Line Scores, Highlights for 2000 Hyundai-California Community College Fast Pitch Softball Championships

Posted on: May 17 2000 10:29AM

SUNDAY, MAY 14

Game 15, Championship

Long Beach 000 000 0 — 0 3 1

Palomar 000 000 1 — 1 6 0

One out when winning run scored.

Nina Distefano (L, 29-4) and Tara Drinkwater; Michelle Martinez and Brandy Chavez. 2B — Martha Serrato (P). Top Hitters: Carissa Roustan (P) 2-3.

Highlight: Palomar sweeps all three of its games on championship day to win state title, its first since 1993. Angela Blackmon singled home Melissa Serrato, who had doubled, with winning run in bottom of the 7th. Michelle Martinez pitched a complete-game three-hitter, allowing no walks and striking out three. Long Beach eliminated.

Game 14

Palomar 001 000 000 01 — 2 5 1

Long Beach 000 010 000 00 — 1 6 3

Jessica Jenkins, Michell Martinez (10, W, 10-0) and Brandy Chavez. Nina Distefano (L, 29-3) and Tara Drinkwater. Top Hitters: Heather Allister (P) 2-4; Dara Webb (LB) 2-3, Sha Oliver (LB 2-4).

Highlights: Brandy Chavez ground out scored Jolene Metz, who had walked and advanced to third on a two-base Long Beach error, with the game-winning run.

Game 13

West Valley 100 100 0 — 2 4 5

Palomar 002 004 x — 6 6 3

Shelly Bruno (L, 25-10) and Marisa Busick. Michelle Martinez, Jessica Jenkins (5, W 29-5) and Brandy Chavez. 2B — Carinne Richdale (WV), Jolen Metz (P). Top Hitters: Metz (P), 2-4, 2 runs; Chavez (P) 2-3, 2RBI; Tiffany White (P) 1-1, 2 RBI.

Highlights: Palomar took advantage of three West Valley errors in the sixth inning to post four unearned runs. White's two-run pinch single was the big blow of the inning. West Valley eliminated

SATURDAY, MAY 13

Game 12

Long Beach 000 102 0 — 3 5 0

Palomar 010 000 0 — 1 4 4

Nina Distefano (W, 29-2) and Tara Drinkwater; Jessica Jenkins (L, 28-5), Michelle Martinez (7) and Brandy Chavez. Highlights: Nina Distefano struck out 10 and Long Beach broke a 1-1 tie with a pair of unearned runs.

Game 11

Sequoias 010 010 0 — 2 6 0

West Valley 200 100 x — 3 9 2

Tanya Wilson (L) and Kaci Vickers. Shelly Bruno (W) and Marisa Busick. 2B — Carinne Richdale (WV), 2. 3B — Tiffany Satalino (WV). Top Hitters: Tule Cardoza (S) 2-3, run; Stephanie Jimenez (WV) 2-4, 2 runs; Satalino (WV) 2-3, run, RBI; Richdale (WV) 2-3, 2 RBI.

Highlights: Bruno scattered six hits and walked nine, stranding 12 Sequoias runners, to best Wilson. Both pitchers completed threw three complete games on the day. Satalino's triple in the fourth scored Jimenez with game-winner. Sequoias eliminated.

Game 10

Sequoias 400 000 1 — 5 11 1

Merced 000 000 0 — 0 5 1

Tanya Wilson (W) and Kaci Vickers; Jamie Harkins (L), Veronica Giddens (6) and September Lopez. 3B — Aimee Naugle (S). Top Hitters: Naugle (S) 2-4, run; Tule Cardoza(S) 2-3, run, RBI; Vickers (S) 2-4, run, RBI; Darlene Martinez (S) 2-4, run; Carrie Chambers (S) 1-3, 2 RBI.

Highlights: Sequoias, behind Wilson, eliminated the top-seeded team from the north. Chambers' two-run single capped a four-run first for the Giants. Merced eliminated.

Game 9

Sacramento 000 010 1 — 2 7 3

West Valley 003 000 x — 3 6 1

Elizabeth Sauerwein (L, 11-6), Veronica Davis (3) and Tanya Guzman; Shelly Bruno (W, 25-9) and Marisa Busick. Top Hitters: Nicole Valenzuela (S) 3-3, 2 runs.

Highlights: Sacramento loaded the bases with none out, but Bruno fought her way out of it, yielding only a sacrifice fly to preserve the Viking win. Tiffany Satalino, Carinne Richdale and Busick had RBI singles for West Valley. Sacramento eliminated.

Game 8

Cypress 200 100 0 — 3 5 4

Sequoias 011 100 1 — 4 12 0

One out when winning run scored.

