CSM BLANKS SIERRA & SISKIYOUS IN HOME SOFTBALL DEBUT

No. 2 Bulldogs have already beaten No. 1 Mt. SAC & No. 3 Sierra

   CSM BLANKS SIERRA & SISKIYOUS IN HOME SOFTBALL DEBUT

SAN MATEO -- Jamie Madigan started the day with a first inning home run and ended it scoring the mercy rule walkoff run on a single by Rachel Moran as College of San Mateo swept Sierra College, 5-0, and College of the Siskiyous, 8-0, Thursday afternoon in home season softball openers.

CSM got a pair of complete game shutouts from its starting pitchers. Emily McAdams (2-0) held Sierra scoreless over seven innings of the first game, scattering four hits, striking out six, and walking just one. Kaitlyn Grech, who went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and scored a run as designated player against Sierra, made her first mound appearance of the season against Siskiyous (0-2) and blanked the Eagles over the 6-inning game.

"Our pitchers were great and we played pretty good defense behind them," said CSM coach Nicole Borg.

CSM (4-1), ranked No. 2 in the state in the coaches association preseason poll, had started in the Bakersfield 3-way invitational last weekend, beating No. 1 Mt. San Antonio College (the reigning state champions), 6-5.

Sierra was No. 3 in the preseason poll so the No. 2 Bulldogs have already topped No. 1 and No. 3 – including their top foes in both the south and north!

Freshman Riley Donovan was a "perfect" 3-for-3 with a single, double, and triple against Sierra. She also had a Sacrifice fly and a double against Siskiyous, each for RBIs.  

Sierra (1-1) defeated Siskiyous, 9-1 in six innings in the other game of Thursday's triple header on CSM's synthetic turf field. The three games were moved up a day due to predicted rain.

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Contact: Fred Baer      baerf@smccd.edu