Vika Kafoa drew a bases loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to give College of San Mateo a 2-1 walk-off victory over visiting American River College on Saturday in Game 1 of a best-of-three state community college regional playoff series.
The Bulldogs (37-4), seeded No. 2 in Northern California, hosts No. 15 ARC (23-16) Sunday at noon for Game 2. An if-necessary Game 3 would be played immediately afterwards.
Michele Pilster (Capuchino High) took a no-hitter and 1-0 lead into the top of the seventh and was two outs away from closing the deal when ARC’s Jessica Heaney tied the game with a homer to left.
Pilster (27-3) struck out six and allowed three walks in a two-hitter.
Mary Ganal led off the decisive seventh with a single to left right center. She moved to second when a Beavers outfielder bobbled the ball and then took third when Selina Rodriguez (El Camino) walked and Jamie Navarro (Capuchino) was hit by a pitch. That set the stage for Kafoa (Capuchino), who drew the walk-off walk on a 3-0 pitch.
Kristin Petrini (Hillsdale) drove in the game's first run in the fourth with a sacrifice fly that scored Katie Tam. Tam pinch ran for Mikala Conlin, who led the inning with a double to right center, and took third on an Annabel Hertz's sacrifice bunt.
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California Community College Athletic Association - Northern California Regional PlayoffsAmerican River vs San Mateo (5/5/2012)Box score
American River - 1 (23-16) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Individual batting not provided;butSEE pitching sums Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Mateo - 2 (0-0-0) (0-0-0) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A 7 ANNABEL HERTZ............ 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 JENN DAVIDSON............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 MICHELE PILSTER.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 JAMIE NAVARRO............ 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 20 JACEY McDAID............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 KAYLIN STEWART........... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 KATIE TAM................ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 MIKAYLA CONLIN........... 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 KRISTIN PETRINI.......... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 SELINA RODRIGUEZ......... 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 11 VIKA KAFOA............... 3 0 1 1 1 0 13 0 9 LINDSAY HANDY............ 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 MARY GANAL............... 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 23 2 7 2 3 4 21 12 SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EAmerican River 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 2
San Mateo 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 7 0
LOB - American River ; San Mateo 9. 2B - San Mateo: CONLIN. SAC - San Mateo: HANDY, HERTZ, PETRINI. PITCHING American River IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Karalanne Tipton (L, 15-10) 6.2 7 2 2 3 4 23 - San Mateo IP H R ER BB SO AB BF MICHELE PILSTER (W, 27-3) 7 2 1 1 3 6 25 28
Other available first day scores:
Siskiyous 8, Yuba 0
Fresno 1, Solano 0
Canyons 7, Santa Barbara 2
Southwestern 5, Cerritos 4
Cypress 8, Chaffey 0
(10 games not reported)# # #
