Clarendon College’s Lady Bulldogs are the number two seed going into the NJCAA Region V West Tournament this Friday, May 10, in Lubbock.
CC finished the regular conference season last week, sweeping four games with Western Texas College at home. The Lady Bulldogs and number one seed Howard College will both get a bye in the opening round of the tournament. Clarendon will play at 6:30 p.m. at Lubbock Christian University against the winner of the Odessa College v. Western Texas match up earlier in the day.
Clarendon slipped one place in the national rankings last week, coming in at number 13 in the NJCAA poll released last Tuesday, April 30. The Lady Bulldogs are currently 47-7 for the season and 24-4 in conference play.
In last Saturday’s opening game at home against WTC, Clarendon’s Morgan Stevenson threw a gem on as the Lady Bulldogs beat Western Texas by a score of 7-0. Stevenson was the winning pitcher for Clarendon as she went seven innings, allowing zero runs on two hits and walking zero.
CC secured the victory thanks to five runs in the sixth inning. The offense was led by Regina Garza, Savannah Flinn, Mariyah Sandoval, and Shaylah Dominguez, who each had RBIs in the inning. The offense totaled 12 hits in the game. Dominguez, Claudia Telles, and Flinn each collected multiple hits. Flinn, Telles, and Dominguez each collected two hits to lead the Lady Bulldogs.
Saturday’s second game saw Devyn Yanello shut down WTC, throwing a complete game shutout and leading CC to a 12-0 victory. Yanello surrendered zero runs on five hits over five innings, striking out five and walking zero.
Clarendon got things started in the first inning with a single by Destinee Alvarez, a stolen base, and a single by Savannah Flinn, scoring one run. Shaylah Dominguez drew a walk as Sierra Wooley doubled to RF to score one, and Yanello singled to score two. The Lady Bulldogs also scored six runs in the third inning as Jasmin Marticorena, Destinee Alvarez, Claudia Telles, and Brie Worley all contributed in the big inning with RBIs.
The Lady Bulldogs racked up 14 hits on the day. Alvarez, Telles, Yanello, Flinn, and Wooley each managed multiple hits. Alvarez led with three hits in four at bats. The team stole five bases during the game as two players stole more than one. Alvarez led the way with two.
In day two of the series, CC won 13-0 as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Morgan Stevenson took the win for Clarendon as she surrendered zero runs on one hit over four innings, striking out two and walking one. Dezire Garcia threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.
In the first inning, the CC got its offense started when Shaylah Dominguez doubled on a 0-1 count, scoring three runs. Clarendon collected 16 hits as Destinee Alvarez, Savannah Flinn, Jasmin Marticorena, Dominguez, and Regina Garza each managed multiple hits. Flinn and Alvarez had three hits to lead the team. The Lady Bulldogs were sure-handed in the field and didn’t commit a single error. Claudia Telles had the most chances in the field with seven.
The Lady Bulldogs delivered another shutout to close the series Sunday with an 11-0 win as three pitchers combined to throw a shutout.
Clarendon secured the victory thanks to eight runs in the third inning. The offensive onslaught by Clarendon was led by Mariyah Sandoval, Sierra Wooley, Jaylyn Hernandez, Savannah Flinn, and Claudia Telles, who each had RBIs in the inning. The Lady Bulldogs saw the ball well racking up 11 hits in the game. Telles and Flinn each collected multiple hits.
Dezire Garcia was credited with the victory as she surrendered zero runs on two hits over three innings, striking out two and walking zero. Devyn Yanello and Hope Arnold entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief.
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