Cerritos vs Mt. SAC
May 18 , 2008
Riverside, Calif. - Championship Game - If revenge is a dish served best cold, than the Falcons of Cerritos College were practically a glacier in the glaring sun of Riverside, CA on Sunday afternoon. After losing to Mt. SAC last year in the state championship game 4-0, the Falcons avenged it this year with a 5-1 win over the Mounties in Sunday’s title game.

Despite ending the game up by four runs, the Falcons struggled to start off the game as they were sat down in order through the first three innings. While the Falcons were trying to regain their stroke, the Mounties were coming up just short, as they failed to score after having the bases loaded in the second and another runner in scoring position in the third.

After coming up just shy of getting in a run in the bottom of the third, Cerritos made Mt. SAC pay with five runs in the top of the fourth. With runners on first and second, the Falcons got their first score thanks to a single by State Tournament Most Valuable Player Jessica Navarro.

The Falcons would then follow that up with a double to right center by Nadine Garcia, and another single to left field this time by Jennifer Salas. Before all was said and done the Falcons had a 5-0 lead that would be a hard climb for even the Mounties.

Trailing by five runs, Mt. SAC was only able to muster a single run in the bottom of the fifth thanks to a solo home-run to dead center field from third baseman Liz Javier. After that though, Navarro took over facing only one runner above the minimum the rest of the way, helping guide the Falcons to the State Championship.

Cerritos would finish off their magical season with a 41-5 record, while ace Jessica Navarro ran her record to 26-5. Navarro continued her dominate season in this tournament going 4-0 with a 1.12 ERA, and doing the same at the plate batting .500 with 5 runs driven in.