TEMPE, Ariz. - No. 9 Arizona State (11-2) used a pair of five-run innings to take down visiting UCSB (5-10) in a 10-2 mercy win on Thursday evening at Farrington Stadium.ASU got on the scoreboard early in the bottom of the first inning when Krista Donnenwirth hit a two-run homer over the right center field fence. A two-RBI single by Caylyn Carlson and a bases loaded walk by Lesley Rogers brought the Sun Devil lead to 5-0 at the end of the first inning.BOX SCORESophomore pitcher … [Read more...]

Kailey Snyder pitched a complete game and hit a three-run homer on Thursday at Pershing Park but it wasn't enough for SBCC in a 6-4 softball loss to Ventura.Snyder, a freshman from St. Joseph High, retired 13 straight batters from the first inning to the fifth in the WSC Gold Division opener. She gave the Vaqueros (6-2, 0-1) a 4-2 lead with her team's first homer of the year -- a three-run blast to right field in the fourth.Santa Barbara cut the deficit to 2-1 in the third when … [Read more...]

Lisa Zeitlin went 4-for-4 with three runs scored Tuesday afternoon and reliever Jeana Carrillo retired the first 10 batters she faced as SBCC routed Glendale 10-2 in a nonconference softball game at Pershing Park.After falling behind 2-0 in the first, the hometown Vaqueros (the teams share the same nickname) rallied for their third straight win. Santa Barbara (6-1), which has outscored its opponents 45-17, improved to 5-0 at home."There was no panic when we fell behind," said Zeitlin. … [Read more...]

UC Santa Barbara (5-9) snapped an eight-game losing skid early Friday morning as it picked up a 6-1 victory over visiting Wisconsin (3-8) on the second day of the Gaucho Classic at Campus Diamond.Sophomore Brooke Putich led the Gauchos going 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs and an RBI. In the circle, MeLinda Matsumoto (3-3) picked up the win after tossing 3.1 innings of shutout relief. The senior allowed just two hits and gave up one walk while fanning two. Sophomore Krista Cobb started … [Read more...]

Lisa Zeitlin and Kellee Venturi drove in two runs each on Thursday, leading SBCC to a 6-4 nonconference softball win over Canyons at Pershing Park.The Vaqueros (5-1) collected twice as many hits (12-6) and remained perfect at home with a 4-0 record."It was a great game, Canyons has been WSC champs on the Blue side for four or five years," said coach Paula Congleton. "Every time they got close, we would come right back with runs of our own. It's been a joy to coach this year because I've … [Read more...]

SAN DIEGO - The UCSB softball team dropped its sixth straight game Saturday afternoon, falling to Western Kentucky 7-0 in the 20th Annual Campbell-Cartier Classic hosted by San Diego State.Ciara Garcia connected with a three-run triple in the top of the second inning and pitcher Kim Wagner went the distance while only giving up seven hits for the Hilltoppers.Kelly McDonald and Lainey DePompa each had a pair of hits for the Gauchos (4-7), but the Gauchos were unable to generate any … [Read more...]

SAN DIEGO - The UCSB softball team dropped a pair of games on Friday in the 20th Annual Campbell-Cartier Classic hosted by San Diego State.The Gauchos have now lost five straight after opening the season 4-1.UCSB lost its first game on Friday, 9-1, to No. 1 Washington and then dropped an afternoon contest to Penn State, 3-1. The Gauchos managed just seven hits in the two games.In the opener, Washington jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first three innings, scoring six runs on four hits … [Read more...]

SAN DIEGO - UCSB's (4-4) offense continued to struggle on Friday evening as the Gauchos were shutout by San Diego State (6-1) in the opener of the 20th annual Campbell/Cartier Classic, falling 6-0 to the Aztecs.San Diego State pitcher Samantha Beasley gave up just a two-out fifth inning single to sophomore Lainey DePompa, while striking out 13. She allowed two UCSB baserunners with the first coming on a SDSU throwing error.BOX SCOREBeasley was helped by a four-run San Diego State … [Read more...]

Freshman Kailey Snyder tossed four innings of two-hit ball and delivered an RBI triple in the eighth inning Thursday night, leading SBCC over Bakersfield College 3-1 in an eight-inning softball game at Bakersfield's new stadium.Sara Gazzaniga held the Renegades to two hits in the first four frames before Snyder, a freshman from St. Joseph High, came on in the fifth.Lisa Zeitlin went 2-for-3 for the Vaqueros (4-1) and staked them to a 1-0 lead with an RBI double that scored Laura Cannon … [Read more...]

UCSB was unable to match-up with No. 4 UCLA on Wednesday as the Gauchos fell twice to the Bruins during their 2010 home opener at Campus Diamond. UCLA was able to mercy the Gauchos in both games, picking up 14-0 and 11-1 victories, respectively.The Bruins (5-1) climbed out to an early lead in game one with Megan Langenfeld and Samantha Camuso each hitting RBI singles to give UCLA a 2-0 advantage. In the second, Andrea Harrison hit a two-out double to left field driving two more runs … [Read more...]

Pasadena scored twice in the first inning Monday and went on to hand SBCC its first softball loss of the year 2-0 in a nonconference game at Brookside Park in Pasadena.Laura Cannon went 2-for-2 and Lisa Zeitlin was 2-3 for the Vaqueros (3-1)."They got their first run on an RBI single and the second on a bloop single that landed near the right-field line," said coach Paula Congleton. "They didn't hit our pitchers hard but they strung their hits together while we did not."SBCC left … [Read more...]