Defending Champs Cypress Beats Cosumnes River 7-3
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cosumnes River
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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Cypress
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0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 | 6 | 2 |
SARATOGA, CA — The South No. 2 seed Cypress College Chargers used a pair of home runs to earn a 7-3 win over North No. 4 seed Cosumnes River College to close out day one of the 2024 3C2A Softball State Championship.
Cypress returns to West Valley College to play San Joaquin Delta tomorrow at 2 p.m. Cosumnes River will travel to San Jose City College to play Mt. San Antonio College in an elimination game at 2 p.m.
The Chargers took control of the game in the fourth when Lizbeth Gomez and Jaylene Duarte hit back-to-back solo home runs to give Cypress a 3-1 lead. Durate drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth and finished with two hits, two runs, and two RBIs.
POSTGAME: Jaylene Duarte 1 HR, 2 RBIs 2 runs, 2 hits pic.twitter.com/Te91ExnqqZ
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Cypress continued to roll and scored two more runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. Kimberley MacPherson kept the momentum with a bases-loaded single followed by a sacrifice fly from Mikala Jacobsen. Nanea Kyle scored on a passed ball in the sixth.
The Hawks made things interesting in the top of the seventh, scoring a pair of runs off two hits and an error but could get no closer.
POSTGAME: Cypress head Coach Brad Pickler pic.twitter.com/Nh5je38UzR
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Kaitlyn Reynolds did her part in the circle for the Chargers, allowing just six hits with two strikeouts to improve to 37-7. She helped out her cause at the plate with an RBI single in the third to score the Chargers' first run.
Malia Babas started the game with a bang, tripling down the right field line to immediately get the Hawks into scoring position. Abigail Woodfill drove her in two batters later to give Cosumnes River the opening 1-0 lead.
Cypress improves to 38-7 and Cosumnes River falls to 37-9.
