Sophomore pitcher Daisy Torres pitched all seven innings, allowing three runs from seven hits, striking out three players as the LBCC Softball team lost 3-1 to Mt. San Antonio College.
Sophomore Jade Wittman gave the Vikings the lead in the first inning, scoring on a wild pitch.
Mt. SAC came back in the second inning, scoring from an RBI single (Run Batted In) to tie the game.
The Vikings went scoreless for three innings until Mt. SAC scored a run in the top of the fifth and added one more in the top of the sixth from another RBI to win the conference game.
“I think that we had a couple of mishaps on defense and that was uncharacteristic of us, but overall I thought we performed well. We hit the ball well and had a great on-base percentage,” coach Megan Martinez said, on her teams’ performance.
Wittman was the highlight of the Vikings offense as she went 1-3 at-bat, getting one run and one walk during the game.
LBCC made the same amount of hits as Mt. SAC with seven. In the game, 12 players in total were left on bases for the Vikings which cost them for not scoring and allowing their opponents to score their runs.
“Limiting the errors on defense could’ve stopped them from scoring some runs and not leaving our batters on the bases,” infielder Jennifer Aguilar said.
The Vikings were defeated against Mt. SAC in the conference season for the second time, losing 11-5 in February. They will play again for the third time in the last game of the season.
“We don’t give up, we have each other’s backs, and even if one of us fails to come up, someone will always be there for us,” Aguilar said.
The Vikings’ record is now 20-6 in the conference season with only 12 games to go until the playoffs.
The Vikings play again against Santiago Canyon College on March 29.