California High School Softball - Santa Maria Pioneer Valley
March 17, 2009: Santa Maria, CA 93454 The Pioneer Valley Panthers softball team scored 7 points and limited the visiting Santa Maria Saints to 1 in the Panthers non-league triumph on Tuesday.
With the triumph, Pioneer Valley moves its record to 1-1 on the year. The Panthers travel to Nipomo (Nipomo, CA) to clash with the Titans in a Pac-7 game on Tuesday, March 24. The Titans come into the game with a record of 4-4.
In their next game, the Saints clash with the San Luis Obispo Tigers (San Luis Obispo, CA) in a non-league game, on Friday, March 20. Santa Maria will attempt to move on its 0-4 season record.
Game Summary
The game was led off in great fashion in the bottom of the first when Panther Lead-off batter Ashley Spencer took a 3-1 pitch over the left field fence to start the scoring for P.V. Then Tiffany Rios knocked in two more Panther baserunners to make the lead 3 to 0 after her 2 out double to left in the bottom of the first. The Panthers would end up scoring 4 more times in the game, but the real story was the pitching of Panther Senior Pitcher Jessica Lopez. She pitched a complete game 4 hittier to earn her first victory at the varsity level.
