Lady panthers win last home game of the season

On April 25, 2017 the Women's Softball Team played their last home game of the season against rival West Valley College. West Valley took the early lead in the fourth inning, with a 4-1 score on the board. Student-athlete Kaitlyn Doyle started off the game as pitcher then switched with Danielle Caoili at the fourth inning. By the fifth inning, the Lady Panthers managed to catch up on runs. Hartnell's defense kept shutting down the bats of West Valley throughout the game. During the seventh inning, hitter Angelina Ruiz started up the rally with a base hit.With Ruiz on first base, Hartnell was still trying to catch up on runs which now was 4-3. Kay Doyle made a sacrifice hit to help Ruiz was move to second base.

The energy of the game intensified now that the Lady Panthers were only one run away from being on par with the Vikings. All eyes were on student-athlete Bethany Cardenas, but she was intentionally walked. Next up to bat was Caoili, who was hit by a pitch, only to help the Panthers load the bases and put Hartnell in an excellent position to score. Eager, Angelina Ruiz scored on a tag and made it a tie ball game at 4-4. Lady Panther Harlliee Noda, hit a walk-off 3-run homer over the left field scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure the win with a final score of 7-4 and put Hartnell into the playoffs! Stay tuned for upcoming play-off games for Panther Softball.

Go Panthers!