WALNUT - The best season in Grossmont College
softball history came to an end as the Mt. San Antonio Mounties
defeated the Griffins 8-4 and 8-0 to take the best two of three
series in the CCCAA Southern California 2nd round playoffs to
advance to the CCCAA State Championships.
In game two of the series, Mt. SAC (40-11) started
where they left off from on Saturday as they put a run on the board
in the first inning. Grossmont (34-12), who was the home team,
loaded the bases with only one out, but the Mounties wiggled their
way out of the jam.
2009 PCC Standings
Team
Conf.
Overall
Palomar
11-1
19-14
Grossmont
10-2
29-9
SD Mesa
7-5
16-11
SD City
4-8
12-17
Southwestern
4-8
10-15
Imperial Valley
0-12
2-24
In
the second inning, Andrea Alfano got on via a hit by pitch,
Ashley Marx followed that with a single back up the middle to
move Alfano to second. Both runners moved up on a passed ball.
Alyc Kalamaha was hit on her second consecutive plate appearance
to load the bases. Kylee Wilson then singled to center to drive
in Alfano. Following a pitching change, Katie Thomas lifted a
fly ball to left. Ashley Marx tagged and came home while the
left fielder for some unknown reason threw the ball to third
base, when Kalamaha wasn’t even tagging.
The
Mounties put another run up in the top of the third to tie the
game back up. In the bottom of the third, Charnel Zetsch drove
her third home run of the season to left center field to the
base of the scoreboard. That would be the final lead of the
season for the Griffins (they would tie the score only one more
time). In the second game of the series, the Griffins would
leave a season-high 13 runners on base.
The second game was just total domination by the
Mounties. Michelle Escarmilla limited the Griffins to one hit in
an 8-0 run-rule shortened game.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD
The CCCAA State Championship will begin on Friday (May 15) with
the following eight teams. NORTH
#1 Siskiyous (45-3)
#2 Sacramento City (44-7)
#3 Consumnes River (42-9)
#4 Fresno City (45-8)
SOUTH
#1 Cypress (45-9)
#2 Cerritos (39-9)
#3 Mt. San Antonio (40-11)
#4 Riverside (37-13)
WALNUT - The Grossmont College Softball team had
the Griffin fans in attendance reaching for the automated
external defibrillator (AED) at Mounties Diamond Saturday during
the 7-6 victory over Mt. San Antonio.
Mt. San Antonio got on the board first in the
first game of the Southern California CCCAA second round with a
Ashley Larios home run to left field. Jessica Westervoorde
followed with a single past Katie Thomas. After a sacrifice bunt
that got Westervoorde to second and was brought home on a
dropped fly to leftfield to give the Mounties a 2-0 lead.
Grossmont came right back in the top of the
third with two runs when Ashley Marx singled to left and
advanced to third when the left and centerfielders collided. Two
batters later, Kylee Wilson stepped up and launched a two-run
mammoth shot to left.
Mt. SAC scored a single run in the bottom of the third to take a
3-2 lead.
In the top of the fifth, the Griffins sent 11
batters to the plate and scored five times while the Mounties
commited three errors, which made three of those five runs
unearned.
The same two teams will meet at two o’clock for game two of the
best of three. If Mt SAC wins, the teams will play at four to
see who moves on to the CCCAA state championships in Salinas
next weekend. One final note; on the night Mt. San Antonio used
17 players, compared to Grossmont’s nine. Just proves quality
over quantity.
INTERNET RADIO:
For those that cannot make it up to Walnut tomorrow, listen to
the Mt. San Antonio radio call at
http://www.ksak.mtsac.edu with Jeff Bowe, Chris Carlin and
Dan Saldana on the call.
SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE
NORTH:
#1 Siskiyous 9, #8 Sequoias 1. Siskiyous leads 1-0 – Game 2 at
Noon
#2 Sacramento City 5, #7 Shasta 2. Sacramento City leads 1-0 –
Game 2 at Noon
#3 Consumnes River 1, #6 Ohlone 0. Consumnes River leads 1-0 –
Game 2 at Noon
#4 Fresno 1, #5 Sierra 0. Fresno leads 1-0 – Game 2 at Noon
SOUTH:
#1 Cypress 2, #8 LA Mission 1. Cypress leads 1-0 – Game 2 at
Noon
#2 Cerritos 10, #7 Saddleback 2. Cerritos leads 1-0 – Game 2 at
Noon
#6 GROSSMONT 7, #3 Mt SAC 6. GROSSMONT leads 1-0 – Game 2 at
2:00p
#4 Fullerton 2, #5 Riverside 0. Fullerton leads 1-0 – Game 2 at
Noon
Thomas
named PCC Athlete of the Week
The Pacific Coast Conference has honored
Grossmont College softball player Katie Thomas as its Women’s
Athlete of the Week.
Thomas, a sophomore infielder from Santana High School, pounded
out five hits as the Griffins swept a best-of-three series from
visiting East Los Angeles 5-1 and 7-1 to open the Southern
California Community College Regional Playoffs.
On Friday, Thomas went 2-for-4 and drove in a one in Grossmont’s
7-1 victory over the Huskies.
