3CFCA kicks off 2020 with usual suspects atop first coaches poll

GLENDORA - The 2020 California Community College Athletic Association softball season is officially underway and it’s a slew of the usual suspects atop the first California Community College Fastpitch Coaches Association (3CFCA) Coaches Poll, released on Tuesday.

Perennial Northern California contender College of San Mateo, under the direction of Nicole Borg (14^th season) is ranked No. 1 in the State and NorCal as it looks to get back to the CCCAA State Championship Tournament for the eighth straight time. Defending CCCAA Champion Mt. San Antonio College is the No. 1 team in the South and No. 2 team in the State with first-year head coach Alex Mascarenas is aiming to get his team to three-peat for the first time in program history, and become the first program since Cypress did it from 2010-2012. 

Coming at No. 3 in the State and No. 2 in the South is the aforementioned Chargers of Cypress College. Starting his 34^th season at the helm of Cypress, head coach Brad Pickler’s crew is doing what it’s always done to start the season, and that's win. Monterey Peninsula College was a relative newcomer to the top of the Coaches Poll last season, and its picked up right where it left off. Starting his 9^th season with MPC, head coach Keith Berg’s Lobos are 5-0, with all five wins coming in mercy-rule fashion. Rounding out the top five is Sacramento City College, which is tied at No. 4 with Monterey Peninsula. Panther Head Coach Tim Kiernan, in his 36^th year with the college, is second in the CCCAA in active coaching wins, behind only Pickler.