The Cerritos College softball team shutout Pasadena College in a conference game on Tuesday with the score of 15-1.

The game that ended after five innings will raise the falcons record to 20-7 overall and 13-1 in conference.

“I felt like we played really well, we have our lead off hitter hurt but I feel our team rallied around that and did a great job today,” head coach Kodee Murray said.

The Falcons are now a half game behind rival Mount San Antonio College for the top spot in the South Coast Conference with three weeks left in the regular season.

“We’ve been doing a great job this season, we have a freshman dominated team and I think they just continue to step up and do a great job,” Murray said.

Lead-off hitter and second baseman Stephanie Aguirre and outfielder sophomore Natalie Garcia were unable to play due to an injuries.

Falcon sophomore pitcher Jessica Lozano allowed five hits and struck out seven batters  and is now 18-5 overall.

“Jessica has done a great job,in her freshman year she didn’t get to throw very many innings, but she has stepped up this year and has done a phenomenal job,” Murray said.

According to Lozano, she needs to work on is to stay focused during the entire game.

“We’ve been working hard and playing as a team; we could improve with aggressive batting, but other than that we have a solid defense,” Lozano said.

The Falcons were walked 12 times and earned 13 hits off of the Lancers, who switched pitchers four times.

“To be honest, I don’t think they [Pasadena] did very good today I think they should have brought more intensity and not given up after the first couple of runs,” freshman shortstop Briana Quintana said.

Quintana got two hits and was walked once.

“I tried my best, personally, and I did good, I got on every time I was up at bat.”

Freshman first baseman Jaqueline Flores hit a home run to right field and earned two RBIs.

“I’m very proud of it (the hoe run) because I haven’t been hitting in a while and I’ve been in a slump, so it feels good to come back, ” Flores said. “We started off a little shaky but we picked it up and played as a team.”

An error by freshman third baseman Krista Mele allowed Lancers freshman Elizabeth Hanna to get on base.

“Closing the door in the last inning and letting the other team score runs is something we need to improve on,” Murray said.

The Falcons will host El Camino on April 7.