The WSC Gold champion Ventura College softball team placed two stars on the All-State team and another on the All-Southern California team.

Teresa Lemos was 26-6 with a 1.30 ERA and also hit .403 with a state-best 11 triples. The Rio Mesa High product was also named WSC Gold Pitcher of the Year.

Clarissa Samaniego hit a team-high .449 with eight doubles, five triples and four home runs

Raelene Moreno, the freshman third baseman from Oxnard High, was named to the All-SoCal team after hitting .430 and leading the team in doubles (11), home runs (6) and RBIs (40)

Oxnard College softball player Janai Shaw is this week's Western State Conference Athlete of the Week.

The sophomore from Pacifica High was 3 for 4 with two home runs, three runs and two RBIs in a 11-8 loss March 27 at Hancock and pitched a shutout against Cuesta Thursday, when she tripled and scored the only run of the game.

Western State Conference
Through April 3

Baseball
WSC North
Standings DIV OVR
School W-L GB W-L
Cuesta 9-3 -- 19-7
Moorpark 7-5 2.0 12-15
Oxnard 6-7 3.5 12-15
Ventura 5-6 3.5 14-11
Santa Barbara 5-7 4.0 12-15
Hancock 4-7 4.5 8-17

Softball
WSC Gold
Standings DIV OVR
School W-L GB W-L
Ventura 10-1 -- 25-5
Santa Barbara 7-3 2.5 17-13
Oxnard 5-5 4.5 10-13
Moorpark 4-4 4.5 10-18-1
Hancock 5-6 5.0 13-17
Cuesta 3-8 7.0 7-23
L.A. Pierce 1-7 7.5 5-20

Men's tennis
Standings DIV OVR
School W-L GB W-L
Ventura 8-0 -- 15-4
L.A. Pierce 5-3 3.0 13-6
Santa Barbara 4-3 3.5 5-3
Glendale 2-5 5.5 5-10
Bakersfield 0-8 8.0 0-8

Women's tennis
Standings DIV OVR
School W-L GB W-L
Ventura 8-0 -- 15-0
Santa Barbara 5-2 2.5 11-2
Glendale 4-3 3.5 5-6
Bakersfield 2-6 6.0 2-6
Santa Monica 0-8 8.0 0-9

Men's golf
Standings
School W-L Total Ave
Canyons 28-2 1897 379.4
Glendale 19-11 1938 387.6
Ventura 18-12 1962 392.4
Santa Barbara 18-12 1963 392.6
Hancock 12-18 1993 398.6
Citrus 7-23 2003 400.6
Bakersfield 3-27 2037 407.4

Men's volleyball
Standings DIV OVR
School W-L GB W-L
Long Beach 6-1 -- 13-1
El Camino 6-1 -- 10-3
Santa Barbara 4-4 2.5 9-6
Moorpark 3-4 3.0 8-6
L.A. Pierce 3-4 3.0 8-6
Santa Monica 0-8 6.5 3-12

The Moorpark College softball team saw its fast start in the Western State Conference's Gold Division halted Tuesday with a 3-0 loss at Santa Barbara City.

The early first-place showdown left Santa Barbara (13-2) atop the Gold Division at 4-0 with Moorpark and Cuesta both a game back at 3-1.

The baseball team isn't the only team on Campus Road off to a strong WSC start.

Despite an all-freshman roster, the Moorpark College softball team (8-7, 3-0) took over the early lead in the WSC's Gold Division by sweeping Ventura 3-0 and 4-2 last week and shutting out Oxnard, 4-0, Tuesday,

Jennifer Moreno, a Rio Mesa high product, is hitting .429 with 14 runs and 11 RBIs through 15 games. Pitcher JoJo Boicourt, a Hueneme High product, is 3-0 with a 0.33 ERA in WSC play.

Moorpark catcher Taylor Neumann was named the Player of the Year of the Western State Conference's Gold Division. The sophomore from Moorpark High hit .353 with six home runs and 36 RBIs.

Moorpark's Kelly Eder was named the Pitcher of the Year. A freshman from Simi Valley High, Eder was 17-13 with a 2.63 ERA.

Ventura's Sue Johnson was named Coach of the Year as the Pirates edged Moorpark by one game in the WSC Gold race to win its fifth conference title in 11 years.

The All-WSC Gold first team included first baseman Shianne Sharp, third baseman Vanessa Barretto and center fielder Sabrina Gonzalez of Ventura; third baseman Rebecca Grant of Moorpark; and pitcher Michelle Getman and shortstop Priscilla Garcia of Oxnard.

