Santa Ana Drops Home Opener to Ventura 11-7
SANTA ANA, CA – Santa Ana College (SAC) traded the lead a couple times with visiting Ventura College before Ventura scored five unanswered runs to take the lead and defeat the Dons 11-7 in a non-conference softball game.
After Ventura took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, Heather Hamilton (Edison HS) scored on a sacrifice fly by Jenny Kulp (El Modena HS) to tie the game at 1-1. Ventura took the lead back in the second inning but didn't hold it for long.
The Dons got three of their first four batters on base when Hamilton grounded out to second to score Tiffany Campos (Corona del Mar HS) to tie the game at 2-2. Diana Quezada (Santa Ana HS) then doubled to center field scoring Loren Harrell (Tustin HS) and Vanessa Hardway (Edison HS) to give the Dons a 4-2 lead.
Ventura scored four runs in the next two innings to re-take the lead at 6-4 going in to the bottom of the fourth inning. Vanessa Hardway started a three-run inning by scoring on an error followed by Hamilton and Quezada scoring on a single by Mallory Marquez (Santa Ana HS) to put the Dons back ahead 7-6.
However, Ventura (3-1) scored four runs in the next inning and added another in the seventh as they went on to defeat the Dons (2-2) 11-7. Marquez suffered the loss for the Dons going three and a third innings allowing seven hits and six runs.
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