REISER STRIKES OUT 11 AS MARAUDERS EDGE CANYONS 8-7
Antelope Valley Softball won an important conference match-up against rival College of the Canyons on Thursday.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Canyons
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
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Antelope Valley
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1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 8 | 8 | 2 |
PHOTOS by Byron Devers
Antelope Valley Softball won an important conference match-up against rival College of the Canyons on Thursday. The Marauders totaled 8 runs off 8 hits with 2 errors. The Cougars managed 7 runs off 9 hits with 1 error.
Savannah Cervantes recorded 3 RBI with a single in the 1st inning and a 2-RBI single in the 3rd. Nayely Delgado then punched in a run with a single in the 5th inning. Denise Carrillo put AVC up 5-1 as she recorded an RBI by reaching first on an error.
Canyons tied the game 5-5 after going on a 4-run rally in the top of the 6th. But the Marauders would answer back when Hailey Johnson drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 6th. Nayely Delgado gave AVC a 3-run lead after hitting a 2-RBI single to score Ariel Nieto and pinch-runner Natalie Gomez. Both Delgado and Cervantes finished with 3-RBI on two hits apiece.
The Cougars staged another run in the 7th inning to pull within a run. But Madison Reiser would force Canyons to leave 3 runners on base as she struck out pinch-hitter Elizabeth Rowe to end the game. Reiser struck out 11 of 30 batters faced, throwing 80 out of 117 pitches for strikes in just over six innings of work.
Ariel Nieto finished 1-for-2 and scored three times, while Alanna Hernandez, Trinity Holman, and Emmeliz Sera recorded hits. AVC is now 5-1 in conference and 19-8 overall. They face Glendale and LA Valley on the road before returning home to battle Taft and Rio Hondo on 4/9.
