The No. 12-seeded Knights will face the No. 5-seeded Saddleback Gauchos (32-12) in a best-of-three series beginning on Saturday, May 3 at 2 p.m. Game two will be played on Sunday at noon and game three, if necessary, will be played at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Since Saddleback is the higher seed, all three games will be played on its home field.

The winner of this series will advance to play the winner of the No. 4 Long Beach and No. 13 L.A. Mission series in the Super Regionals on May 10 and 11.
 

Rangel, a sophomore pitcher/infielder, led the Knights in eight offensive categories during conference play including batting average (.444), slugging percentage (.778), RBI (20), runs scored (18), total hits (20), doubles (7), home runs (2), and walks (7).

As a pitcher, Rangel had an ERA of 1.75 and eight strikeouts in eight innings pitched during conference play. She went 5-0 overall during the season including non-conference games. Rangel had five complete games including a no-hitter against Rio Hondo on April 7.

Making the All-PCC First Team for the second consecutive year was sophomore Natalie Garrett. She batted .277 with 13 hits, two doubles, 10 runs scored and four stolen bases during PCC play. Garrett, in the circle, had an ERA of 2.48 in 36 and 1/3 innings with four complete games and one shutout.

Sophomore Alexis Coronado was also selected to the All-PCC Team. Coronado had a batting average of .359 with 14 hits, two triples, nine RBI and a team-leading seven stolen bases during conference play.

Overall Season Stats
Conference Stats

The Pacific Coast Conference announced that softball player Erika Rangel has been selected as its Women's Athlete of the Week for the week ending on April 13.

Rangel was 2-0 with 10 strikeouts during the week. She improved to a 5-0 record with an ERA of 0.93 on the season.

Rangel also hit .636 and drove in nine runs during the week.

On April 7, she pitched a no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over Rio Hondo. Rangel drove in all three runs for the Knights including a two-run home run.

In an 11-2 win over San Diego Mesa on April 11, Rangel allowed only four hits and struck out eight. She also went 5-for-5 at the plate, including two doubles and a triple, and drove in five runs.

Everything seemed to go right for Erika Rangel on her birthday as she pitched a no-hitter and drove in all three runs for the Knights in a 3-0 victory over Rio Hondo on April 7.

In the circle, Rangel faced only 21 batters throughout the game. She allowed only two of them to reach base on walks, but the defense behind her made sure neither scored. One of the Rio Hondo players to reach base was caught stealing and the other was put out on a double play.

Rangel also provided the spark offensively to lead the Knights to victory. She hit a 2-run home run in the first inning, and in the third inning, drove in Alexis Coronado with a single. Coronado had led off the inning with a triple. Rangel sacrifice bunted and walked in her final two at-bats.

Catcher Mary Martinez was 2-for-3 on the day as was Alexis Coronado. The Knights totaled eight hits.
 

Lopez, a sophomore outfielder, batted .467 for the week that ended Sunday and .600 for the previous week. Lopez scored six runs and had two steals in six games this past week. At the Ventura Tournament, Lopez scored the tying run against Long Beach and the winning run against Glendale. She also went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a sacrifice bunt against Cerritos. Lopez currently has a five-game hitting streak.
 

The Pacific Coast Conference announced that SDCC softball player Natalie Garrett has been selected as its Co-Women's Athlete of the Week for the week ending on March 9.

Garrett pitched a five-hitter while stricking out seven in a 2-1 victory over Palomar to win the 31st Annual Golden West Tournament.

Garrett was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. On the pitching side she had a 1.84 ERA and 16 strikeouts. She batted .474 with two doubles, six RBI, and five runs scored.
 

The SDCC softball team won five of six games in a three day span last weekend to win the 31st Annual Golden West Tournament.

In pool play, the Knights dispatched College of the Desert, 12-2. Pitcher Natalie Garrett struck out six and also went 2-for-2. Nadia Rangel went 4-for-4 with two RBI. In the second game, SDCC beat Fullerton, 4-1, and held a shutout until the seventh inning. Erika Rangel went 2-for-3 with a 2-run homerun. Maryelena Martinez and Yanitzia Jimenez each drove in one run.

The Knights lost the next game to El Camino, 5-2, but won their pool and advanced to the single elimination round. In the first game of that round, they matched up with Santa Barbara and beat them 5-3. The Knights totaled 11 hits with Garrett going 3-for-3, Alexis Coronado going 3-for-4, and Lupe Balajadia going 2-for-3.