The All-WSC Gold second team included catcher Julie Cortez and shortstop Alina Flowers of Ventura; outfielder Laura Perry of Moorpark; and first baseman Jessica Shaw and outfielder Brystal Hood of Oxnard.

Moorpark College softball battery Taylor Neumann and Kelly Eder have been named to the All-State team.

Neumann, a sophomore catcher from Moorpark High, hit .353 with 11 doubles, six home runs and a team-high 35 RBI.

Eder, a freshman pitcher from Simi Valley High, started 31 of the Raiders' 33 games, going 17-13 with a 2.68 ERA.

Ventura sophomore first baseman Shianne Sharp, who hit .432 with five doubles, 33 runs and 22 RBIs, was named to the All-Southern California team.

Ventura County's two entries into the Southern California regional softball playoffs were eliminated Sunday, but not before pushing two of the Top 4 seeds.

Moorpark pitcher Kelly Eder pitched a one-hitter, but No. 2 Cypress still managed to oust the No. 15 Raiders, 2-0, in Game 2 of the teams' Best-of-3 first-round series.

No. 13 Ventura found itself in a one-run game with defending state champion Mount San Antonio, the No. 4 seed, for the second straight day, before the Mounties used another late flourish to eliminate the Pirates, 9-3, at Mazmanian Field in Walnut.

Moorpark's Laura Perry had two hits for the second straight game. The sophomore left fielder was 4 for 7 in the series.

Jamie Yaller, Bryanne Schwartz, and Cayla Nelson also singled for the Raiders (21-18), who outhit 36-6 Cypress 6-1.

Cypress mustered an unearned run in the first inning on Roni Alvarado's sacrifice fly.

Eder retired the Chargers in order the next four innings, but the Raiders couldn't capitalize at the plate, stranding seven, including five in scoring position.

Moorpark was 0 for 15 with runners on base.

Eder had a no-hitter going into the bottom of the sixth, when Nicole Nobbe drew a one-out walk and Vanessa Alvarado followed with an RBI double.

Marisa Hannemann leadoff the top of the seventh with a single to right field, bringing the tying run to the plate, but Moorpark could not muster a rally.

Mount SAC jumped out to a 4-0 lead with a pair of runs in the second and third innings, but Ventura pulled within 4-3 with a rally that included a two-run double by shortstop Alina Flowers.

The Pirates were in a one-run game in the fifth inning for the second straight game before the Mounties pushed across one in the fifth and three in the sixth, spurred by Tara Smith's bases-loaded single.

WALNUT -- Korinne Randazzo doubled twice and Alexa Limon pitched seven solid innings as No. 4 Mount San Antonio handed the No. 13 Ventura a 7-2 loss in the first game of the teams' Best-of-3 first round Southern California regional playoff series at Mazmanian Field.

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Ventura (27-13) must sweep a doubleheader today at Mount SAC (31-10) to advance to the second round.

With pitcher Jen Juarez keeping the defending state champions silent at the plate for the first three innings, Ventura was unable to score, despite getting the leadoff batter on base in the top of the third and fourth.

But Randazzo led off the fourth inning with a double to left-center field that fell between two Pirates. Two batters later, Heather Harrison followed with an RBI single.

The Mounties took control with four runs on five straight hits in the bottom of the fifth, which included another Randazzo double.

Ventura cut it to 5-2 in the top of the six as Shianne Sharp doubled, Alina Flowers walked and Julie Cortez drove them in with a two-RBI double.

Cypress 7, Moorpark 1: No. 2 Cypress used a six-run fifth inning to come from behind for a 7-1 win over the No. 15 Moorpark College women's softball team Saturday in the first game of the teams' Best-of-3 first-round playoff series.

Cayla Nelson reached on an error, stole second and scored on a fielders choice to give the Raiders the lead in the third inning.

Laura Perry was 2 for 3 and Taylor Neumann was 1 for 3 for the Raiders.

Moorpark pitcher Kelly Eder (17-12) shut out Cypress through four innings, striking out six.

Marilyn Toriz two-RBI double and Brianne Webster's bases clearing triple spurred the big inning.

Moorpark (21-17) must sweep a doubleheader today at Cypress (35-6) to progress to next week's second round.

Community College softball box scores
Mount San Antonio 7, Ventura 2
Southern California regional playoffs, first round
Game 1
VENTURA 000 002 0 -- 2 7 1
MOUNT SAC 000 142 x -- 7 14 1
Juarez, Pulido (5) and Smith; Limon and Randazzo. 2B -- Mount SAC: Randazzo 2, Sloniker; Ventura: Sharp, Cortez.
Records -- Mount SAC 31-10, Ventura 27-13.

