Sierra holds off Cypress to advance
The Wolverines took down the Chargers 4-2 and will face Mt. SAC for a chance to advance to the championship game.
BAKERSFIELD - Darcy Gillan hit a two-run double in the fourth inning to extend the Sierra College Wolverines' lead to 4-1 and the #3 seed from Northern California held on for a 4-2 win to eliminate the Cypress College Chargers and advance to the final game of day three of the 2022 CCCAA Softball Tournament.
Sierra College has refused to go down. After dropping their first game of the tournament 8-5 to the Southern California #2 seed Cypress Chargers, the Wolverines have won three straight elimination games, beating Santiago Canyon 11-7, defeating Santa Ana College 2-1, and taking down Cypress in the only rematch of the tournament so far.
Sierra will look to survive and advance once more when they face the top seed from Southern California Mt. San Antonio College tonight at 6 p.m with a spot in tomorrow's championship game on the line. Cypress College finishes its season at 37-15.
Gillan finished the game 2-3 at the plate with a pair of RBIs in the win. Sierra pitcher Amaya Sutton went six and two-thirds inning with a pair of strikeouts to improve to 25-4.
Darcy Gilan finished with 2 RBIs to help keep @SierraSports alive in the CCCAA Tournament pic.twitter.com/FnNdUfLEl1
— CCCAA Sports (@CCCAASports) May 22, 2022
The Chargers added some drama in the top of the seventh when with two outs, Cypress loaded the bases following back-to-back singles by Alyssa Huerta and Camryn Addimando, and Sophie Little was hit by a pitch. Isabella Savala took advantage and plated Huerta off a single that bounced off first base. But relief pitcher Jada Bolar forced a groundout to end the game. Bolar picked up her third save of the season.
Sierra's Meadow Topete finished with two hits and two runs and teammate Emily Walker finished with a pair of hits and an RBI.
Bolar got the Wolverines on the board in the first inning with an RBI groundout to score Topete. The Chargers' Emily Rush responded in the third inning with a bomb to the deep center for a solo home run, the longest of the tournament.
(Anthony Avila, CCCAA)
