2016 SBCC Softball News
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 topped Grossmont 8-2 in Game 3 on Sunday in El Cajon to capture its Southern Cal Regional softball series 2-1.
Madison McNamee threw a two-hit shutout on Saturday as SBCC opened the Southern Cal Regional softball playoffs with a 5-0 victory at Grossmont.
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.
SBCC landed eight players on the All-WSC Gold softball team, led by first-teamers Madison McNamee, Monica Salas and Sydney Townes.
Sydney Townes drilled an RBI single to left in the bottom of the fifth on Thursday, giving SBCC a 10-2 walk-off win over Oxnard at Pershing Park.
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.
