Hawks Run Rule Gauchos
March 4, 2022
The Santiago Canyon College Softball Team defeated Saddleback College today 10-2 in an Orange Empire Conference game. The game ended in the bottom of the 6th with a walk off hit from Riley Piattoni, putting the Hawks up by eight runs. Stella Turner recorded the win for SCC bringing her overall record to 9-1 on the year.
The Hawks struck early putting 3 runs on the board in the first inning with RBI singles from Jade Costa and Alyssa Yslas. Three additional runs were added in the second inning with a 2 RBI double from Samantha Villanueva and another RBI single from Yslas. The Hawks added an additional run in both the fourth and fifth innings before delivering the final two in the bottom of the 6th. Riley Piattoni came up with the bases loaded and one out. She drove a ball into the left center gap to end the game.
Samantha Villanueva finished the day going 3-for-3 with 2 RBI, a double, and 4 runs scored. Alyssa Yslas was 4-for-4 with 4 RBI's. Defensively the Hawks were perfect on the day, while turning 2 double plays.
SCC will continue conference action on Monday against Riverside City College. The game will be played at Santiago Canyon College at 3:00pm.