Olivas' Game-Winning Hit Secures Softball Sweep Against South Mountain

The Pima Community College softball team (11-5, 8-2 in ACCAC) played two very different games but managed to pick up the ACCAC doubleheader sweep on Tuesday against South Mountain Community College (4-6, 2-4).

Freshman Courtney Brown (Flowing Wells HS) and sophomores Christine Olivas (Hamilton HS) and Araceli Peralta (Tucson Magnet HS) had the game-changing hits for the day while sophomore Odalis Orduno (Desert View HS) and Bailey Critchlow picked up the wins on the mounds.

Game 1: Pima CC Aztecs 8, South Mountain CC Cougars 0 (5 innings)

Brown hit a two-run RBI triple in the 5^th inning to seal the run rule victory. Peralta (Tucson Magnet HS) and Gabriela Trejo (Desert View HS) scored the runs to cap off a five-run inning. Brown also hit an RBI single in the 4^th inning to score Peralta.

Freshman Gabriella Gorosave put the Aztecs on the scoreboard with an RBI double in the 2^nd inning to plate Critchlow.

Brown finished the game 2 for 3 with three RBIs while Crichlow went 2 for 3 with two runs scored and an RBI single in the 5^th inning. Gorosave was 1 for 1 with two runs scored, an RBI and two walks. Peralta finished 1 for 2 with two runs scored and Trejo was 1 for 2 with a run scored and an RBI.

Orduno picked up the win (5-2) after she pitched five innings giving up one hit with four strikeouts and one walk.

SMCC    0  0  0  0  0     0  1  2
PCC       1  0  2  5   x     8  9  1

Olivas hit a game-winning two-run RBI single to score freshman Mary Tom (Mountain View HS) and Brown with no outs in the 7^th inning. Tom led off the inning with a walk and Brown reached base on an error. Freshman Larissa Rodriguez (Tucson Magnet HS) loaded the bases with her walk.

In the 6^th inning, with Pima trailing 3-1, Olivas hit a leadoff double and Crichlow reached base on a bunt single, but a throwing error put her at second base. Peralta stepped up and beat out an infield hit to score runs and tie it at 3-3. The Cougars came back with a run in the top of the 7^th which set up the bottom half of the inning.

Olivas finished the game 3 for 3 with two RBIs and a run scored while Peralta also went 3 for 3 with two RBIs.

Crichlow improved to 6-2 on the mound as she pitched a complete-game giving up four runs (three earned) on seven hits with two strikeouts and three walks.

Christine Olivas/2016