Cypress 7, Moorpark 1
Southern California regional playoffs, first round
Game 1
MOORPARK 001 000 0 -- 1 4 3
CYPRESS 000 061 x - 7 7 3
Eder and Neumann; Pinkowski, Magalona (7) and Gottfried. 2B -- Cypress: Fama, Toriz. 3B -- Cypress: Webster.
Records -- Cypress 35-6, Moorpark 21-17.

The Ventura College and Moorpark College softball team both were seeded in the Southern California regional playoffs over the weekend.

Ventura (27-12) was seeded No. 13 and will visit No. 4 Mount San Antonio (30-10) in a Best-of-3 first-round series in Walnut. No. 15 Moorpark (21-16) will visit No. 2 Cypress (34-6).

Ventura finished with the four top pitchers in the WSC in Angela Ayala (6-3, 0.67 ERA), Jennifer Juarez (6-3, 0.89), Janessa Pulido (5-3, 0.94), and Crystal Bingham (10-3, 1.19). The Pirates are No. 4 in the state in staff ERA at 0.94.

The Moorpark College and Oxnard College softball teams swept doubleheaders against Central Coast opposition to keep the pressure on first-place

Sophomore first baseman Bryanne Schwartz was 4 for 5 with 10 RBIs as Moorpark swept visiting Hancock 5-4 and 15-2, including a grand slam that broke open the second game, as the Raiders (18-15, 11-4) moved to within a game of first-place Ventura (12-3) with three games to play.

Taylor Neumann was 3 for 6 with five runs scored on the day. Rebecca Grant's RBI double plated Neumann, who had doubled, for the game-winning run in the fifth inning of the first game.

Kelly Eder (17-10) allowed just eight hits over 12 innings to pick up a both wins for Moorpark .

Michelle Getman pitched a two-hit shutout in the 5-0 win and Priscilla Garcia went 3 for 4, scored three runs and pitched the final two innings to pick up her fourth save in the 6-4 win as Oxnard swept Cuesta for the first time in San Luis Obispo.

Jessica Alcala was 2 for 4 with a triple in the first game and Brystal Hood was 2 for 4 with a solo homer in the second game as the Condors (21-13, 11-6) moved past Cuesta (16-20-1, 9-6) into third place.

Ventura (25-11, 12-3) hosts Oxnard Thursday and Moorpark in Tuesday's season-ending doubleheader.

Tue., April 6 scores
Moorpark 8, Santa Barbara City 7
Santa Barbara City 10, Moorpark 2
Oxnard 5, Los Angeles Pierce 0
Oxnard 6, Los Angeles Pierce 2
Hancock 8, Ventura 7
Ventura 8, Hancock 1

Thur., April 8 scores
Moorpark 8, Los Angeles Pierce 0
Oxnard 9, Hancock 1
Ventura 8, Cuesta 2

Fri., April 9 scores
Moorpark 6, Pasadena City 4

Sat., April 10 scores
Santa Barbara City 7, Los Angeles Valley 2
East Los Angeles 4, Santa Barbara City 3
Mount San Antonio 13, Cuesta 0
Cuesta 14, Bakersfield 3

Standings thru April 11
Conference Overall
Team W-L GB W-L
Ventura 12-3 -- 25-11-1
Cuesta 9-4 2.0 16-18-1
Moorpark 9-4 2.0 17-15
Oxnard 9-6 3.0 18-13
S. Barbara 6-7 5.0 20-14
Hancock 3-12 9.0 3-17-1
LA Pierce 0-14 11.5 0-27

Monday schedule
Ventura at Pasadena City

Tuesday schedule
Hancock at Moorpark (DH)
Oxnard at Cuesta (DH)
Santa Barbara City at Los Angeles Pierce (DH)

Thursday schedule
Oxnard at Ventura
Cuesta at Moorpark
Santa Barbara City at Hancock

Tue., April 20 schedule
Moorpark at Ventura (DH)
Los Angeles Pierce at Hancock (DH)
Cuesta at Santa Barbara City (DH)

END OF REGULAR SEASON

Trailing 2-0 in the sixth inning, the first-place Ventura College softball team extended its lead in the Western State Conference's Gold Division to two games by scoring eight runs in the final two innings of an 8-2 win over Cuesta in San Luis Obispo Thursday afternoon.

Sabrina Gonzalez slugged a two-run homer, Vannessa Barretto was 2 for 3 with an RBI, Shianne Sharpe was 3 for 4 with an RBI and Alina Flowers had two RBIs as the Pirates (24-11, 11-3) scored three times in the sixth inning and five more times in the seventh.

