Video: Del Oro softball highlights
Golden Eagles have opened the 2020 season with three straight wins.
Del Oro (Loomis) opened its year with three straight victories in the Franklin PreSeason Tournament on Thursday and Friday. But rain came late into the evening and poured on Saturday to cancel the remaining games.
The Golden Eagles next game is on Tuesday in its Sierra Foothill League opener against the defending league and section champs,
Whitney (Rocklin). Senior
Katelyn Oldwin threw a complete game no hitter as D.O. won 10-0. Sophomores
Haylee Engelbrecht and
Jenna Birch had great days at the plate. Engelbrecht went 4-4 with three doubles and Birch added two hits, including a home run. The Eagles move up to No. 1 overall this week.
In other SFL action,
Rocklin went on the road to play
Folsom. This was Folsom’s second game of the season so it was hard to really tell what the Bulldogs would be made of this year. With
Emma Falen in the circle, Folsom is always in it. The sophomore gave up four hits and one run in seven innings.
Gracie Carpenter drove in the game-tying run in the bottom of the fourth. And in the seventh, junior
Allison Gallant's single was hit needed to beat the Thunder 2-1.
The beginning of the season, as expected, has seen a lot of movement in the rankings. Teams don’t always throw their ace, coaches are still working out lineups, and there are those out there still getting healthy. We try to take all of that into account. As teams continue to enter league play we know that’s when things get real.
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Kendra Cannon, Del Oro
File photo by David Steutel
Through four games the Eagles are hitting .447 as a team.
2. (3) Roseville, 4-0The Tigers have started the year by beating four ranked teams.
3. (7) Vanden (Fairfield), 4-0Vanden has scored 10 or more runs in all four games to start the season.
Tracy lost three close games in a row including a 1-0 loss to the No. 2 team in the country.
6. (5) Oakdale, 5-1The Mustangs have rolled off five-straight since falling to Tracy to open the season.
7. (10) Oakmont (Roseville), 4-0
The Bruins fell 4-2 to St. Francis. Pitcher
Kaylee Hunter has 54 strikeouts in 31 innings pitched.
10. (14) Folsom, 1-1The Bulldogs off to a 1-0 start in league play after walk-off victory over Rocklin.
11. (11) Rocklin, 5-3The Thunder have lost 1-0 to Roseville and 2-1 to Folsom. Ace
Brook Thompson has a 1.60 ERA.
12. (9) Whitney (Rocklin), 1-2The Wildcats loses are to the top two teams in the rankings. They have an impressive win over Sheldon.
The Huskies will be a team nobody will want to face later in the season.
The Herd will be in most every game when freshman
Aissa Silva is in the circle.
The Rams are off to a 4-0 start. Freshman
Ariel Nava has a 0.94 ERA through 22 innings pitched.
The Eagles have jumped out to a 6-0 start and 1-0 overall in league play.
The Cougars lone loss came to a very solid East Nicolaus team. Freshman pitcher
Rylei Trujillo has struck out 52 batters in 27 innings. Another freshman
Madyson Welch is batting .400.
Pitman tied No. 17 Merced 2-2. Outside that game, The Pride have scored at least nine runs in each game.
Cal State Fullerton commit Ashleigh Den has a 0.70 ERA through three games. She has struck out 46 in 20 innings pitched.
23. (25) Lincoln, 4-3The Zebras three losses are to ranked teams.
The Panthers have won four one-run games to start the season 8-0.
Freshman
Danni Farris is batting .455 at the plate and also has a 0.69 ERA with 63 Ks through 40 innings pitched.
Dropped out: Vacaville, Linden, Ripon, Bear Creek (Stockton), Lincoln (Stockton), Woodland Christian, Calaveras (San Andreas), Pioneer (Woodland)
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