Community College State Softball Championships : Cypress Beats No. 2-Seeded West Valley in 20 Innings

Cypress College, which defeated northern top-seeded team, San Mateo College, 1-0, in 10 innings in the first round on Friday, needed 20 innings to get a 1-0 verdict over the No. 2 seeded team from the north, West Valley, on Saturday in the losers’ bracket of the state community college softball tournament. The game lasted four hours.

Charger pitchers Colleen Moore and Sally Dugas combined for a six-hit shutout of the Vikings. Moore pitched 16 innings, striking out eight and walking four. Dugas, who got the victory in relief, threw the last four innings, striking out four.

The scoreless tie was broken in the top of the 20th when Vikings’ starter Stacey Mays hit Cypress’ Valori Sucatre with the bases loaded, forcing in Allyson Tatman.

Mays had held the Chargers in check up to that point, scattering 11 hits and striking out 13 in 19 2/3 innings.

Fullerton lost to top-seeded Palomar College, 1-0, in 13 innings. Fullerton will play the winner of Saturday night’s Moorpark-Cypress game at 11 a.m. today in the losers’ bracket.

In the top of the 13th, Palomar scored a run on a single to left by Jennifer Gannon scoring pinch runner Jessica Camacho.

The Hornets (37-11) reeled off two victories on Friday for a chance to play Palomar, which defeated Fresno College and Moorpark on Friday to advance to the semifinals.

Fullerton, led by sophomore pitcher Kristin Jacobs, met the challenge squarely, but so did Palomar’s Cami Allen.

Through 12 innings, Jacobs held Palomar to five hits and struck out five. Her counterpart, Allen, also gave up five hits while striking out four.

In the bottom of the 11th, Fullerton got three straight singles, but the threat was thwarted when Dianna Olea was thrown out at home trying to score on Kelly Hilliard’s single.