Softball: Pirates finally drop one

PALM SPRINGS - The Orange Coast College softball team stretched its

winning streak to eight before finally losing, 4-1, to Victor Valley in

the third game of the College of the Desert Tournament Saturday.

OCC (8-1) won its first two games against Cerritos, 6-2, and Imperial

Valley, 7-2, leaving the Pirates one win from tying the school record of

nine wins in a row set in 1992.

Monica Ortega threw complete games in both of the Pirates’ wins,

improving her record to 6-0. In her two starts, Ortega allowed only one

earned run.

Kim Guillen and Renee Snyder each went 2 for 3 for the Pirates in the two

wins.

Kristin Degree was 2 for 3 with a run scored and a stolen base in the

game-three loss. She is 17 for 17 in stolen bases this season.

The Pirates return to Palm Springs today for three more games, starting

at 10 a.m. against Southwestern.

COLLEGE OF THE DESERT TOURNAMENT

Round Robin

Orange Coast 6, Cerritos 2

OCC 101 04 - 6 6 2

Cerritos 002 00 - 2 3 2

Ortega and Valdez; Flores and Ibarra.

W - Ortega 5-0. L - Flores.

GAME TWO

Orange Coast 7, Imperial Valley 2

Imperial Valley 000 20 - 2 1 1

OCC 100 42 - 7 7 2

Briseno and Martinez; Ortega and Valdes.

W - Ortega, 6-0; L - Briseno.

HR - Thurmond (OCC).

GAME THREE

Victor Valley 4, Orange Coast 1

OCC 000 001 0 - 1 4 2

Victor Valley 101 200 0 - 4 8 0

Espinoza and Premeaux; Navarro and Higgs.

W - Navarro. L - Espinoza, 2-1.

2B - Gonzales (VV), Ortega (OCC).