REDLANDS, Calif. - The
Whittier College softball team lost both games of its doubleheader
against the University of Redlands on Friday afternoon, 9-1 and
11-3, to remain two games out of fourth place in the Southern
California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings.
The top four teams qualify for the SCIAC playoff and the Poets
(22-16, 9-13 SCIAC) need a twin bill sweep of third-place
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps to secure the final spot. Cal Lutheran was
swept by La Verne this afternoon to keep the Poets alive.
WC was hit hard by the Bulldogs as Redlands scored eight runs in
the first two innings of Game 1. Redlands collected 11 hits and
ended the game with a homerun in the fifth inning to put UR up by
eight runs.
The Poets totaled six hits in the first game led by
Kellie Canida who went 3-for-3 with a run scored.
Mary Pacheco went 2-for-3 with an RBI double and
Dyan Acevedo added the final hit for the purple
and gold.
Whittier didn't fare much better in the second game as Redlands
again jumped out to an 8-0 lead through two innings. The Poets were
able to push one run across in the third inning but the Bulldogs
continued to hit the ball well and scored two more runs in its half
of the third.
The Poets had seven hits in Game 2; two of which were homeruns.
Mary Pacheco and Nicole Acevedo
each had round trippers and combined for three RBIs.
