2014 Dons Softball News
The Dons season, by all measures, was a success as the team came within a game of the State Finals while tying or setting 18 college records. All of that goes along with three Dons on the First-Team and another on the Second-Team All-Orange Empire Conference teams.
Following their sweep of Allan Hancock College in the Regionals, the Dons will play Santiago Canyon College in next weekend's Super Regionals at Palomar College.
With and identical 3-0 score, the Dons completed the sweep of Allan Hancock College to advance to the CCCAA Softball Southern Super Regionals.
The Dons pushed three runs across to claim game one over Allan Hancock College in their first game of the CCCAA Softball Southern Regional Playoffs. Game two is set for Sunday at noon.
The Dons turned a second place finish in the Orange Empire Conference into a top-5 seeding for the CCCAA Softball Southern Regional Playoffs and will host #12 Allan Hancock College.
The Dons scored three runs before getting their first hit on their way to the 9-1 victory. The win gives the Dons the season series against the Hornets.
In their final non-conference game of the season, the Dons picked up a quality 4-1 in over East Los Angeles College, a top-10 team in the SoCal RPI rating.
After Riverside rallied to take a 4-3 lead, the Dons tied the game in the sixth before scoring the game-winning run in the eighth inning to move into a tie with the Tigers for second place.
Along with sweeping the Gauchos, the Dons also snapped Saddleback's 12-game winning streak while keeping themselves in the top-3 of the OEC standings.
The Dons held a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning and a 2-1 lead heading into the sixth inning before Santiago Canyon used a two-run home run to down the Dons 3-2.
After trailing 6-1 in the third inning, the Dons rallied for five runs in the fourth before taking the lead for good in the fifth inning to complete a three-game sweep of Cerritos College.
Along with the offensive outburst, the Dons also got a stellar performance by Kirstin Gutierrez who held the Rustlers to just two hits.
After trailing 8-2 in the sixth, the Dons rallied for four runs and had the game-winning run at the plate before falling to Cypress College 8-6.
Heather Robertson delivered the final blow with her walk off three-run home run to end the game in the fifth inning.
The Dons had been averaging 9.5 runs per game but were shut out by the visiting Hornets 2-0.
After giving up a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, the Dons rallied for three runs in the bottom of the third to hand Riverside City College its first loss in conference.
