Aztecs Softball gets shut out by Des Moines Area CC to open NJCAA World Series

The Pima Community College softball team (47-9) opened play in the NJCAA Division II World Series on Wednesday at the Tyger River Park in Spartanburg, SC.

• The No. 8 seeded Aztecs struggled on offense in their 6-0 loss to No. 9 Des Moines Area Community College (IA). The Aztecs move to the consolation bracket.
• The Bears (55-10) won their 21^st straight game as they got on the board in the 3^rd inning with Mackenzie Mohler's solo home run that sailed over the left field fence.
• Des Moines' Erin Ades hit a two-run RBI single up the middle to make it 3-0 as sophomore Belen Camacho (Pueblo HS) was replaced by freshman Adriana Machado (Canyon del Oro HS).
• Ades had another two-run RBI hit as part of a three-run 6^th inning.
• Freshman Isabel Mendoza (Cienega HS) recorded Pima's first hit to lead off the 3^rd inning. She also singled in the 5^th inning with two outs but couldn't advance.
• Freshman Izabel Rodriguez (Sahuarita HS) and sophomore Clarissa Figueroa (Mountain View HS) had back-to-back hits with one out in the 6^th inning, but a flyout to center field by sophomore Jiselle Nunez (Tucson Magnet HS) and a strikeout by sophomore Julissa Lopez (Tucson Magnet HS) ended the threat.
• The Aztecs finished with four hits as Mendoza went 2-for-2 with a walk and Rodriguez and Figueroa each went 1-for-3. Pima hitters three through six in the lineup went a combined 0-for-12 with six strikeouts.
• Camacho took the loss in the circle as she pitched four and two-third innings, giving up three runs (three earned) on seven hits with two strikeouts and three walks on 97 pitches. Machado pitched in relief and went two and two-third innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on six hits with two strikeouts and one walk on 59 pitches.
• Ades was 2-for-4 with four RBIs and Mohler was 2-for-2 with an RBI and three runs scored. Kierra Jungers got the win for the Bears after pitching a complete-game shutout, giving up four hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk on 97 pitches.

The Aztecs will play No. 13 Northwest Mississippi Community College (29-20) in an elimination game on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. (ET); 6:00 a.m. (MST). Catch the action on the NJCAA Network.

DMACC   0 0 1 0 2 3 0   6   13   0
PCC          0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0    4    1

L – Camacho (16-3).