Bakersfield College to host eight-team battle for the 2022 CCCAA Softball Championship

May 18, 2022

BAKERSFIELD - The teams have qualified, the fields are prepped, and eight squads are ready to compete for the 2022 CCCAA Softball Championship beginning Thursday, May 19 and running through Sunday, May 22 at Bakersfield College and North High School. The College of San Mateo, Butte College, Sierra College, and San Jose City College will represent Northern California and Mt. San Antonio College, Cypress College, Santa Ana College, and Santiago Canyon College represent Southern California.

The tournament opens with four first-round games on Thursday at Bakersfield College. A pair of elimination games will take place at nearby North High School on Friday with all remaining games on the weekend back at Bakersfield's beautiful facility. Tickets for the tournament are available here. This week's tournament is the first softball championship for the CCCAA since 2019 and the competition will feature some traditional participants along with some newer programs. All games will be streamed on the CCCAA and BAOSN.TV and are available on a variety of outlets. Here are thumbnail previews of each of the teams.

All information for the event is available at the Tournament Central and features live stats, tournament bracket, recaps, photos and links to watch the games live.

COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO BULLDOGS (North #1 seed)
Record: 40-3 overall, 12-0 Coast Conference
Location: San Mateo, CA
State Ranking: No. 3
Accolades: No. 3 state ranking, Coast Conference Champions, won 29 games in a row, leads the state with 43 home runs, second-most runs scored in the state (365), ranked 4th in hits (446).
2022 NFCA Cal JC All-Americans: Kealani Cardona, Sarah Giles, Lafu Malepeai, Bubbah Fa'aita

Players to Watch:
#4 Lafu Malepeai - Coast Conference Player of the Year, leads the state with 16 home runs, ranks 4th in the state in batting average (.518), and 4th in runs (53).
#23 Chloe Moffitt - First Team All-Coast Conference, 20-0 pitching record, ranks 12th (20-0), ranks 13th in ERA (1.46).
#11 Kealani Cardona - Ranks 3rd with 0.78 ERA, First Team All-Coast Conference, ranks 13th in wins (19-3 pitching record).

BUTTE COLLEGE ROADRUNNERS (North #2 seed)
Record: 43-1 overall, 20-0 Golden Valley Conference
Location: Oroville, CA
State Ranking: No. 2
Accolades: Golden Valley Conference Champions, 35-game win streak, leads the state in runs (281), hits (504), and RBIs (345).
2022 NFCA Cal JC All-Americans: Savannah Wahl, Alexis Detwiler

Players to Watch:
#16 Alexis Detwiler - Leads the state with 62 RBIs and 74 hits, ranks 11th in batting average (.484), and 13th in home runs (9).
#6 Ashley Carbah - Leads the state with 58 runs, ranks 5th in hits (70), and ranks 7th in stolen bases (28).
#8 Laney Berkowitz - Ranks 2nd in the state with 23 doubles.
#11 Savannah Wahl - Ranks 2nd with 0.68 ERA, ranks 11th in wins (21-1 pitching record), 9th in complete games (18), and 13th in strikeouts (151).

SIERRA COLLEGE WOLVERINES (North #3 seed)
Record: 35-9 overall, 20-4 Big 8 Conference
State Ranking: T-7
Accolades: Big 8 Conference Champions, 2014 CCCAA Champions
2022 NFCA Cal JC All-American: Meadow Topete

Players to Watch:
#7 Eliana Enriquez - Ranks 2nd in the state in hits (73), runs (58), and stolen bases (47), ranks 7th in on-base percentage (.557), ranks 8th in batting average (.503).
#24 Amaya Sutton - Ranks 5th in wins (23-3 pitching record), ranks 8th in ERA (0.95), ranks 9th in strikeouts (166).
#8 Darcy Gillan - Ranks 16th in RBIs (44).
#9 Meadow Topete - Ranks 16th in stolen bases (20)

