Mt. SAC Produces 5th Straight SCC Title In Softball
Behind a 4-1 win over East Los Angeles on Monday, state #1-ranked Mt. San Antonio College clinched the first South Coast Conference softball title since the 2019 season. The Mounties had won conference crowns in 2016 (8-team conference), then 2017, 2018, and 2019 as North Division champions. The conference returned to an 8-team format this year after a 2020 shortened season and a SCC-cancelled 2021 season resulted in no conference titles decided.
It's the 13th conference softball title for the program, all since 2003.
Mt. SAC (36-3 overall) improved to 18-2 in conference games and extended its current win streak to 19 games, including eight in a row in SCC play.
Mounties first baseman Brianna Goris, the state leader in home runs with 14 and batting average at .590, also has a chance at a Triple Crown season in the SCC. In just 17 conference games played, Goris leads the SCC batting race at .533, is tops in homers with 10, and tied with Cerritos first baseman Richere Leduc for the conference lead in RBI at 25 each. Goris also is the conference leader in on-base percentage (.650) and slugging percentage (1.422).
Mt. SAC pitching ace Grace Pieson is 22-3 overall with a 1.06 ERA and 11-2 with 93 Ks in conference play.
Cerritos (28-10), tied for #12 in the state poll, appears to have second place in hand at 15-6 with two games left v. Rio Hondo. Long Beach (26-11), rated #11, has a 14-6 conference record and will finish third.
Leduc leads the Falcons in conference-only games with a .492 average and 4 homers. Pitcher Samantha Islas is fourth in the state in innings pitched at 177.2 with a 20-6 overall record (in conference she is 11-3 with a 1.15 ERA) LBCC is paced by catcher Jaylene Ross who is batting .421 with 3 HR and 18 RBI and a SCC-high 32 hits in 20 SCC games. The Vikings ace is Daisy Torres, one of eight 20-game winners in the state, who has pitched in 18 SCC games with a 12-5 record and 12 complete games.
El Camino (20-19) was the first SCC team to already complete its 21-game, SCC schedule and sit in fourth place at 11-10. Rio Hondo is in fifth place but have a strong 23-13 overall record.
The All-SCC teams will be decided later this week and released on this website.
Release by Robert Lewis, SCC SID