Plus, the latest on SSU spring sports teams.
The Santa Rosa Junior College baseball team clinched the Big 8 title Thursday with a 14-7 win at Sacramento City, its 14th victory in a row.
The Bear Cubs (34-1, 19-1) leapt out to a 7-0 lead after one inning to cruise to the win. They also defeated Sac City 12-1 in the first game of the three-game series on Tuesday and will go for the sweep at home Friday.
SRJC is still the No. 1-ranked team in the California Community College Athletic Association and jumped up to No. 8 in the nation in this week’s rankings from Perfect Game.
In their 12-1 series-opening win, Cooper Wood had four hits and three RBIs, Shane Moran hit a two-run home run and Jordan Giacomini struck out eight with two walks, four hits and one run allowed in 6⅔ innings on the mound.
In the win Thursday, JT Summers had three hits with two RBIs, Brett Neidlinger and Josh Martin each had two hits with three RBIs and Moran drove in three runs with a hit. Luke Schat pitched the final six innings, striking out seven with two walks, one hit and one earned run allowed.
The Bear Cubs will wrap up the regular season with a three-game series against Folsom Lake next week.
SSU softball
The Seawolves softball team continued its late season push last week, taking three-of-four games from visiting Cal State Dominguez Hills.
SSU has now won 10 of its last 11 games, improving to 28-19 overall on the year, and sits tied for third in the California Collegiate Athletic Association at 15-13. The Seawolves dropped the first game of the series 3-2 but came back with wins of 7-2, 3-1 and 2-1 in eight innings.
Senior infielder Lauren Mirtoni was named the CCAA Softball Player of the Week for her performance over the series, going 7-for-13 with a pair of doubles and five RBIs. The highlight of the week came in the 2-1 series finale as she drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
SSU has potentially its final home series in program history coming up this week when they welcome Cal State Monterey Bay for a pair of doubleheaders Friday and Saturday.
SSU is currently No. 9 in the NCAA West Regional Rankings heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.
SRJC track and field
The SRJC men’s and women’s track and field teams both had strong showings at the Chabot Last Chance over the weekend. The men tied for sixth overall out of 15 teams, while the women were also sixth overall out of 12 teams.
The SRJC women had two event winners in the throws, courtesy of sophomores Siolo Lua and Addison Hackett. Lua won the discus with a throw of 128 feet, 9 inches, while Hackett placed first in the hammer throw with a mark of 148-04.
Lua also placed second in both the hammer (147-07) and shot put (38-05).
Other top-five placers on the women’s side were Addie Waterman (second in the 400, 59.16), Lauren King (third in the 400, 59.77), Ellie Kennedy (fourth in javelin, 84-11), Rachel Reynolds (fifth in javelin, 83-07) and Siena Smith (fifth in pole vault, 7-0.85)
On the men’s side, freshman Johnny Ando placed second in the 800 (1:57.74), Josiah Orozco placed second in long jump (21-11.75), NJ Robert placed third in pole vault (13-11.25), Noah Lane placed third in the 400 hurdles (56.78) and Isaac Feleay placed third in the 5K (16:27.13).
Next up, SRJC will be competing in the Big 8 Championships at Diablo Valley College starting next Tuesday.
SSU golf
The Sonoma State men’s golf team wrapped up its spring tournament season with a sixth-place finish out of 15 teams at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational at Turlock Country Club earlier this week.
The Seawolves shot even par as a team and were led by Ivan Sablan, who finished fourth overall individually with a score of 7-under par for the three-round tournament.
Cambron Nevill also finished in the top 15, tying for 11th overall with a score of 3-under par.
Next up, SSU will compete in the CCAA Tournament starting this Sunday in Santa Barbara.
SSU baseball
It’s been a trying spring for the Seawolves’ baseball program, but they were able to secure a CCAA series split with Cal State Stanislaus last week.
They erupted for a season-high 14 hits in their win in the series finale, bouncing back from losses of 10-9 and 4-3 in the two prior games. They won the opener 10-7.
Like the softball team, the SSU baseball program faces potentially its final homestand in program history this weekend. San Francisco State is in town for a four-game series that began Thursday.
You can reach Staff Writer Gus Morris at 707-304-9372 or gus.morris@pressdemocrat.com. On X (Twitter) @JustGusPD.
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