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About the coach.....sclarin@cuesta.edu SchedulePreviewCuesta Softball Opens 30th Season in Reedley this Thursday Pitchers Catcher First Base Second Base Third Base Shortstop Leftfield Centerfield Rightfield itrus College on Tuesday (2:30) Game NotesGAME 1 Extra Base Hits Cuesta Pitching Stat of the Game- RHP Chelsie Rodriguez: 7IP 6H 3R 0ER 4K 3BB GAME 2 Extra Base Hits Cuesta Pitching Stat of the Game- RHP Stacie Salazar: 7IP 3H 1R 0ER 10K 0BB Notes- The Cuesta Cougars played their final home games of the 2009 season and split the twinbill with West Hills. Errors were once again the plagued the Cougars and led to a game one loss. On the day the Cougars did not allow an earned run, despite the fact that the Falcons scored four times in the two games. Cuesta Pitcher Chelsie Rodriguez began the opener with five scoreless innings, but ran into trouble in the sixth inning. Rodriguez walked leadoff batter Breana Barnum, but served up a double-play ball on the next pitch only to have the overthrow fly into right field and give each runner three free bases. The error allowed one runner to score and moved another to third base. Rodriguez went back to work and coaxed a groundout to shortstop on the next pitch and held the runner at third, before walking the next batter, Marissa Quesada. Quesada stole second as Rodriguez struckout Juana Torres for the second out. With two outs the Falcons managed back-to-back RBI base-hits to run their lead to 3-0 before the end of the inning. The Cougars got on the scoreboard the next inning on Rodriguez's RBI base-hit, but entered the bottom of the 7th down by two. Designated Hitter Nicole Monroe led off that inning with a double and Liz Harden took over as her pinch runner. Sam Hughes' sacrifice hit moved Hardin to third and she scored on a base-hit by Kelly Brown. Second Baseman Brittani Gregory and Centerfielder Alex Ramirez both walked to load the bases with only one out. Reliever Allyson Galvan, who issued the walk to Ramirez, got out of the jam and ended the inning and the game with a strikeout and a comebacker. Next- Cuesta will wrap up the regular season in Woodland Hills on Tuesday (2:30). The Cougars must beat Pierce in their final Western State Conference game and hope that Santa Barbara to beat Ventura to earn one of the WSC's two automatic playoff bids. Moorpark has already clinched the WSC crown and ended the Cougars' plans to repeat as the loop's champions. SOFTBALL GAME 1 Extra Base Hits Cuesta Pitching Stat of the Game- RHP Chelsie Rodriguez: 7IP 5H 0R 0ER 8K 2BB GAME 2 Extra Base Hits Cuesta Pitching Stat of the Game- RHP Chelsie Rodriguez: 3IP 3H 1R 0ER 3K 1BB Notes- Cuesta remained mathematically alive for a playoff spot, awarded to first or second place in the conference, with their fifth straight Western State Conference victory. Sophomore Pitcher Chelsie Rodriguez authored a complete game shutout in the opener and then picked up a relief win in the nightcap. Rodriguez has gone 9-2 since losing her first seven decisions of the season. She also drove in a run in the first inning of Game 1 to provide all the offense she would need in the 1-0 win. In Game 2 the Cougars put together a seven-run third inning jump out to a huge lead, but the Vaqueros edged back and eventually tied the game in the seventh inning. Rodriguez held them scoreless in the 8th inning and then led off the bottom of the 8th with a walk for the Cougars. Pinch runner Kelly Brown replaced Rodriguez at first and scored on Sam Hughes base-hit for the 8-7 win. The Cougars are now 22-19 overall and 15-8 against the WSC.
