CCS Division IV softball championship: Live Oak shut out Pacific Grove , Notre Dame-Belmont falls to North Salinas in Division V
SAN JOSE —The Live Oak softball team has gone through plenty of ups and downs this season. The Acorns won their first five games, lost their next seven and finished the regular season 10-11.Seeded No. 2 in Division IV, Live Oak beat Menlo-Atherton 16-0 in the quarterfinals and Piedmont Hills 16-1 in the semifinals. Both of those games were halted after three innings due to the 10-run rule.
Then on Saturday the Acorns held on to defeat Pacific Grove 4-0 and capture the Central Coast Section championship at San Jose City College. “They definitely found their stride and felt unstoppable,” Live Oak coach Sarah Porras said. “They got into a groove.” Senior shortstop Dre DeJesus was the offensive star, hitting a double and a triple in three at-bats, scoring two runs and driving in two. Her two-run double in the third gave Live Oak the lead. Ava Chapman’s double brought DeJesus home and made it 3-0.Freshman Hailey Nguyen went the first six innings, allowing only one hit, walking two and striking out 11.
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