The Cerritos College softball team went 2-1 in its opening week of games against Santiago Canyons, Santa Ana College and Grossmont College.
In the Feb. 1. game against Santiago Canyons, the Falcons were able to come back and defeat them 9-3 as sophomore pitcher Jessica Lozano threw a complete game.
Lozano threw seven strikeouts in six innings.
After losing against Santa Ana College on Jan. 29 at the Glendale Sports Complex in a tournament, Lozano, thought the women pulled through when they were close to losing the game against Santa Ana on Thursday.
“I have a lot of confidence in my team and I knew we were going to push through and win. [Santa Ana College] beat us pretty bad in the last game. So, it was a good rematch for us,” Lozano said.
During one of the most high-pressure situations of the game, Coach Kodee Murray called a timeout.
“She (Murray) wanted to get the girls on the same page to give them a break and breather,” assistant coach Nicole Deel said.
” She talked to the pitcher to settle it down a little bit and take some momentum back.”
First baseman Alexxa Sanabria stole home in the sixth inning, tying up the game at 7-7.
The Falcons stayed communicative with one another as the game was coming to a close end.
“We’re very well-meshed. So, by thinking and talking with each other we get the strength to keep on fighting.” Sanabria said.
It would be the toward the end of the seventh inning when Cerritos College sought its chance to win the game, when Santa Ana made an error on a routine ground ball play and sophomore outfielder Matanaina I’ Aulualo scored the winning run, giving the Falcons the 8-7 victory,
The Falcons went on to play against Grossman College on Friday, where they had a challenging team that almost kept them from a close win with a score of 6-5.
The Falcons strived in the last inning to come up with the winning run as shortstop Briana Quintana delivered home runs in the second and fourth innings.
Technical errors against pitcher Gabby Villarreal in the beginning made it strenuous for the Falcon’s to climb back up in the game.
Villarreal gave up six runs on six hits and was pulled in the third inning after facing three batters without getting any outs.
