Mesa Legend - Sports


Volume 42, Issue 12. Today is .

40th Anniversary Special Edition

April 8 , 2005

Sports

Thunderbird Softball Schedule
April 5 April 9 April 12 April 16 April 19 April 23 April 26 May 6-7	@Chandler Gilbert 2 p.m. Pima noon Glendale CC 2 p.m. @South Mountain noon @Scottsdale CC 2 p.m. @Paradise Valley noon Central Arizona 2 p.m. Region I Playoffs TBA
Baseball Schedule
April 5 April 8. April 9 April 12 April 15 April 16 April 19 April 23 April 26 April 27 April 30	Eastern AZ noon Scottsdale CC 3 p.m @Scottsdale CC noon @Central AZ noon Chandler Gilbert 3 p.m. @Chandler Gilbert noon Pima noon @Eastern AZ noon @Scottsdale CC 3 p.m. Scottsdale CC 3 p.m. Central AZ noon

Mesa softball slides

T-Birds lose to conference power PC

Mike V. Morgan
Mesa Legend

The Lady Thunderbirds softball team suffered a minor setback losing a double-header to perennial power Phoenix College 5-3 and 11-2 respectively. The losses dropped Mesa Community College to 28-17 with a 12-10 conference record.
In the first game, starting pitcher Evonne Corona, gave up four runs in five innings as MCC lost that game 5-3. The turning point came when Phoenix College shortstop, Chelsie Mesa, hit a homerun in the top of the third off Corona to shift momentum their way.
In the second game of the double header, MCC struggled through an 11-2 loss. Starting pitcher Malia Simmons, in her first game back from injury, was tagged for all 11 runs including a grand slam in the second inning by Phoenix College center fielder Casey Wheeler. The score was 9-2 after the first two innings and remained that way until Simmons gave up the final two runs in the top of the sixth.
Softball coach DeWight Byron said that in the double header they made a lot of mistakes against a very good team.
“We were competitive though,” Byron said.
MCC has now lost all four games in the season series against Phoenix College.