COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Cypress Gains Softball Victory Over OCC . . . Temporarily

Cypress College was temporarily credited with an Orange Empire Conference softball victory over Orange Coast, when the Pirates had to forfeit Wednesday’s game at Cypress.

The score was tied, 1-1, in the 15th inning when Cypress Coach Brad Pickler protested a substitution by OCC. The substitution was ruled illegal and the Pirates were left with eight players, and unable to field a team.

OCC Coach Nick Trani protested the game because of the ruling.

“There’s a 90% chance it will be nothing but a suspended game,” Trani said. “It was getting dark and the umpires wanted to make a ruling. The umpire told me he had to check with the head official to make sure it was right.”

A ruling is expected today.

In other Orange Empire Conference softball games:

Golden West 6, Fullerton 1--Lisa Kaufman (14-5) pitched an eight-hitter and hit a home run to lead visiting Golden West (23-11, 5-4).