Aztecs Softball sweeps Chandler-Gilbert CC to move to 16-0

The Pima Community College softball team (16-0, 12-0 in ACCAC) continued its stellar start to the season as it played an ACCAC conference doubleheader on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (2-10, 2-6).
The Aztecs scored 23 runs on the day as they hit a collective 10 doubles. Freshman Clarissa Figueroa (Mountain View HS) finished the day 3 for 7 with five RBIs and a run scored. Freshman Amerika Lopez-Bedoy (Sunnyside HS) went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored while Julissa Lopez (Tucson Magnet HS) was 3 for 6 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Sophomore Aubrey Marx (Cienega HS) closed out her day going 3 for 6 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Freshman Arianna Flores (Salpointe Catholic HS) and sophomore Jessica Thompson (Tanque Verde HS) got the wins in the circle.

• Game 1: (15) Pima CC Aztecs 11, Chandler-Gilbert CC Coyotes 0 (6 innings): The Aztecs took control scoring 10 runs in the final three innings to earn their first run-rule victory of the day.
  The Aztecs scored five runs in the 4^th inning. Lopez-Bedoy hit an RBI double to drive in Lopez and would later score on an error to make it 3-0. Marx hit a two-run RBI double to bring around sophomore Cheyanne Ortiz (Tucson Magnet HS) and Figueroa to make it 5-0. Sophomore Talia Martin (Mountain View HS) scored the final run in the frame off a fielder's choice play as Pima went up 6-0.
  Figueroa hit an RBI single in the 5^th inning to bring in pinch runner Taiya Teixeira (Salpointe Catholic HS). The duo wasn't finished as Figueroa hit a two-run RBI double as part of the 6th inning scoring Lopez and Teixeira again. Freshman Belen Camacho (Pueblo HS) and Lopez each had RBI hits as part of the four-run 6^th inning.
  Figueroa finished the game 2 for 4 with three RBIs and a run scored while Lopez-Bedoy went 1 for 2 with an RBI and a run. Lopez was 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs. Marx closed it out going 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Freshman Jiselle Nunez (Tucson Magnet HS) had an RBI single in the 1^st inning and finished 1 for 3 with an RBI.
  Flores picked up her seventh win of the season (7-0) as she pitched all six innings, giving up two hits with 10 strikeouts and two walks.

PCC      1 0 0 5 1 4   11   11   0
CGCC   0 0 0 0 0 0    0     2    2

W – Flores (7-0). 2B: Lopez-Bedoy, Marx, Camacho, Figueroa, Ortiz, Martin, SB: Camacho, Lopez, Teixeira, Burrell.

• Game 2: (15) Pima CC Aztecs 12, Chandler-Gilbert CC Coyotes 3 (5 innings): The Aztecs scored 11 runs in the first three innings as they completed the sweep with a second run-rule win.
  The Aztecs put up six runs in the 1^st inning frame. Sophomore Natalya Rivera (Sunnyside HS) hit an RBI triple to drive in Martin, who drew a lead-off walk. Rivera would later score on an error. Lopez and Lopez-Bedoy had back-to-back RBI hits. Figueroa picked up where she left off in the first game as she capped off the inning with a two-run RBI double to plate Lopez-Bedoy and Ortiz to make it 6-0.
  The offense was right back at it in the 2^nd inning with three straight singles. Sophomore Alyssa Noriega's (Pueblo HS) RBI single scored Marx. Lopez hit a sacrifice-fly RBI to bring in Rivera to make it 8-0. Lopez-Bedoy capped it off with an RBI double to bring around pinch runner Amber Conner (Tanque Verde HS) as Pima took a 9-0 lead.
  The Aztecs made it a double-digit margin in the 3^rd inning with another two runs. Sophomore Nevaeh Bracamonte and Ortiz had back-to-back bases loaded walks to score Marx and Conner respectively and make it 11-0.
  Lopez-Bedoy finished the game 2 for 2 with two RBIs and a run scored while Rivera went 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs. Marx was 2 for 3 with two runs and Lopez finished 1 for 2 with two RBIs and a run scored. Figueroa closed out the game going 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Noriega and Ortiz each were 1 for 2 with an RBI, a run and two walks.
  Thompson contributed on offense with an RBI double in the 5^th inning but also got the win in the circle (3-0) as she pitched four innings, giving up two runs (two earned) on eight hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

PCC     6 3 2 0 1   12   11   0
CGCC  0 0 0 2 1    3    10   1

W – Thompson (3-0). 2B: Lopez-Bedoy 2, Figueroa, Thompson. 3B: Rivera.

The Aztecs will step away from ACCAC conference play on Saturday when they host Eastern Arizona College in a non-conference doubleheader at the West Campus Aztec Softball Field. First game starts at 12:00 p.m.