Cuesta 10, Moorpark 9 Extra Base Hits Next- The Cuesta Softball team remained mathematically alive in an attempt to defend its 2008 Western State Conference title. The Cougars knocked off first place Moorpark today, 10-9, to pull within three games of the Raiders in the WSC standings with three games to play. Moorpark took advantage of six Cuesta errors on the day and took an early lead with an unearned run in the top of the first inning. However the Cougars were also able took advantage of a Raider miscue that kept the second inning alive long enough for 2008 All-WSC First Team Shortstop Lauren Vancil to give the Cougars the lead for good with a grand slam home run. Moorpark crept back into the game by closing to 6-5 in the fourth inning, but doubles by Brittani Gregory and Nicole Monroe in the bottom of that inning led to four runs and increased the Cougars lead to 10-5. Two more Cuesta errors in the sixth inning closed the gap to two runs and the Cougars replaced Starting Pitcher Chelsie Rodriguez with Stacie Salazar. Salazar got the Cougars out of the jam in the sixth, but had trouble closing out her first save of the year in the seventh inning. Salazar allowed back-to-back hits to lead off the inning, before striking out the third batter. She beaned the next batter to load the bases, but a strikeout and a pop out to first sealed the victory fro the Cougars. Next- Cuesta will host Santa Barbara in a WSC doubleheader on Thursday (1/3 PM). SOFTBALL Allan Hancock 5, Cuesta 2 Extra Base Hits Notes- Allan Hancock Pitcher Jessica Garcia crushed a one-out fastball from Cuesta Pitcher Stacie Salazar over the leftfield fence in her first at bat and gave herself, and her team, a lead she would never relinquish. Salazar settled down and struckout four of the next six batters, but Garcia held the Cougars to two hits in the first five innings and maintained the advantage that her home run had provided her. In the sixth inning, a mixture of two Cuesta errors and three hits broke the game open for the Bulldogs, who took a 5-0 lead. The Cougars rallied for two runs in their half of the inning, but standout catches in the outfield by Centerfielder Elysha McClain and Leftfielder Kayla Simkins squelched the rally. The Bulldogs held on for the 5-2 win and the Cougars fell to 16-17 overall and 10-8 in the WSC. Next- Cuesta will play a twinbill at Bakersfield on Saturday. They will play Bakersfield at 1 PM and Mt San Antonio at 3 PM. CUESTA SOFTBALL Cuesta 13, Oxnard 0 Cuesta Pitching Stat of the Day: RHP Stacie Salazar: 5IP 3H 0R 0ER 8K 1BB Notes- The Cuesta Softball team dominated the Oxnard Condors both on offense and defense as they picked up a 13-0 Western State Conference victory. Cuesta Pitcher Stacie Salazar authored a complete game shutout, while striking out eight in the five inning game. At the plate the Cougars struck early and struck big with 11 runs in the first two innings. The Cougars scored three runs in the first frame and put their first ten batters on base in an 8-run second inning. Five Cuesta batters enjoyed multi-hit games led by Catcher Nicole Monroe who was 3-for-3 and drove in four runs. On another note, Chelsie Rodriguez's RBI-double in the second inning was her 8th of the season and the 21st of her career, which sets a new Cuesta standard and breaks the career record set last season by two-time All State selection Danielle Crawford. The Cougars improved to 6-5 against the WSC and are 12-15 overall. Next- Cuesta will play a Western State Conference Doubleheader this Thursday at Moorpark (1/3 PM) SOFTBALL GAME 1 Extra Base Hits GAME 2 Extra Base Hits Cuesta Hitting Stat of the Day- 2B Brittani Gregory; 2-4, 3R, 2B, 3B, BB, Sac, 2K Notes- Cuesta split a Western State Conference doubleheader with Ventura, in which both games were one-run affairs with identical final tallies of 4-3. Next- Cuesta will play in the Fullerton Mini Tournament this Saturday, March 14th. CUESTA SOFTBALL Cuesta 9, Bakersfield 3 Extra Base Hits Cuesta Hitting Stat of the Day- 3B Alyssa Giordanengo: 3-3, 2R, RBI, BB Notes- The Cuesta softball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 9-3 Western State Conference win over Bakersfield. The Cougars fell behind early when the Renegades opened the game with two runs in the first inning, but the Cougars scored in each of there first four turns at bat to secure the victory. Four Cuesta batters enjoyed multi-hit games, led by leftside of the infield with Third Baseman Alyssa Giordanengo, who was 3-for-3, and Shortstop Lauren Vancil, who was 2-for-4. The Cuesta outfield was also productive. Corner outfielders Chelsie Rodriguez and Kelly Brown both drove in a run and went 2-for-4 on the day, while Centerfielder Alex Ramirez was 1-for-2 and scored three times- thanks to a pair of walks. Freshman Pitcher Stacie Salazar hurled her seventh complete game of the season and improved to 7-4 on the year. Overall the Cougars are 7-9 as a team and 3-3 in the WSC. Next- Cuesta will play a Western State Conference Doubleheader in Santa Maria against Allan Hancock on Thursday. The game are scheduled for 1 and 3 PM. Citrus 6, Cuesta 2 Extra Base Hits Cuesta Hitting Stat of the