Three games, Three Wins!

Wednesday saw the Monarchs play three games and walk away from the day with three wins!

Baseball started the day hitting the road to play Harbor College, beating the Seahawks 6-5, in a dramatic ninth inning comeback. Alden Quintanilla began the game with a three run home run in the first inning.  Colin Taylor followed with a home run of his own in the second, pushing the score to 4-0 Monarchs.  By the fourth inning, though Harbor had tied the score 4-4.  By the seventh inning, the Seahawks had taken a 5-4 lead.  To bookend the game Quintanilla came up with two runners in scoring position in the top of the ninth.  He stepped up and hit the game winning single, scoring Royce Clayton, Jr. and Vic Pico to make the score 6-5.  Quintanilla finished the game with five RBIs.  Zack Freck go the win, throwing one and one-third innings.  Brett Edwards got the save.

Men's Basketball followed with a home win against Bakersfield, 81-71. The Monarchs jumped out to a lead and led the Renegades at the half.  In the second half of the game Bakersfield came within three points of the Monarch's lead, but the Men were able to pull away for the win.  Yah Humphrey led everyone with 23 points in the game, which included several incredibly strong drives to the basket.  Zyaun Lee had another double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds.  Khalil Forrester contributed 16 points of his own.

Women's Basketball completed the sweep with a 86-66 win over Bakersfield.  The Monarchs held the Renegades to just eight points in the first quarter.  By the time the Women got to the half, the Monarchs found themselves up 40-27.  Bakersfield came out of the half hot, though, and tied the game up 59-59 at one point in the third quarter.  As soon as that happened the Monarchs turned it on and pulled away on a 19-3 run to end the game.  Mary Corbett had a career high 34 points, including seven three pointers.  Madison Guerrero and Samantha Maldonado both had 17 points and were one rebound away from double-doubles.

Baseball returns home with a game against Long Beach on Friday, February 2 at 10 a.m.  Men's and Women's Basketball hit the road Saturday, February 3 to face Canyons - the Men will play at 3:00 p.m. and the Women will play at 5:00 p.m.