College Roundup : Northridge Ace Dickmann Throws Perfect Game, 3-0

Debbie Dickmann has made the Hayward Pioneer Classic her personal playground.

After racking up her 11th and 12th shutouts of the season in Friday’s pool play, Dickmann, Cal State Northridge’s pitching ace, hurled a six-inning perfect game Saturday in the Lady Matadors’ 3-0 victory over Pacific Lutheran.

With the win, CSUN emerged undefeated in four games of pool play.

Against Pacific Lutheran, Dickmann struck out nine.

Lisa Erickson, the Lady Matadors’ leading hitter, supported the effort with three hits. Erickson also scored a run in the third on Lisa Hall’s two-run single. Anna Getherall, aboard on a bunt single, also scored on the hit.

Erin McGuire’s ground out later in the inning scored Char Schmitt from third.

In the first round of championship-bracket play, Heather Lindstrom threw a five-hitter and Hall had four hits and three runs batted in to lead Northridge to an 11-1 victory over Metro State of Denver.

Schmitt and Erickson each had three hits in a game that was called after five innings because of the 10-run rule.

Lindstrom (9-3) went the distance for Northridge (31-12).

WOMEN’S TRACK

UC Santa Barbara 89, Cal Lutheran 49, Chapman 6--J’ne Furrow won the 100-meter hurdles in 17.20 seconds and helped the Cal Lutheran mile-relay team to a school record as the Regal track team placed second in a nonconference tri-meet at Cal Lutheran.

The mile-relay team of Susan Bluhm, Furrow, Amy Rico and Pam Beaver clipped more than a second off the previous record in winning the event in 4:17.76. The previous record of 4:19 was set in 1987.