Softball Recap: Fillmore Has No Trouble Against Channel Islands

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Grace, Fillmore was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Channel Islands Raiders with a sharp 16-1 win. Considering the Flashes have won three contests by more than 12 runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Emma Estrella

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/20/25 vs Channel Islands	4
03/05/24 vs Channel Islands	3
02/21/25 vs Ventura	2
02/29/24 vs Carpinteria	2
02/24/24 vs Foothill Tech	2

Emma Estrella was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and one double. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high.

In other batting news, Fillmore got a big performance out of Jennie Ponce, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI. Arianna Halcon was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three RBI.

Fillmore always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .528. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Fillmore's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-5. As for Channel Islands, they are on an 18-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5.

Coming up, Fillmore will face off against Santa Paula at 3:30 p.m. on March 27th. Channel Islands will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Carpinteria at 3:30 p.m. on March 31st. Channel Islands is facing Carpinteria at the right time seeing as Carpinteria is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.