The Bear Cubs extended their perfect start to the year to 9-0.
The Santa Rosa Junior College baseball team extended its perfect start to the year to 9-0 with a 6-1 win over San Mateo on Tuesday.
Caze Derammelaere, Joe Brown and Shane Moran each had two hits, while JT Summers, Josh Martin, Brett Neidlinger and Derammelaere all had solo RBIs in the win.
On the mound, Jordan Giacomini struck out six with no walks and four hits allowed in five shutout innings to earn the win and Raul Valdivia and Luke Schat combined for six strikeouts in two innings of relief.
SRJC is ranked No. 2 in Northern California in the California Community College Baseball Coaches’ Association poll with five first-place votes, behind only Folsom.
SRJC basketball
The Bear Cubs men’s basketball team fell another game back in the race for the Big 8 title after a 71-62 loss to Cosumnes River last Friday. They bounced back with a 76-55 win over Sierra and looked to stay in the hunt with a game Thursday night at Sacramento City.
SRJC (19-5, 10-2), No. 13 in the CCCMBCA coaches poll, trails first-place Modesto by 2½ games with four games left in the regular season, including its second meeting with Modesto next week.
The SRJC women, tied for 20th in the CCCAA rankings, dropped both of their games over the past week to Cosumnes River (55-44) and No. 9 Sierra (61-47). They looked to bounce back Thursday night at Sacramento City.
SRJC swimming
The SRJC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened the spring season with some strong showings at a pair of invitationals last week.
The men placed second overall out of six teams at the Los Rios Invitational on Friday at Sacramento City and finished second again out of 11 teams at the CCSF Invitational. Kai Holt led the team in points at both meets. At Los Rios, he placed first in the 500 freestyle, third in the 200 free and ninth in the 50 free. At CCSF, he placed sixth in the 500 free, 10th in the 100 free and eighth in the 100 fly.
The SRJC women, meanwhile, placed first at the CCSF Invitational and third at Los Rios. Tori Creaves was the standout at both meets. She won the 100 free and 50 free at CCSF and placed first in the 100 fly, fourth in the 50 free and fifth in the 100 free at Los Rios.
SSU golf
The SSU men’s golf team began its spring campaign with a fourth-place finish at the CSUSM Fujikura Invitational at Shadowridge Country Club over the weekend.
Ivan Sablan tied for eighth individually with a total score of 1-over par and tallied a field-best 16 birdies.
SSU baseball
The SSU baseball team swept Simpson 11-3 and 6-5 in a doubleheader Tuesday to snap a four-game skid.
The Seawolves (3-5) totaled 24 hits over the two games and got a few stellar pitching performances.
Michael Panichi struck out nine with five hits and two runs allowed in six innings in the 11-3 win and Henry Marcellus struck out five with four hits and two runs allowed in five innings of work in the 6-5 win.
SSU won the 6-5 game on a walk-off single from Braden Sellz in the bottom of the 10th.
SSU basketball
The SSU women’s basketball team has won six of its last eight games heading into a three-game road trip that started Thursday night at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Seawolves are 11-10 overall and sit in fourth place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association standings at 9-6 with seven games remaining in the regular season.
The SSU men split their two games last week to move to 10-11 on the year and 6-9 in conference. The Seawolves lost to Cal State East Bay 80-73 last Thursday and rebounded with a 63-60 win over SF State on Saturday heading into their three-game road trip.
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