After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Tempe, Desert Sunrise was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They never let the Coronado Dons get on the board and left with a 28-0 victory. With that win, the Golden Hawks brought their scoring average up to 6.7 runs per game.
Destiny Begay made a big impact no matter where she played. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Begay was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with six stolen bases and three runs. Those six stolen bases gave her a new career-high.
Atiana Fuller
| 04/21/25 vs Coronado | 4 |
| 04/02/25 vs Dysart | 3 |
| 03/20/25 @ South Mountain | 3 |
| 04/08/25 vs Cortez | 2 |
| 04/17/25 vs Tempe | 1 |
In other batting news, Atiana Fuller was incredible, firing off two home runs, four stolen bases, and six RBI while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in runs (four). Quinn Nelson was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with seven stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI.
Desert Sunrise always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .892. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Desert Sunrise's victory bumped their record up to 3-12. As for Coronado, they dropped their record down to 0-13 with the loss, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Desert Sunrise will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Dons: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
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