Posted: Mar 27, 2025
Haywood fans 11, Comets roll on
Palomar
(23-2, 9-0)
9
San Diego City
(10-17, 1-7)
3
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Palomar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 1 |
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San Diego City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
SAN DIEGO, CA (3/27/2025) – Palomar College resumed its winning ways on the softball diamond Thursday with a 9-3 Pacific Coast Athletic Conference victory over San Diego City.
The Comets continued to set the pace in the conference race with an 8-0 record while improving to 22-2 overall with a win which finished off a stretch of seven consecutive road games for the state's No. 2-ranked team.
Palomar's 16 hits were more than enough support for winning pitcher Nevaeh Haywood. The sophomore right-hander raised her record to 11-2 with a season-high 11 strikeouts. She allowed three runs on five hits with one hit batter and no walks in six innings of work before yielding to freshman right-hander Kiara Flaviani, who pitched a scoreless seventh with one strikeout.
Sophomore second baseman Josephine Hueberger went 4-for-5 at the plate for the Comets with a triple and three singles. Freshman designated player Lauren Doepping had two hits, including her fourth home run in five games and fifth of the season with a solo blast in the third inning in addition to an RBI single in the fourth.
Also collecting two hits apiece were sophomore first baseman Zoe Karam, freshman left fielder Taylor Armstrong and freshman catcher Dominique Garcia. Karam drove in three runs with a two-run double in the first inning and a sacrifice fly in the third.
The visitors extended the state's longest current win streak to 18 games with the victory while dropping the Knights to 10-16 overall and 1-6 in PCAC play.
The Comets will host a non-conference doubleheader against No. 4-ranked Cypress on March 29, with the first pitch for Game 1 slated for 1 p.m. Following a conference contest at Grossmont on April 1, Palomar will entertain another top-10 team the next day when No. 9 Orange Coast pays a visit for a 1 p.m. non-conference matchup on April 2.