Unbeaten Chargers End PC's Year At 30-13
| TOP PHOTOS: Palomar center fielder Taylor Willis aims home after catching Cypress' Sydney McCollum's fly ball, then guns down the Chargers' Celeste Rodriguez (right photo) at the plate in the top of the fifth. The Comets' catcher is Bailey Romano. DIRECTLY ABOVE: Mo Lopez slugs a home run in the bottom of the inning. She's congratulated by her Palomar teammates at right. -- Photos by Hugh Cox. BELOW: Lopez, who went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs |
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CYPRESS (5-14-2017) -- Another outstanding softball season came to an abrupt end for Palomar on Sunday as unbeaten Cypress turned back the Comets 11-4 in the championship game of the Cypress Super Regional. The Chargers, who survived a huge scare by the Comets in a winners' bracket game on Saturday before finally winning 3-2 in nine innings, advanced to 45-0 on the season as they moved into the CCCAA State Championship Final Four next weekend in Bakersfield. Palomar's season ended at 30-13. The Comets outhit Cypress 13-12 in Sunday's loss behind a big day at the plate by Mo Lopez, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and two RBIs. Brie Dunckel went 2-for-5 as she finished as Palomar's second-leading hitter on the season with a .473 average. Madisyn Turman was 2-for-4 and was the Comets' leading hitter on the year with a .490 average. Taylor Fa'asua also turned in a multiple-hit performance, going 2-for-4 and driving in a run. Tiere Paopao, Crystal DesLauriers, Dionne Macias and Lexi Williams also hit safely. The 2017 Comets won their sixth straight Pacific Coast Athletic Conference championship and 34th conference title in the history of the program, going 16-0 in conference play. |