Tigers Score Early and Often, Defeat Orange Coast, 10-0, in Five-inning "Mercy" Win

RIVERSIDE -- Scoring early and often, the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers women's fastpitch softball team atoned for sputtering offensively the previous game and routed the visiting Orange Coast College (OCC) Pirates, 10-0, in a five-inning, Orange Empire Conference (OEC) "mercy" win Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 26) at Brown Field (Evans Sports Complex).

Riverside (8-4, 4-1 OEC) scored five runs in the first, one in the second and four in the fourth on 13 hits. Conversely, OCC (3-5, 1-3 OEC) managed a single in the second for its only safety of the game. 

Six Tigers had at least two hits in game, paced by freshman starting RHP MacKenzie Maxwell (Calimesa / Yucaipa HS), who also drove in the final two runs of the first with a single. In the circle, she struck out six and walked two in five innings to earn the victory and improve to 4-1.

Freshman 2B Jessica Valenzuela (Rialto / Aquinas HS) walked and scored in the first, doubled to drive in a run in the second and singled to drive in a run in the fourth. Sophomore LF Desiree Broussard (Moreno Valley / Valley View HS) doubled and scored in the first and second for RCC.

OCC freshman 1B Mariah Dominguez (Los Alamitos HS) singled in the second. Freshman starting RHP Kellie Tiner (Bishop Union HS) went the distance (4.0 innings) for OCC.

Riverside will next participate in the Fresno Tournament on Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2. On Saturday, RCC will face Modesto and San Joaquin Delta Colleges. On Sunday, the Tigers will take on West Valley and Ohlone Colleges.

Orange Coast's next game will be at home against the Fullerton College Hornets on Friday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m.

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