Posted: Feb 27, 2025
Comets silence Jags in PCAC opener
Palomar
10
Southwestern
0
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Palomar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
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Southwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
CHULA VISTA, CA (2/27/2025) – Nursing a two-run lead through five innings, Palomar College scored four runs in the sixth inning and four more in the seventh en route to a 10-0 victory Thursday over Southwestern in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference softball opener for both teams.
Playing their first of three road games in three days, the Comets improved to 9-2 on the season as Palomar pitching accounted for the team's second consecutive one-hit shutout. Sophomore left-hander Maddie Bedolla won her second straight start and extended her scoreless streak to 13 innings by pitching six shutout innings to improve her record to 5-0.
Bedolla did not allow any walks and struck out eight. The only hit she allowed was a leadoff single in the fifth inning, but a fielder's choice groundout and an infield double play retired the Jaguars without any scoring.
Sophomore right-hander Nevaeh Haywood pitched a perfect seventh inning with one strikeout to preserve the Comets' fifth straight win.
Sophomore third baseman Breanna Lutz had three hits and three RBIs to pace the Palomar offense. Lutz drove in the Comets' first run in the top of the third inning when her groundout scored freshman center fielder
Gisele Gonzalez, who doubled to lead off the inning.
Lutz also had an RBI single during Palomar's four-run sixth, and she brought in another run with a bases-loaded walk in the seventh. A hit batter and three consecutive bases-loaded walks helped fuel the visitors' seventh-inning rally.
The Comets had nine hits and took advantage of six walks issued by three Southwestern pitchers to drop the Jaguars to 4-8 on the season. Gonzalez scored three runs, and freshman left fielder Taylor Armstrong had two hits and scored twice.
Palomar has non-conference games at Orange Coast on Feb. 28 and Cerritos on March 1 before returning home March 4 for a PCAC matchup against San Diego Mesa at 3 p.m.