Tough season ahead

So ball team has not won at home and stands with a losing record when away

Eliezer Diaz ediaz.roundupnews@gmail.com

making more mistakes than hitting balls.

Ava Weintraub

“[Greg] Koll had three hits and [Nick] Murphy had two hits which was a plus,” shortstop R.J. Randal said.

It was a tough game until the eighth inning, when Valley added a total of five runs taking advantage of the three defensive errors the Brahmas committed.

“That five run inning really killed the tempo of the team,” Randal said.

““I felt the intensity wasn’t up. [We] died a little through the game.”

Greg Koll started off the Brahmas’ ninth inning by walking to first, Matt Sanchez had gotten out, and Christian Tobias, Nick Schmidt, and Cody deSpain got bases on balls bringing Koll home.

Brandon Rapoport and Kevin Torres both struck out looking ending the game 8-3 for the Monarchs.

Defensive miscues and no communication among the players prevented the Brahmas’ softball team to stay in the game against Southwestern College last Tuesday.

The Brahmas suffered a 6-1 loss the Jaguars in a hard fought battle.

Pierce held the Jaguars’ powerful offense in the first few innings, sustaining defensive momentum up until the 5th, when with the score remained at 1-1, the Jaguars got two runs.

With Pierce down 3-1 they continued to push off a relentless Jaguars team.

The Brahmas did there best to get as many hits as possible to score, but Southwestern’s defense stopped Pierce in its tracks.

The Jaguars added three more in the 7th to increase their lead to 6-1 and take control of the match.

“We didn’t hit enough,” head coach Pat Grennan said. “I’m encouraged that we’re a better hitting team than that.”

Unfortunately, the team was

“We really need to turn it around, we’ve been working really hard during practice and I expect a lot more this semester,” sophomore Katie Kargari said. “Minor errors were killing us.”

The Brahmas are looking to improve on lessening their mistakes

We really need to turn it around, we’ve been working really hard during practice and I expect a lot more this semester

-Katie Kargari

and maintaining their strong defense going into important conference matches.

“I think we did really good today, our defense was hard,” freshman Candice Lujano said. “I think we’re ready for conference as long as we take it one step at a time.”

Head coach Pat Grennan is expecting his team to pull together and step during the tough conference matches.

“These games are getting us ready for the games that count, we have to keep building up momentum,” Grennan said. “I’m optimistic right now.”

The Brahmas have one more game at Chaffey College on March 6 at 1 p.m. before going into an important conference match against Citrus College on March 8.

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