The Pima Community College softball team improved to 10-0 overall and 6-0 in the ACCAC after sweeping Paradise Valley in a doubleheader Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Softball Field.
Freshman Jiselle Nunez (Tucson) went 4 for 4 with four RBIs in the first game while sophomore Natalya Rivera (Sunnyside) went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and four runs in both games. Freshman Julissa Lopez (Tucson) was 4 for 6 with an RBI and five runs. Freshman Arianna Flores (Salpointe Catholic) continued her strong start in the circle and sophomore Yanelyssia Chavez (Salpointe Catholic) got her first win of the season.
·Game 1: (15) Pima 17, Paradise Valley 5 (5 innings):
The Aztecs scored 13 runs in the third inning to help secure the run-rule victory.
Nunez had two at-bats in the inning as she got the barrage going with an RBI double to score sophomore Aubrey Marx (Cienega) to make it 2-0. Her big impact came later in the inning as she drove a 2-0 count out towards left field for a grand slam. She scored freshman Clarissa Figueroa (Mountain View), sophomore Talia Martin (Mountain View) and Marx to make it 12-0.
Sophomore Cheyanne Ortiz (Tucson) hit a two-run RBI double in the inning scoring Rivera and Lopez. Sophomore Alyssa Noriega (Pueblo), Lopez, freshman Amerika Lopez-Bedoy (Sunnyside) and freshman Belen Camacho (Pueblo) all had RBI hits in the inning.
Camacho had a two-run RBI double in the fourth inning as the Aztecs tacked on another three runs.
Nunez finished 4 for 4 with five RBIs and three runs while Camacho was 2 for 2 with three RBIs. Noriega went 3 for 4 with an RBI and two runs. Ortiz went 1 for 2 with two RBIs and a run while Rivera went 2 for 3 with two runs. Lopez was 1 for 2 with an RBI and a run.
Flores (4-0) pitched four innings, giving up one hit with nine strikeouts and two walks on 71 pitches.
Game 2: (15) Pima 19, Paradise Valley 2 (5 innings):
The Aztecs scored another double-digit run total in one frame as they put up 14 runs in the fourth inning to help secure another run-rule win.
Rivera got it started with a two-run home run to bring in freshman Taiya Teixeira (Salpointe Catholic) as Pima went up 7-0. Rivera had a two-run RBI double later in the inning bringing around sophomore Nevaeh Bracamonte and freshman Legend Otero, who got on base after driving in two runs with an RBI single. Sophomore Mari Asher (Canyon del Oro) had a two-run RBI double scoring Camacho and Lopez to make it 17-0.
Rivera was 2 for 2 with four RBIs while Lopez finished 3 for 4 with four runs and Asher went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs. Ortiz was 1 for 4 with two RBIs. Camacho finished 1 for 5 with an RBI and two runs. Otero went 1 for 1 with two RBIs and a run and Teixeira drew two walks and scored two runs.
Chavez got her first win of the season after she pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits with five strikeouts and three walks.
The Aztecs will return to the West Campus Aztec Softball Field on Tuesday for their third straight ACCAC conference doubleheader as they play South Mountain. First game starts at noon.
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