Sara Lousma, Lisa Monreal (L) and Heidi Lockwood; Tanya Wilson (W) and Kaci Vickers. 2B — Yvette Martinez (C), Mindy Johle (S). 3B — Keri Lingenfelter (C), Martinez (C). Top Hitters: Martinez (C) 2-3, run; Lashmi Gomez (S) 3-4, run ; Vickers (S) 2-4, RBI; Wilson (S) 2-3, run; Johle (S) 2-3, RBI.

Highlights: Giants knock out three-time defending champs as Vickers single in the bottom of the seventh scored Gomez, who led off with a walk. Cypress eliminated.

Game 7

West Valley 100 010 1 — 3 7 1

Santa Ana 000 000 0 — 0 2 1

Shelly Bruno (W, 24-9) and Samantha Alford; Wendi Kralich and Sharmaine Kendrick. 2B — Stephanie Jimenez (WV), Kralich (SA). Top Hitters: Tiffany Satalino (WV) 2-4, RBI.

Highlights: Bruno was in control, firing a two-hitter. Santa Ana eliminated.

FRIDAY, MAY 12

Game 6

Sacramento 000 000 0 — 0 8 1

Long Beach 001 002 x — 3 6 0

Veronica Davis (L, 20-4), Elizabeth Sauerwein (6) and Tanya Guzman; Nina Distefano (W, 28-2) and Tara Drinkwater. 3B — Christina Cortez (LB). Top Hitters: Guzman (S) 2-4; Morgan Lynch (S) 2-3; Dara Webb (LB) 2-3.

Highlights: Distefano pitched and eight-hitter and walked three, but shut out the Panthers, who left 10 runners on base. Long Beach advances in the winner bracket, while Sacramento goes into Saturday's elimination round.

Game 5

Palomar 000 100 0 — 1 4 1

Merced 000 000 0 — 0 6 1

Jessica Jenkins (W) and Brandy Chavez; Veronica Giddens (L) and September Lopez. 2B — Carissa Roustan (P). Top Hitters: Jamie Harkins (M) 2-3).

Highlights: Jenkins was in command all the way, pitching a six-hitter while fanning nine, including NorCal Player of the Year Hannah Low all three times she faced her. Roustan doubled home pinch runner Jenn Read with the only run of the game in the fourth inning as Palomar advanced to Saturday night's championship bracket game against Long Beach.

Game 4

Sequoias 000 000 0 — 0 2 0

Long Beach 000 100 x — 1 7 2

Tanya Wilson (L, 25-15) and Kaci Vickers; Nina Distefano (W, 27-2) and Tara Drinkwater. Top Hitters: Becky Schueller (LB) 2-3).

Highlights: Nina Distefano bested Tanya Wilson with a two-hitter. She walked two and struck out four, dropping Sequoias into the loser bracket. Sonia Rojo scored the game's only run on a bases-loaded walk to Dara Webb.

Game 3

Cypress 000 000 0 — 0 4 0

Sacramento 100 000 x — 1 7 0

Lisa Monreal (L) and Heidi Lockwood; Lisa Sherman (W) and Tanya Guzman. 2B — Nicole Valenzuela (S). Top Hitters: Koral King (C) 2-3; Lydia Alvarez (S) 2-2.

Highlights: Nicole Valenzuela doubled home Kelly Sutton in the first inning and Panther hurler Lisa Sherman made it stand up with a complete-game four-hit shutout. She walked none and struck out none. First tournament loss for three-time defending state champion Chargers since 1996.

Game 2

West Valley 000 000 0 — 0 3 0

Palomar 001 000 x — 1 4 2

Shelly Bruno (L, 23-9) and Samantha Alford; Jessica Jenkins (W, 27-4), Melissa Martinez (7), Michelle Martinez (7, S, 1) and Brandy Chavez. 2B — Jolene Metz (P). 3B — Heather Allister (P). Top Hitters: Alford (WV) 2-3.

Highlights: Allister's triple in the third inning scored Metz with the only run of the game. Jessica Jenkins pitched a strong six innings, and Michelle Martinez pitched out of a seventh-inning jam to preseve the victory.

Game 1

Santa Ana 000 000 2 — 2 8 2

Merced 021 301 x — 7 12 3

Wendi Kralich (L) and Sharmaine Kendrick; Jamie Harkins (W) and September Lopez. 2B — Hannah Low (M). 3B — Anita Masaniai (M). Top Hitters: Ana Valasquez (SA) 2-4; Yesinia Paniagua (S) 2-4, 1 RBI; Low (M) 2-3, 1 run, 1 RBI; Lopez (M) 2-4, run; Masaniai (M) 2-4, run, 3 RBI; Stefanie Walsh (M) 2-4, 1 RBI; Veronica Aguilera (M) 2-3, run.

Highlights: Masaniai's RBI triple got Merced going in the second inning and the Blue Devils, the top seed in the north, got their tournament off to a solid start.

Data revised from game boxes compiled by statisticians Glenn Haller and Ben Chase for the CCC Fast Pitch Softball Coaches Assoc