Angela Ayala (5-0) allowed just four hits, backed by Gonzalez's diving, run-saving catch in left center field and Flowers' run-saving backhand play deep in the hole in the fifth and six innings, respectively.

Cuesta (15-17-1) fell to 9-4 in division play, two games behind Ventura.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Moorpark 8, Los Angeles Pierce 0: Arianna Drulias went 2 for 2 with a triple, two RBIs and a run scored as the Raiders (16-15, 9-4) rolled into a second-place tie with Cuesta in five innings.

Oxnard 9, Hancock 1: Michelle Getman pitched a one-hitter, striking out three to improve to 10-4. Jessica Shaw went 2 for 2. The Condors (19-13, 9-6) drew 10 walks and were hit by four pitches.

Trailing 9-2 after four innings, Brystal Hood spurred a nine-run fifth inning with a two-run home run as the Oxnard College softball team came from behind to beat host Santa Barbara City College, 13-9, Thursday afternoon.

Priscilla Garcia (3-2) earned the win with six strong innings after starter Michelle Getman left with a leg injury.

Lindsey Herrera was 4 for 5 for Oxnard, which leapfrogged the Vaqueros (17-12, 5-6) into fourth place in the Western State Conference's Gold Division.

Ventura 14, L.A. Pierce 0:Ashley Dasnoit went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, Shiane Sharpe was 3 for 3 with two RBIs, Vannessa Barretto was 3 for 3 with an RBI and pitcher Jenn Jurarez pitched a two-hitter as first-place Ventura (22-10) improved to 9-2 in WSC Gold play.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASEBALL

Ventura 8, Los Angeles Valley 7: Derek Ring was 2 for 5 with a run scored, A.J. Gallardo was 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored and Jeremy Dann hit a home run for the host Pirates (10-12).

Moorpark 8, Porterville 0: Brett Hockenberry went 4 for 5 with an RB, Michael Bonenfant went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and Rob Toczynski went 2 for 4 for the host Raiders (8-16-1).

Oxnard freshman Janelle Garcia delivered a game-winning single in the first game and Moorpark sophomore Taylor Neumann answered a mound emergency in the second game as the Oxnard College and Moorpark College softball teams split an all-county doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Oxnard.

Oxnard's Anyessa Riley went 2 for 3 and scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on Garcia's hit as the Condors took the opener 5-4.

Neumann threw a two-hitter, striking out three and walking two, and was 2 for 3 with an RBI double, as Moorpark cruised to a 4-1 win in the second game.

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The debate in the dugout after the WSC Gold-leading Ventura College softball team's 5-3 13-inning win over second-place Moorpark March 25 was whether the players had
just played in the best game in their careers.

Pirates like first baseman Shianne Sharp, center fielder Sabrina Gonzalez and pitcher Crystal Bingham agreed that it has been the best game in their two-year Ventura College careers.

"This is the best," said Sharp.

The result emboldened a Ventura team which had dropped three games to Moorpark last year by a combined four runs when the Raiders edged the Pirates for the WSC title by two games.

"We're going to take it this year," said Gonzalez. "This is a big win for us."

While Moorpark coach Will Thurston reminded his players that the race goes one game at a time, the Raiders found it hard not to think about the season-ending doubleheader at Ventura on April 20.

"We definitely wanted it," said Moorpark star catcher Taylor Neumann. "It's not over."

After a Thursday afternoon to remember in the spring sunshine, the Ventura College and Moorpark College softball teams may just be settling into a scorcher of a pennant race.

Vanessa Barretto pounded a bad-hop double through the infield to plate two runs with two outs in the top of the 13th inning as Ventura closed out Moorpark, 5-3, on the fourth attempt.

First-place Ventura (19-7, 8-1) remained atop the Western State Conference's Gold Division with its first win over its cross-county rivals since 2008.

Defending champion Moorpark (12-12, 6-2) dropped 1.5 games off the pace, despite prolonging the game by knotting the score in the bottom of the seventh, 10th and 11th innings.

For nine innings, Ventura's Crystal Bingham and Moorpark's Kelly Eder matched zeroes, combining to put up 16 over the first nine innings on the left-field scoreboard.

The Pirates took a 1-0 lead on Julie Cortez's bases-loaded single to left field with two outs in the fifth inning. The Raiders forced extra innings with Laura Perry's single through the left side of the infield with two outs in the seventh inning.

