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MT. SAC has to be one of the most cheerful teams that the Falcons have faced this year, every game was a 12 round punchout with each team splitting the two matches. Cerritos got the best of MT. SAC in the third and final game.

Lily Cornejo started the game for the Falcons and went a very strong 6 1/3 innings striking out four while walking six batters.

The Mounties got off to a quick 3-0 start when Kimberley Pena hit a RBI single which Charolette Foster then followed with a two run home run to center field.

Throughout the next five innings the Mounties would go on to score five more runs and every inning would be a battle for Lily Cornejo.

MT. SAC’s lead would chip away every inning, in the top of the seventh inning, MT. SAC got a second home run from freshman Charolette Foster that put MT. SAC up 8-4.

It appeared that the game would be over and MT. SAC would get the best of Cerritos, but that wasn’t the end.

Cerritos in the bottom of the seventh inning scored five runs on four hits including the walk off double down the left field line by Krista Mele.

Krista spoke about her game winning hit: “I was very excited, I couldn’t stop jumping up and down.”

Coach Mike Rodriguez spoke about the win, “I’ve been around this school for 30 years, I grew up across the street and to see something like that happen was totally amazing. It’s great for our program, it’s great for our kids, and it just shows that we never gave up the entire day. It was a great day to be a Falcon.”

With the win, Cerritos improves its record to 25-7 and 16-1 in conference play. The team also wins the season series against MT. SAC and also has a has a eight game winning streak on its hands.

The Falcons will next play East Los Angeles on Thursday, April 12 away at 3:00 p.m.

Cerritos is going for the series sweep against East Los Angeles.