The #9 seeded Pasadena City College softball team saw its 2019 season end in the same spot it did last year--at Santiago Canyon College. The Lancers were swept by the #8 Hawks, losing 4-2 and 8-3 on May 3-4 in the SoCal Regional First Round, best-of-3 games series.
The seeds have changed but not the opponent as for the second straight year the #9 Pasadena City College softball team will play at #8 Santiago Canyon College in a Southern California Regionial Round 1 Playoff series this Friday-Saturday, May 3-4.
Sophomore shortstop Kaylee Medrano, freshman second baseman Danielle Ruiz, and frosh third baseman Samantha Diaz were the Pasadena City College softball team selections to the 2019 All-South Coast Conference North Division First Team as voted by coaches at their post-conference meeting at Rio Hondo College Monday.
For the third straight year, head coach Monica Tantlinger and her Pasadena City College softball team reached the 25-win mark and her squad's 26th victory, an exciting 7-5 win in eight innings Monday at East Los Angeles capped the program's most successful regular season in 13 years.
The Pasadena City College softball team closed out its regular season home schedule in style with a wlld, 13-5 win over Citrus in a game that ended in the sixth inning on shortstop Kaylee Medrano's walk-off, mercy rule double to right center field on Friday.
The Pasadena City College softball team moved to two games ahead in the win column over Chaffey as it continues to be in second place in the South Coast Conference North Division behind a 3-0 shutover over East Los Angeles at Robinson Park on Tuesday.
The Pasadena City College softball team came up with some big late-inning hits to win a pair of games last week as the SoCal No. 10-rated Lancers reached the 20-win mark for the fourth straight season. PCC is 20-11 overall and 11-6 in South Coast Conference play.
Shortstop Kaylee Medrano slugged her third home run and Austyn Helmuth pitched her third shutout as the pair continue to shine for the Pasadena City College softball team in a 7-0 victory over Ventura Friday at Robinson Park.
Austyn Helmuth scattered six hits and allowed one unearned run in pitching the Pasadena City College softball team over Chaffey, 3-1, Wednesday at Robinson Park. The Lancers are now two wins ahead in the win column over the Panthers for second place in the South Coast Conference North Division.
Pasadena City College softball team head coach Monica Tantlinger wants her Lancers to create offense any way it can. On Tuesday, PCC blanked host Rio Hondo, 6-0, taking advantage of sloppy Roadrunners defense while pushing across runs thanks to aggressive baserunning.
For the fifth straight game, the Pasadena City College softball team hammered an opponent to win by mercy rule as the Lancers defeated host Compton, 13-5, Tuesday in five innings.
The only thing stopping the Pasadena City College softball team of late is the game-winning margin limitations. The Lancers clinched each of their last four games before the regulation seventh inning, in routing host Orange Coast College, 9-1 (in six innings), and San Diego Mesa, 10-1, in five innings on Saturday.
The Pasadena City College softball team has had consistent pitching thus far in the 2019 season, and now the Lancers offense is catching up in a hurry. PCC pounded Long Beach City College, 10-0, on Thursday in its second straight, mercy-rule win in five innings at Robinson Park.
Last year, Britney Lopez twirled the Pasadena City College softball team's first no-hitter in 13 years in a 7-inning shutout over Saddleback. With an 0-2 record in her first five starts this season, the sophomore figured there was one sure-fire way to pick up her first 2019 win--pitch another no-hitter. She did just that on Tuesday as she only had to throw five innings to no-hit Los Angeles Harbor in a 9-0 Lancers victory at Robinson Park.
While Pasadena City College's pitching has been a brightspot all season, the Lancers softball team's hitting has seen some ups and downs. In the last two days, the Lancers mustered just one run combined in losing to last year's South Coast Conference North Division and South Division champions--Mt. San Antonio and El Camino.
Catcher Jennie Chacon keyed a seventh-inning rally to tie the game, then knocked in the go-ahead run in the extra eighth inning to give the Pasadena City College softball team an exciting, 4-3 win at Chaffey College. PCC improves to 5-1 in South Coast Conference games and won its sixth in the last seven contests.
Prior to this week, Pasadena City College freshman pitcher Austyn Helmuth was searching for her first collegiate victory after five appearances this season. By the end of the week, Helmuth completed a whirlwind 6-day period in recording three wins, including two shutouts, and a save.
The Pasadena City College softball team remained perfect at 4-0 in games played at their off-campus home--Robinson Park--and moved its South Coast Conference record to 4-1 in blanking Rio Hondo, 8-0, Thursday afternoon.
The softball rivalry between South Coast Conference North Division opponents Pasadena City College and East Los Angeles continues to be heated with many close games over the last several years. But going back to 2015, the Lancers have held the upper hand. On Tuesday at Robinson Park, PCC extended its winning streak against Huskies' teams to seven straight and won for the 10th time in their last 11 meetings by a typically close 5-4 count.
Vivian Little pitched five no-hit innings while Olivia Nanez continued her hot hitting as the Pasadena City College softball team downed Cerritos, 6-1, Tuesday in a South Coast Conference game at Robinson Park. The contest was originally scheduled to be played on the road, but Cerritos' field was unplayable.
Thirteen different players collected hits and 12 drove in at least one run during the Pasadena City College softball team's 19-1, South Coast Conference-opening and home-opening offensive show over Compton at Robinson Park on Thursday. The game was called after 4-1/2 innings due to the 8-run mercy rule.
As rough as it went for the Pasadena City College softball team during its season-opening 11-1 loss at Palomar on Friday, the Lancers found it smooth sailing in bouncing back with a 10-3 victory over Allan Hancock Saturday in a game played at San Diego City College.
With so many obstacles that can prevent players from returning to California Community Colleges after their freshmen seasons, Pasadena City College softball coach Monica Tantlinger feels lucky to have a set of five lettermen from her 26-win playoff team of last season that figure to be big factors on the 2019 Lancers.