SAN JOSE CITY COLLEGE JAGUARS (North #4 seed)
Record: 36-5 (overall), 10-2 (Coast)
State Ranking: No. 5
Accolades: Won 20 games in a row, ranked 2nd in walks (147), ranked 4th in home runs (39), and ranked fourth in batting average (.365).
2022 NFCA Cal JC All-Americans: Jessel Lewis, Ariana Martinez, Kyana Elder

Players to Watch:
#10 Kyana Elder - Ranked 4th in batting average (.518), 9th in runs (48), ranked 9th in doubles (17), ranked 7th in walks (24).
#25 Jessell Lewis - Ranked 5th in wins (23-4 pitching record), ranked 9th in complete games (18), ranked 9th in ERA (0.98).
#1 Maddy Ribeiro - Ranked 3rd in the state with 51 RBIs.
#7 Taylor Fowler - Ranked 10th with 10 home runs, tied for 13th in RBIs (46), ranked 15th in walks (21).

MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE MOUNTIES (South #1 seed)
Record: 41-4 (overall), 19-2 (South Coast)
State Ranking: No. 1
Accolades: Defending CCCAA State Champion, South Coast Conference Champions, won 22 games in a row, 6-time CCCAA Champions (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019), ranked 5th in home runs (34).
2022 NFCA Cal JC All-Americans: Grace Pieson, Brianna Goris, Ariana Coronado

Players to Watch:
#9 Brianna Goris - Schutt Sports/NFCA Cal JC Player of the Year, leads the state in batting average (.565), on-base percentage (.651), and slugging percentage (1.183), ranked 2nd in home runs (15), ranked 2nd in walks (28), ranked 3rd in doubles (22), ranked 7th in hits (65), ranked 10th in RBIs (48).
#17 Grace Pieson - ranked 5th in wins (23-4 pitching record), ranked 6th in strikeouts (190), ranked 12th in ERA (1.90).
#13 Serena Navarrete - 12-0 pitching record, ranked 6th in ERA (0.90).

CYPRESS COLLEGE CHARGERS (South #2 seed)
Record: 35-13 (overall), 19-5 (Orange Empire)
State Ranking: No. 6
Accolades: 9-time CCCAA Champions (1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017), ranked 6th in its (417), ranked 5th in triples (21).

Players to Watch:
#18 Emily Rush - ranked 3rd in walks (27), ranked 4th in doubles (19), ranked 4th in wins (25-8 pitching record), ranked 5th in RBIs (49), ranked 6th in home runs (11).
#20 Cameron Curiel - ranked 6th in triples (6).
#15 Jordan Thompson - ranked 12th in stolen bases (23).

SANTA ANA DONS (South #3 seed)
Record: 37-7 (overall), 20-4 (Orange Empire)
State Ranking: No. 9
Accolades: Orange Empire Conference Champions, 1985 CCCAA Champions.
2022 NFCA Cal JC All-American: Emily Rosas

Players to Watch:
#48 Emily Rosas - Schutt Sports/NFCA Cal JC Pitcher of the Year, leads the state in wins (36-6 pitching record), ranked second in strikeouts (297), ranked second in complete games (30), and ranked 7th in ERA (0.94).
#77 Vinnie Robles - ranked 8th in stolen bases (26).

SANTIAGO CANYON (South #4 seed)
Record: 33-12 (overall), 18-6 (Orange Empire)
State Ranking: No. 10
Accolades: 2016 CCCAA Champions, ranked 3rd in hits (450), ranked 4th in doubles (87), ranked 3rd in walks (143), ranked 5th in batting average (.361).

Players to Watch:
#1 Samantha Villanueva - Ranked 4th in RBIs (50), ranked 8th in hits (63), ranked 6th in doubles (18), ranked 12th in runs (45).
#50 Stella Turner - ranked 3rd in wins (27-9 pitching record), ranked 3rd in complete games (29).

(Anthony Avila, CCCAA)