Day- RF/2B Brittani Gregory: 1-3, RBI, 2B Notes: Citrus put their leadoff runner on in each of the first five innings and in three of those innings. Cuesta pitchers Chelsie Rodriguez and Stacie Salazar were constantly trying to fend off rallies by the Owls set up by five walks, three hit batsmen and three Cuesta errors. Citrus scored its first run of the game on an overthrow on Valerie Torres' steal of third base to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. In the fourth inning the Owls had the bases loaded after a walk, a bean and an error, when Salazar beaned Melissa Salas to add another run to the board. The next batter Danyelle Vasquez drove in two more runs after connecting on Citrus' first hit of the day. Vasquez later scored on a passed ball to complete a four-run inning. Cuesta in the meantime kept on getting hits and stranding runners. They picked up their first run of the game in the second inning after bringing Rodriguez around following her one-out double, but still left two women on in that inning. They left two more on in the third and again in the fourth, although they also scored Alyssa Giordanengo on Brittani Gregory's RBI double. In all the Cougars stranded nine runners in the game and lost despite out hitting Citrus 8-4. Cuesta is now 6-7 on the year and 2-3 in the Western State Conference. Next: Cuesta will play two games tomorrow at the Bakersfield Mini Tournament Cuesta 5, Canyons 4 Extra Base Hits Cuesta Hitter of the Day- CF Alex Ramirez: 2-4, 3RBI, 2B Notes-The Cuesta Softball team finally got their Western State Conference schedule under way and the 2008 WSC Champions picked up a win to start the season. The Cougars beat College of the Canyons, 5-4, and improved to 4-3 on the season. Cuesta Pitcher Stacie Salazar struckout 11 on her way to the complete game victory, although she did allow three earned runs. Canyons' Sarah Hasenfus scored in the top of the first off of Lauren Rose double, but the Cougars answered back in the second inning and took the lead for good. Canyons Pitcher Melissa Herndon walked three Cougars to load the bases and Centerfielder Alex Ramirez wiped them clean with a a two-out double off the fence. Canyons came back with another run in the top of the third after Jessica Fridwell's leadoff double, but could not catch Cuesta. The Cougars added a little more breathing room in their half of the third, with Lauren Vancil scoring off Alyssa Giordanengo's double and then Giordanengo scoring off a base-hit by Breanan Silzer. Canyons picked up another run in the fourth, after two Cuesta errors and Hasenfus smacked a solo home run off Salazar in the fifth inning to contribute to the final score of 5-4. Cuesta is now 4-3 on the year and 1-0 in the WSC. Next- Cuesta will play at LA Valley at 1 PM on Saturday. Cuesta 4, Sequoias 1 Game 2 Notes- The Cuesta softball team struggled at the plate today with only four hits in two games. In Game 1 the Cougars entered the sixth inning leading 1-0, but the Sequoias pitching staff was still five outs away from authoring a no-hitter. Base-hits by Chelsie Rodriguez and Alyssa Giordenengo in the sixth inning led to three more Cuesta runs and provided the difference in the game. Cuesta Starter Stacie Salazar lost her shutout in the seventh inning, but picked up the complete game win, 4-1, by allowing only three hits and striking out five. In Game 2 the Giants came out swinging and scored a run off two hits in each of the first two innings off Starter Chelsie Rodriguez. Unfortunately while the Giants bats were heating up the Cougars' gloves were cooling off and the Cougars five errors led to two more runs. Cuesta, again, waited until the sixth inning to record a hit off Sequoias Pitcher Alycia Campos, but were unable to push a run across and were shutout, 4-0. The Cougars are now 3-3 on the year. Next- The Cougars will host Citrus College on Thursday (2:30) in their Western State Conference opener. Game 1 Game 2 Notes- Cuesta Softball dropped both ends of their home opening twinbill with Riverside to even their record at 2-2. The Tigers scored six runs in the first four innings of Game 1 and cruised to a 7-3 win. In Game 2 the Cougars bats came alive and they lit up the scoreboard five runs in the first two innings, but they couldn't keep up with the Tigers. Riverside took the lead with a six-run fourth inning and held on for two more frames until the game was called for darkness with a 10-5 win. Next- Cuesta will host Sequoias on Thursday (2.3.09) for a doubleheader with games at 11 AM and 1 PM. Roster
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Sara is the Cuesta softball program’s third coach and has continued to build the program into a perennial playoff team. Sara brings extensive softball experience to the Cuesta Coaching Staff and took over as Cuesta’s Softball Head Coach in 2007 after splitting the coaching duties with former Coach Allison Merzon in 2006. That year the duo led Cuesta to its first State Tournament appearance and helped the Cougars make the leap from playoff team to title contender. Clarin led the Cougars to back-to-back playoff appearances in her first two years and picked u
