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March 18,
2007
Softball Splits Doubleheader with Occidental
Ovieda '09 has Three RBI in Game One Win
Vicky Ovieda '09 hit a three-run double to catapult Whittier
College to a 6-2 win in game one of a SCIAC doubleheader at Occidental
College on March 18. The Poets (15-7, 7-3) lost the nightcap 5-4
to the Tigers (2-22, 2-10).
Deena Arenas '08 went 2-for-3 with a run batted in game one.
Mary Pacheco '10 and Amanda Carrasco '10 each drove in and
scored a run. Brenna Winslow '07 went 2-for-4 with a run
scored. Amanda Brown '09 stole her eighth base of the
season and scored a run. Arenas (6-4) pitched a complete
game, allowing two runs on nine hits and struck out four batters. |
Vicky Ovieda '09 |
Carrasco's RBI single and Ovieda's three-run double got the Poets off to
a quick start in the top of the first. Pacheco drove in Brown in
the second to give Whittier a 5-0 lead. Three Occidental singles
in the bottom of the second cut the Poet lead to three. The Poets
would answer back with another run in the top of the third and never
look back. Pitching took over in the rest of the game as neither
team was able to manufacture a run. The final score was 6-2 in
favor of the Poets.
In game two, Pacheco went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
She leads the Poets with 30 RBI. Winslow finished with an RBI and
a run scored. Carrasco had a double and an RBI. Brown and
Sheryl Fukuda '08 each scored a run. Ovieda (9-2) pitched six
innings and allowed five runs, three earned, on seven hits and three
walks. She also struck out two batters in the loss.
Occidental got on the scoreboard first with two runs in their first
at-bats. They added three runs in the third inning to put Whittier
in a 5-0 hole. The Poets cut into the lead in the fourth inning,
when Carrasco drove in Pacheco on a fielder's choice. An error on
the play allowed Winslow to come home to make the score 5-2. With
the same score in the top of the seventh, the Poets scored on a Pacheco
RBI single. Once again, a Tiger throwing error brought home
another run to make the score 5-4. The Poets left Pacheco at third
base to end the game.
The Poets continue conference play on March 24 when they travel to La
Verne for a doubleheader at 12pm. |
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