely would bring Chewning home with a single to left to take the 3-2 lead that they would never relinquish from there. Two walks later and the bases were loaded for Geer. Geer homered for the grand slam and four more runs for the big 7-2 lead. The Jaguars produced one more run in the sixth. Sophomore pitcher Tiana King singled to lead it off. A single and two walks later and King scored to give the Jaguars three. Three was not enough though as the Jaguars went down in order in the seventh to end their season.

Palacio finished with the win earned the win pitching the first four innings allowing six hits and two runs. Her record improves to 28-3. King suffered the loss for San Jose City finishing the season 9-4.

San Jose City finishes their season at 42-8. Siskiyous improves to 48-3 and extend their season to face Cerritos in the elimination bracket. This will be the first time these two teams will meet this season. They will face off to see who survives at 2:20 pm today.