SBCC got off to another slow start on Saturday, falling behind 7-1 after two innings, and dropped an 11-7 softball decision to Canyons in an elimination game of the Southern Cal Super Regional at Santiago Canyon College.
Santiago Canyon erupted for 10 runs in the first inning on Friday and went on to blank SBCC 18-0 in five innings in the Southern Cal Super Regional softball tournament in Orange.
SBCC will battle No. 2 Santiago Canyon (34-7) on the Hawks’ home turf in a first-round game of the Southern Cal Super Regional softball playoffs on Friday in Orange (three miles north of Santa Ana). First pitch is set for 2 p.m.
SBCC was seeded No. 9 for the Southern Regional softball playoffs and will travel to No. 8 Grossmont for a best-of-three series next weekend in El Cajon. Game 1 is Saturday at 3 p.m., Game 2 will be Sunday at noon and Game 3 will follow, if necessary.
Olivia Hernandez tossed a 4-0 shutout in the opener of a WSC Gold Division softball doubleheader on Tuesday and Ventura cruised to a 9-1, five-inning win in the nightcap to sweep SBCC.
Lauren Bodden belted a solo home run and Lyndsi King delivered a three-run shot over the center-field fence on Friday, sparking SBCC to an efficient 8-0, five-inning softball win over L.A. Pierce. The game was over in 55 minutes.
SBCC snapped a 1-1 tie with four runs in the seventh on Tuesday en route to a 5-1 softball win at Cuesta that vaulted the Vaqueros into a first-place tie.
SBCC continued its trend of winning the first game in doubleheaders, then dropping the second on Tuesday in a WSC Gold softball battle with Hancock at Pershing Park.
SBCC rallied for four runs in the bottom of the fifth to win the opener 4-3 on Tuesday, then dropped a 5-1 decision to Moorpark in a WSC Gold softball doubleheader at Pershing Park.
SBCC softball pitcher Madison McNamee was named female Athlete of the Week on Monday by the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table during their weekly luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Café.
Madison McNamee threw a perfect game in the opener and Rebecca Pullen tossed a two-hit shutout in the second game on Tuesday as SBCC swept a WSC Gold softball doubleheader at Oxnard. The scores were 13-0 and 12-0 and both games ended after five innings due to the eight-run rule.
Madison McNamee tossed a three-hitter on Thursday and went 2-4 with three RBIs, including a game-ending double in the sixth that scored Maggie Jo Jackson and gave SBCC a 9-1 softball win over visiting Ventura.
SBCC scored in every inning to take the five-inning opener from Cuesta 8-0 on Tuesday, then the bats went silent in a 3-1 loss in the second game of a softball doubleheader showdown for first place in the WSC Gold Division.
Throw the ball, catch the ball, hit the ball.
The pitchers and catcher got it done for SBCC on Sunday as the Vaqueros posted a pair of shutouts to claim the title in their Bash at the Beach softball tournament at Pershing Park. Santa Barbara blanked Saddleback 8-0 in six innings and beat Fullerton 2-0 in the championship game.
SBCC scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth on Saturday to rally past Orange Coast 5-4 and complete a 2-0 afternoon on Day 1 of the Bash at the Beach softball tournament at Pershing Park.
Madison McNamee held Hancock to three runs on five hits on Thursday, guiding SBCC to an 11-3 WSC Gold Division softball win over Hancock in Santa Maria.
Second baseman Alyssa-Rae Jewell went 7-9 on Tuesday and SBCC belted four homers in a WSC Gold Division softball sweep of L.A. Pierce in Woodland Hills. The scores were 18-0 and 16-1 with both games being called after five innings by the eight-run rule.
Caitlin Vinyard threw a four-hitter and drove in a run on Thursday, leading Moorpark to a 3-1 win over visiting SBCC in a WSC Gold Division softball opener.
Rebecca Pullen tossed a four-hitter on Sunday morning and shortstop Delainy Ogan went 2-3 with four RBIs, guiding SBCC to a 16-4 softball rout of San Bernardino Valley in five innings.
Santa Barbara City College posted a dominating 18-1 softball win over Southwestern on Saturday, then dropped a 7-1 decision to Golden West on the second day of the Golden West Tournament in Huntington Beach.
SBCC edged East L.A. 3-2 on Friday morning, then benefitted from the time limit in an 8-6, six-inning win over Antelope Valley at the Golden West Tournament.
After SBCC tied its nonconference softball game in the top of the seventh on Tuesday, Melinda Alcantar untied it with a walk-off homer that gave L.A. Mission a 6-5 victory in Sylmar.
SBCC’s Madison McNamee tossed a two-hit shutout in a 6-0 softball win on Friday, then Canyons came back and posted a 3-0 shutout of its own in the nightcap at Pershing Park.
Madison McNamee belted a grand slam in the first inning on Friday and Lauren Bodden added a solo shot in the second as SBCC blasted L.A. Valley 11-1 in a nonconference softball game at Valley Glen.