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CSM & SKYLINE Set For COAST NORTH Basketball Showdown
College of San Mateo's women's basketball team battles for that runner-up spot - Skyline College Wednesday (Feb. 6) at 5 p.m.
Article Source: Fred Baer
CSM 79, Ohlone 35; Skyline 72, CCSF 68
CSM & SKYLINE SET FOR COAST NORTH BASKETBALL SHOWDOWN AFTER BIG WEEK
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After upsetting second place Chabot on Wednesday and rolling past Ohlone, 79-35 on Saturday, College of San Mateo’s women’s basketball team battles for that runner-up spot with visiting rival Skyline College Wednesday (Feb. 6) at 5 p.m. at the College Heights gym. The foes have the longest current win streaks in the tight league, Skyline at three games and CSM at two.
Skyline is coming off its biggest win, 72-68, over Coast North leader City College of San Francisco (ranked No. 8 in the state), to open the second half of league play. The Trojans (5-2) are now just a game behind San Francisco (6-1). The top five teams are all within two games of each other.
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It’s the most crucial week of the month for the Bulldogs (4-3) , who visit CCSF on Friday at 5 p.m.
--Emily Latu and Megan Jajeh each had 11 points as all 11 CSM players scored against Ohlone. Latu also led the Bulldogs with nine rebounds and had two assists Jajeh had three assists and a steal. Kaitlyn Tamondong had four of CSM’s 16 steals, many of which led to fast break lay-ups.
Keri La and Anaseini Fakava each had 17 points for host Skyline in the win over CCSF. Kalisi Fononga had 17 rebounds and 12 points for the Trojans, who had a 49-22 advantage on the boards.
Current Northern California coaches rankings have CCSF No. 4, Chabot No. 7, and Skyline No. 10.
No. 2 Bulldogs have already beaten No. 1 Mt. SAC & No. 3 Sierra
CSM BLANKS SIERRA & SISKIYOUS IN HOME SOFTBALL DEBUT
SAN MATEO -- Jamie Madigan started the day with a first inning home run and ended it scoring the mercy rule walkoff run on a single by Rachel Moran as College of San Mateo swept Sierra College, 5-0, and College of the Siskiyous, 8-0, Thursday afternoon in home season softball openers.
CSM got a pair of complete game shutouts from its starting pitchers. Emily McAdams (2-0) held Sierra scoreless over seven innings of the first game, scattering four hits, striking out six, and walking just one. Kaitlyn Grech, who went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and scored a run as designated player against Sierra, made her first mound appearance of the season against Siskiyous (0-2) and blanked the Eagles over the 6-inning game.
“Our pitchers were great and we played pretty good defense behind them,” said CSM coach Nicole Borg.
CSM (4-1), ranked No. 2 in the state in the coaches association preseason poll, had started in the Bakersfield 3-way invitational last weekend, beating No. 1 Mt. San Antonio College (the reigning state champions), 6-5.
Sierra was No. 3 in the preseason poll so the No. 2 Bulldogs have already topped No. 1 and No. 3 – including their top foes in both the south and north!
Freshman Riley Donovan was a “perfect” 3-for-3 with a single, double, and triple against Sierra. She also had a Sacrifice fly and a double against Siskiyous, each for RBIs.
Sierra (1-1) defeated Siskiyous, 9-1 in six innings in the other game of Thursday’s triple header on CSM’s synthetic turf field. The three games were moved up a day due to predicted rain.
SWEEP COMPLETED: CSM completed a sweep of Siskiyous with a 7-1 win the next morning, however, and did not allow an earned run over the 3-games.
Kaylyn Sterling smacked a 2-run home run over centerfield fence to start a 5-run sixth inning which, effectively, put the game away. Starter Brittany Prock (2-1) pitched five innings for the win, facing just 17 batters.
The current CSM win streak is 4 games: 3-0 at home and 3-0 vs. Northern California teams to date.
Next: San Mateo visits Merced Tuesday (Feb. 5) for two games, starting at 12 noon.
--CSM will next play at home Saturday, Feb. 9, hosting College of the Redwoods (10 a.m.) and American River (2 p.m.).
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