Cougars Offense Starts Slow, Gets Past Citrus
The College of the Canyons softball team was out hit 16-8 on Tuesday afternoon and lost the first game of a double header, 8-6, at Whitten Field.
Santa Monica
10-21, 2-13
0
Canyons
18-14, 14-3
3
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Santa Monica
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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Canyons
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 3 | 5 | 0 |
April 15, 2014
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The College of the Canyons softball team was out hit 16-8 on Tuesday afternoon and lost the first game of a double header, 8-6, at Whitten Field. With the loss, Canyons drops to 16-14 overall and Citrus College improves 21-10 and both teams now have identical 12-2 conference records.
Freshman Morgan Simmons (9-9) earned her ninth victory of the season after tossing a complete game and giving up three hits.
Canyons offense didn't get going until the bottom of the sixth inning, when the Cougars posted their three runs. Karlee Bickford blasted a sacrifice fly to left field, allowing Kaitlyn Shreves to score. Adrianna Correa followed up with a RBI single, and Venise Elisara turned in her own sac fly to earn COC's third and final run.
Kori Cochran was the only Cougar to have a multi-hit day. She went 2-of-3 and had one run. Adrianna Correa, Valerie Imperial and Shreves all had one hit each.
Canyons offense didn't get going until the bottom of the sixth inning, when the Cougars posted their three runs. Karlee Bickford blasted a sacrifice fly to left field, allowing Kaitlyn Shreves to score. Adrianna Correa followed up with a RBI single, and Venise Elisara turned in her own sac fly to earn COC's third and final run.
Kori Cochran was the only Cougar to have a multi-hit day. She went 2-of-3 and had one run. Adrianna Correa, Valerie Imperial and Shreves all had one hit each.