2012 Dons Softball News
Four sophomores from the softball team recently signed their National Letters of Intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at four-year universities.
Two of the Dons top four hitters were awarded with All-Orange Empire Conference honors following the Dons fourth place finish. Freshman infielder Keila Tenorio was named First-Team All-OEC while sophomore catcher Kristen Hooper received Second-Team All-OEC honors.
The Dons gave their home fans a treat in their final home game of the regular season by shutting out visiting San Diego City College 6-0 in a non-conference game. The game was originally scheduled for February 7, but was postponed due to rain.
The Dons had their four game Orange Empire Conference win streak snapped with a 5-2 loss to Riverside City College. In the loss, the Dons managed base runners in just two of the seven innings.
The Dons took advantage of good hitting coupled with multiple errors to defeat Saddleback College 10-2 in five innings in an Orange Empire Conference game.
After trailing 3-0 late in the game, the Dons rallied late before Alexandra Perkins delivered with a two-out single in the ninth inning to give the Dons the 4-3 win over rival Santiago Canyon College.
For the fourth time in their last five games, the Dons had a game come down to the final inning. This time it was a 5-4 walk-off win over Riverside City College.
The Santa Ana College (SAC) softball team lost to visiting Saddleback College 6-5 despite rallying back from a 5-1 deficit. The Gauchos stopped the Dons rally before scoring the game-winning run in the top of the seventh inning.
When it was all said and done, the Dons 5-4 victory over Orange Coast College came down to two pitches. The first was a passed ball to set up the scoring run and the second was a wild pitch that scored the game-winning run.
After managing just five base runners in five innings, the Dons (11-5, 3-3) sent all nine batters to the plate and scored four runs in the sixth inning to defeat Santiago Canyon College (SCC) 4-0 in an Orange Empire Conference game.
The Santa Ana College (SAC) softball team lost to visiting Cypress College 8-2 in an Orange Empire Conference game. The loss drops the Dons to 10-5 overall and 2-3 in conference play while Cypress improves to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in conference.
A day after the Dons were held hitless in their 1-0 win over Fullerton College, Alexandria Perkins made sure that wouldn't happen again. Perkins led the Dons 9-2 win over Citrus College (8-5) off with an infield single, the first of nine hits for the Dons (10-4).
The Santa Ana College (SAC) softball team was held without a hit but capitalized on a pair of Fullerton College errors to win 1-0 in an Orange Empire Conference game.
The Santa Ana College (SAC) softball team defeated visiting Golden West College 4-2 for its first Orange Empire Conference (OEC) win of the season. The Dons are now 7-3 overall and 1-1 in OEC play while the Rustlers fall to 3-7 and 1-1.
The Santa Ana College (SAC) softball team fell behind 5-0 early and was never able to come back against visiting Palomar College. The undefeated Comets went on to defeat the Dons 9-5 in the non-conference game.
For the second season in a row, the Dons were handed their first loss of the season by Cerritos College. This year, after starting 5-0, the Dons fell 10-7 in eight innings to the Falcons.