On Saturday, Thomas came back with three hits (including two
doubles) and two RBIs as the Griffins beat East L.A. 5-1.
Kylee Wilson is congratulated
after homering against Chaffey on February 13
Photo by Mike Jones
EL CAJON - Talk about domination. That is exactly
what the Grossmont College Griffins did over the East Los Angeles
Huskies by a aggregate score of 12-2.
On Saturday, Head Coach Rick Trestrail sent out
Charnel Zetch who shut down the Huskie attack. Zetch allowed one
run on four hits (three to Samantha Montiel) and a walk over
seven innings while striking out three. Katie Thomas led the
Griffin (33-10) attack with a three-for-four effort.
On Sunday Charnel Zetch (16-7) continued her
dominance allowing two runners to third. Zetch also led the
attack at the plate as she went 3-for-3 as the Griffins won 7-1.
The third seed Mt. San Antonio College swept past the fourteen
seed Antelope Valley by scores of 5-3 and 9-2. The Griffins get
the Mounties next weekend in Walnut.
Elsewhere in the playoffs ─ Most of the top
eight ranked teams advanced. Here is the schedule for next
weekend. #11 LA Mission (31-10) at #1 Cypress (43-8), #8
Saddleback (29-12) at #2 Cerritos (37-9), #5 Riverside (35-12)
at #4 Fullerton (32-9).
Griffins hosting the Huskies this weekend
EL CAJON ─ The Grossmont College Griffins will be
hosting the first round of the CCCAA Softball regional’s this
weekend.
The Griffins will play host to the Huskies of East
Los Angeles College.
If you go .
. .
Game times: Saturday 2:00pm, Sunday 12:00,
and a third game to follow if necessary
Ticket Prices: Adults $8, Children, Students &
Seniors $5
*By state rule admission must be charged
to all attendees
The Griffins (31-10) who finished second in the
Pacific Coast Conference behind Palomar received the seventh
seed in the Southern California playoff rankings. The full
rankings will be listed below.
East Los Angeles (28-15) received the tenth seed out of the
South Coast Conference. ELAC finished fourth behind Cerritos (#2
seed), Mt. San Antonio (#3), Long Beach City (#6).
Southern California Playoff Seedings:
1 Cypress (41-8, Orange Empire Champions)
2 Cerritos (35-9-1, South Coast Champions)
3 Mt. San Antonio (36-10, 2nd place South Coast)
4 Fullerton (30-8, 2nd place Orange Empire)
5 Riverside (33-11, 3rd place Orange Empire)
6 Long Beach City (31-12, 3rd South Coast)
7 GROSSMONT (31-10, 2nd place Pacific Coast)
8 Saddleback (27-12, 4th place Orange Empire)
9 Canyons (27-14-1, 2nd place Western State-Blue)
10 East Los Angeles (28-15, 4th place South Coast)
11 Los Angeles Mission (29-9, Western State-Blue Champion)
12 Palomar (21-17, Pacific Coast Champions)
13 Moorpark (31-12, Western State-Gold Champion)
14 Antelope Valley (23-13-1, Foothill Champions)
15 Ventura (25-18, 2nd place Western State-Gold)
16 Mt. San Jacinto (18-18, 2nd place Foothill)
2009 All-Pacific Coast Conference Softball
Team
Ashley Lovelady
Photo by Mike Jones
Player of the Year – Ashley Lovelady,
Grossmont
Pitcher of the Year – Alex Hutchinson, Palomar
Coach of the Year – Mark Eldridge, Palomar
FIRST TEAM
Pitcher – Alex Hutchinson, Palomar
Pitcher – Charnel Zetsch, Grossmont
Catcher – Andrea Nedden, Palomar
First Base – Kristin Dahl, Palomar
Infield – Shawna Barrow, Palomar
Infield – Andi Anti, Palomar
Infield – Alec Kalamaha, Grossmont
Outfield – Becca Mussatti, Palomar
Outfield – Kylee Wilson, Grossmont
Outfield – Andrea Alfano, Grossmont
Utility – Amanda Avila, Palomar
Wild Cart – Kelly Seitz, Grossmont
SECOND TEAM
Pitcher – Brittany Gomez, San Diego Mesa
Catcher – Victor Trujillo, San Diego Mesa
Infield – Sarah Vlahos, Palomar
Infield – Katie Thomas, Grossmont
Infield – Kayla Calabrese, Southwestern
Outfield – Melissa Elliott, Palomar
Outfield – Brooke Gustely, San Diego City College
Outfield – Krisarah Rosario, San Diego Mesa
Utility – Amber Mann, Southwestern
(2/2) Grossmont's Darlene Zetsch was selected as the
Pacific Coast Conference Player of the Week.
The sophomore pitcher from Granite Hills High School
and a transfer from Howard Community College in Big Spring, TX,
began the softball season by going 2-0 for the week, throwing nine
shutout innings, allowing two hits, striking out 15 and walking two.
Zetsch pitched a pair of one-nit shutouts, beating
Glendale 4-0 and Oxnard 8-0 in a five-inning game.
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Griffins
win game one thriller
