The Bakersfield College softball team added another win to their record due to a forfeit against Santa Monica College on March 11.
Santa Monica did not have their bus driver show up, so they did not have a legal driver. BC offered to reschedule for March 12 but Santa Monica never got back to BC head coach Sandi Taylor about rescheduling.
Taylor talked about the win against Santa Monica.
“We don’t consider it a win, it goes on our record but it is not a win really. We would rather play, that is why we offered go play on Friday,” said Taylor.
Shortstop Courtney Hockett also talked about the Santa Monica forfeit.
“It’s kind of discouraging because we didn’t have to put forth effort but at least we have another win,” said Hockett.
BC lost against Fullerton College on March 9, 8-3. In the top of the 3rd inning Fullerton scored two runs and then scored two runs again in the 4th inning.
By the bottom of the 6th inning BC had scored three runs. BC’s right fielder Amanda Roberts got a base hit, which allowed shortstop Courtney Hockett to score a run. Next up was catcher Jamie Dumatrait who tripled to center field, which drove in two runs.
Hockett talked about her teammate and the game.
“It is really nice when you get a rally going on, even though it was too late. It is really contagious, but it’s really nice to score some runs,” said Hockett.
Taylor pointed to Hockett and Dumatrait as key contributors.
“Those two players have been really hitting the ball hard and I thought it showed a lot of character on their part because had we not scored a run in the bottom of the 6th inning, the game would have been over. It just shows their fight and determination. They are not going to stop until the last out,” said Taylor.
Taylor continued to talk about the teams qualities.
“It was not our best game, we had too many errors, we didn’t meet our own standards, and so it wasn’t our best performance as a whole,” said Taylor.
She went on to say they have too many two-out errors and too many strikeouts. Taylor also said her team, “showed a lot of character being down 8-0, and there is no quit in them.”
The BC softball team has 10 games in the next two weeks. Taylor said, ” We have a tough couple of weeks ahead of us.”