LINCOLN, CA – Menlo Softball remains undefeated at Folsom Lake College after sweeping another doubleheader over Corban and Westcliff. The day began with an early 10-1 victory against Corban followed by a close 4-2 match up against the Westcliff Warriors. There were a lot of great takeaways from this weekend's series and the Oaks have one more pit stop at the North Bay Challenge hosted by Sonoma State on Sunday!
Game 1: Menlo 10 - 1 Corban
The Oaks tallied an early lead in the 1st inning after Makayla Mentzer doubled to right center field with bases loaded for 3 RBI. Alexandra Attard followed with a single up the middle to bring home Mentzer and add up the score to 4-0. The 3rd inning brought in two more runs for Menlo with a Jolena Velasquez triple to right center and another single up the middle, this time from Alexia Lozano. An error in the 4th inning handed the Oaks one more run before Menlo was able to finish the ball game in 6 innings. Maya Bivens-Sommerville had a 2 RBI single through the right side to bring home Emma Medina and Aliya Lubrin to make the score 10-1.
Menlo's starting pitcher was Shelby White who has now started twice this season. The junior transfer from West Valley went 5 innings pitched, 3 strikeouts, and 0 walks before relief pitcher Brianna Gonzalez came in for the final inning. Brianna did her job and got three strikeouts to close the game and secure the win!
Game 2: Menlo 4 - 2 Westcliff
The Westcliff Warriors kept it close in the second game of the weekend. The Warriors gained an early 0-2 lead over the Oaks in the 1st inning. It was not long before Menlo responded. Aliya Lubrin made it on base after being walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Emma Medina singled to right field to bat Lubrin in to make it 1-2. Jolena Velasquez earned her second triple of the day leading off the bottom of the 2nd inning. Alexia Lozano forced a fielding error to score Velasquez and even the score at 2-2. Bella Cortez was the Oak who was able to earn the go-ahead single down the left field line to score Lozano and ultimately secure the lead moving forward. One final run in the 6th inning scored by Sofia Quintero off of another single from Lozano would end the game, 4-2.
Shelby White started the game and went one inning before Madison Nelson came to save the day. Nelson pitched the rest of the 6 innings and totaled up 3 strikeouts to get the job done. Nelson is now 2-1 this season and has shown great control of the circle so far in her Menlo career!
Up Next….
Oaks Softball will stop in Rohnert Park, CA for the North Bay Challenge hosted by Sonoma State. First pitch is at 10am against Sonoma State at Santa Rosa Junior College. The next game will follow at 3pm in San Rafael against Dominican at Penguin Field. Stream and Stats available at Menloathletics.com.
