Sierra Softball Completes Series Sweep of American River
Story by Matt Folsom, Sierra College Athletics
Photo by David Sanborn, Sierra College Athletics
The Sierra College softball team took care of business against rival American River College with an efficient 5-0 and 10-2 sweep of the Beavers Friday in Rocklin. Seven different players accounted for the seven Wolverine hits in the 5-0 opener.
Sierra (29-5, 16-3 Big 8) broke things open with a three-run fourth that included RBI singles from Syrina Vasquez and Mikea Lewis. Sigrid Holtrop knocked in the game's first run with single in the second and held the Beavers (14-15, 5-13) to a single hit, striking out four, in six innings of work in the circle. Megan Lockhart picked up the save.
Rylie Carlier's three-run HR, her 10th of the season, capped an eight-run third to give Sierra a 10-0 lead in game two. Vasquez was 3-3 with two RBI and Kaone Hunter, making her first appearance of the year in the circle, hurled four hitless innings to pick up the win. The wins kept the Wolverines a game back of league-leading San Joaquin Delta.
