Bulldogs Sweep Porterville in Season Opener

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The Allan Hancock College softball program opened the season with a sweep over Porterville College on Saturday morning. This marks the first contest for the squad in 702 days when the team played their final game prior to the pandemic on March 5, 2020. 

The Bulldogs are set to return to action on Tuesday, February 8th, with a home showing versus Bakersfield. The event is scheduled to begin at 12 PM on the AHC Softball Field. 

GAME ONE: ALLAN HANCOCK - 11, PORTERVILLE - 1 | BOX SCORE

The Bulldogs opened the day with a dominating victory after run ruling the visitors in five innings. Both teams scored in the opening frame as the Pirates plated one on a wild pitch and a triple from Briana Munoz scored a baserunner. AHC registered three runs in the second after a triple by Mya Mendoza plated three while Alyssa Jones sent home one more in the third. Munoz sparked a six-run rally in the bottom of the fourth with a double that scored one, followed by a double from Xchelle Glidewell that scored another. Antoinette Terrones was credited with an RBI after being walked with the bases loaded and X. Glidewell scored during the next at-bat after a wild pitch. Abigail Salazar registered the final two RBIs after a hard-hit single. 

Mendoza led the team with three RBIs and one stolen base after two hits and one run. Salazar, Munoz, and X. Glidewell also finished the contest with two hits apiece. X. Glidewell recorded the win in the circle after tossing a complete game. She finished the contest with one strikeout and one earned run while scattering six hits.

GAME TWO: ALLAN HANCOCK - 7, PORTERVILLE - 1 | BOX SCORE

The Bulldogs struck first again in the nightcap with a four-run showing in the bottom of the second frame. Marissa Hein plated a pair of runs to start the inning by forcing an error and eventually found her own way home after capitalizing on a passed ball. Ehsya Glidewell recorded the final RBI of the inning after being walked with the bases loaded. The Pirates scored their lone run of the game in the fifth inning after a single plated one. Scoring ended for both sides in the bottom of the sixth after a double from Mendoza sent home two and a single from Munoz scored one.

Munoz, Mendoza, E. Glidewell, and X. Glidewell closed the contests with two hits each. Munoz tossed a complete game after seven innings in the circle. She sat down out five batters and allowed one earned run while scattering eight hits.