In the semi-final, the Knights defeated the host, Golden West, 8-4. Coronado went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, Garrett went 3-for-4 with two RBI and Martinez went 2-for-4 with two RBI as well.

SDCC met PCC foe Palomar in the championship game of the tournament and defeated them, 2-1. Garrett pitched a five-hitter and struck out seven. The Palomar Comets' only run was scored on a two out solo homerun in the first inning. The Knights answered with a first inning run of their own. Coronado hit a one out double and then came home to score after Garrett's groundout led to a bad throw by the Comets' first baseman. Palomar threatened in the fourth inning with a lead-off triple, but Garrett struck out the next two batters and forced a pop-up to end the inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Nadia Rangel led-off with a single that was followed by a sacrifice bunt by Martinez. Amanda Wilson then smoked a single up the middle to score Rangel in what would end up being the game-winning RBI. Palomar loaded the bases with only one out in the sixth inning, but Garrett struck out the next batter, looking, and the following batter hit a line drive to shortstop Coronado's glove and she easily touched second base for the third out. In the seventh, Palomar was retired in order to end the game.

Garrett was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. On the pitching side she had a 1.84 ERA and 16 strikeouts. She batted .474 with two doubles, six RBI, and five runs scored.

Christina Duong was named Most Valuable Pitcher for winning all three games she pitched, including the semi-final game.

Coronado was selected to the All-Tournament Team with a batting average of .450, three doubles, one triple, eight runs scored, and two stolen bases.

In the first game of the day, the Knights defeated Glendale, 3-2. SDCC scored its first run in the second inning after Amanda Wilson forced an error on Glendale's shortstop that scored Nadia Rangel. Rangel had reached base on a one-out single then moved to second base on a steal.

In the third inning, Ashia Lopez led-off with a single and was then bunted over to second base by Lupe Balajadia. Erika Rangel reached base on a walk and Natalie Garrett followed with a two-out double to left-center field to score both Lopez and Rangel. That would be enough as the Knights held off Glendale the rest of the way.
Christina Duong pitched a two-hitter with five strikeouts. 

The Knights defeated Ventura College, 8-0, in the second game of the double-header. Erika Rangel pitched a one-hit shutout and went 2-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored. Garrett went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Wilson went 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored. Veronica Ollier went 2-for-3 with one RBI and one stolen base. Alexis Coronado was 3-for-4 with three runs scored. The Knights had a total of 13 hits.
 

In the first game the Knights defeated College of the Desert in five innings, 9-1. Christina Duong pitched a two-hitter, with the only run coming unearned. Maryelena Martinez went 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored. Ashia Lopez hit her way on base twice in three at-bats.

In the second game of the day, SDCC beat L.A. Pierce, 5-1. The Knights scored their five runs on 10 hits and their defense was errorless. Natalie Garrett went 2-for-4 with a triple. Nadia Rangel went 3-for-4 and had a stolen base. Yanitzia Jimenez reached base three times on walks and stole three bases. Lopez went 3-for-3 with three RBI and Amanda Wilson went 1-for-2 with two walks and three runs scored.
 

LeeAnn Taylor is currently in her fourth season as the Head Softball Coach at San Diego City College and entering her 10th season at the collegiate level.  In 2007, she led the Knights to their best record in their history (31-10-1, 11-4 PCC) and a share of the Pacific Coast Conference championship. Also in 2007, Taylor was named as PCC Coach of the Year for the second straight year.
Prior to City, she was an assistant coach at Cal State Northridge in 2003 & 2004 where she helped lead CSUN to consecutive NCAA regional play-off appearances.  LeeAnn was the Assistant Softball Coach at Point Loma Nazarene University from 1998-2002 and was honored to be a part of the 2002 NAIA National Coaching Staff of the Year.  During those five years, PLNU qualified for consecutive post-season play and made two trips to the College World Series, finishing runner-up in 2002.

 LeeAnn is a native San Diegan. She attended San Diego Mesa College and was named an All-State Second Baseman her freshmen year.  She earned a full scholarship to Cal State Northridge and as a junior her team finished National Runner-Up.

 LeeAnn earned a BA in Child Development from CSUN in 1995 and is currently working toward her Master of Science degree in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University.

Contact info: (619) 388-3890, ltaylor@sdccd.edu

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Phone: (619) 388-3314

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