With the international tiebreaker in effect after nine innings, the two teams built a picket fence.

Sacrifice flies by Bingham and Barretto in the 10th and 11th innings, respectively, were matched by Brittany Alfino's RBI single and Cayla Nelson's sacrifice fly.

Nelson sacrificed more than an out. The sophomore centerfielder from Royal High hung on to the out which ended a threat in the eighth inning after colliding with left fielder Perry for the second time this season.

One batter prior, Moorpark shortstop Jamie Yaller threw out Bingham at the plate on Sabrina Gonzalez's double to the left-field wall.

Moorpark had three chances to win it in the 12th, but Ventura first baseman Shianne Sharp cut down Perry at the plate, Alfino's potential game-winning squeeze bunt rolled foul just as the Moorpark celebration began spilling onto the field and Ventura left fielder Brandi Seqovia robbed Taylor Neumann of a game-winning double with a lunging stab at the wall in left field.

Pitcher Kelly Eder scattered 17 singles in 14 innings, stranding 15 runners in allowing just one run, as the Moorpark College softball team swept host Cuesta, 3-1 and 1-0, in a Western State Conference doubleheader Tuesday afternoon in San Luis Obispo.

"We made the plays defensively," said Moorpark coach Will Thurston. "It went right down to the last out in the second game."

The sweep allowed the Raiders (12-11, 6-1) to jump Cuesta (11-14, 5-3) into second place in the WSC Gold and move a half game behind first-place Ventura, who the Raiders host Thursday.

Taylor Neumann had a double and a two-run homer in Game 1.

Brittany Alfino provided the winning margin in Game 2 by drawing a one-out walk in the third inning, stealing second and scoring on an error.

BOX SCORES

Moorpark 3, Cuesta 1
WSC Gold (Game 1)
Moorpark 000 012 0--3 6 2
Cuesta 000 001 0--1 10 2
Eder and Neumann; Thompson and Silzer. W -- Eder (8-8). L -- Thompson. 2B -- Moorpark: Neumann, Nelson. HR -- Moorpark: Neumann
Team records -- Moorpark 11-11, 5-1; Cuesta 11-13, 5-2.

Moorpark 1, Cuesta 0
WSC Gold (Game 2)
Moorpark 001 000 0--1 5 0
Cuesta 000 000 0--0 7 1
Eder and Neumann; Thompson and Donovan. W -- Eder (9-0). L -- Thompson.
Team records -- Moorpark 12-11, 6-1; Cuesta 11-14, 5-3.

Strong pitching helped key a two-game sweep for the Ventura College softball team over host Oxnard College on Tuesday.

Crystal Bingham allowed just four hits and one run to lead a 3-1 victory, and Janessa Pulido pitched a six-hit shutout in a 4-0 victory as the Pirates (18-7, 7-1) moved into sole possession of first place in the Western State Conference's Gold Division.

Down 1-0 with two outs and two strikes in the seventh inning, Alina Flowers tied the first game with an RBI triple to spur Ventura's game-winning three-run seventh inning after Janelle Garcia's RBI single gave Oxnard a 1-0 lead after six innings.

In the second game, Sabrina Gonzalez had two hits and two RBIs, and Vanesa Barretto and Shianne Sharpe each had two hits and an RBI.

Michelle Getman pitched well for Oxnard (13-12, 4-5), but absorbed a pair of losses.

BOX SCORES

Ventura 3, Oxnard 1
WSC Gold (Game 1)
Ventura 000 000 3--3 6 1
Oxnard 000 001 0--1 5 1
Bingham and Cortez; Getman and Tooley. W -- Bingham (8-1). L -- Getman. 2B -- Ventura: Flowers. 3B -- Ventura: Flowers.
Team records -- Ventura 17-7, 6-1 WSC Gold; Oxnard 13-11, 4-4.

Ventura 4, Oxnard 0
WSC Gold (Game 2)
Ventura 110 020 0--4 10 2
Oxnard 000 000 0--0 7 2
Pulido and Cortez; Getman, Garcia (3), Getman (5) and Tooley. W -- Pulido. L -- Getman.
Team records -- Ventura 18-7, 7-1 WSC Gold; Oxnard 13-12, 4-5.

Standings after Round 6, March 20
Conference Overall
Team W-L GB W-L
Ventura 5-1 -- 16-7
Cuesta 5-1 -- 11-12
Moorpark 4-1 0.5 10-11
Oxnard 4-3 1.5 13-10
S. Barbara 2-3 2.5 11-7
Hancock 1-5 4.0 3-13
LA Pierce 0-7 6.0 0-17