Pirates Eliminated In Extras

 SB   5-8-2011  From the Ventura County Star  The Ventura College softball team pushed No. 3 Riverside into extra innings Sunday afternoon.  But the No. 14-seeded Pirates could not push the best-of-3 first-round series to a decisive third game.  Freshman Chelsea Ponce pitched Riverside's first no-hitter in 10 years, striking out nine, as Riverside completed the two-game sweep with a 2-1 win in nine innings at the Evans Complex in Riverside.  Ventura (23-17) took the lead in the bottom of the first inning, when it earned its only four baserunners of the game to score its only run of the pressure-packed meeting series.  Danielle Markmann and Teresa Lemos drew walks and Clarissa Samaniego was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force Markmann in from third base.  The Pirates held the lead until the top of the third, when Riverside catcher Lindsay Monk tied the game with a solo home run to center field.  See Complete Story...