Softball: OCC drops final game, Degree sets another record

COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College’s softball team lost the final

game of its season to visiting Santa Ana, 7-2, Tuesday in an Orange

Empire Conference game.

But the Pirates (17-25, 6-15) had a season highlight when Kristin Degree

finished the game with a 2 for 4 day at the plate. That gives her a .444

batting average for the season, breaking the old mark of .426 set by

Kerry Grimson. Degree already tied the school record with 40 stolen bases

and 35 runs scored this year.

Kimberly Guillen and Tasha Thurmond had the two OCC RBIs. Pirates catcher

Renee Snyder went 2 for 3 with one run scored. The Dons (26-14, 15-6) put

up four runs in the fifth inning.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Santa Ana 7, OCC 2

Santa Ana 002 040 1 - 7 13 0

OCC 100 001 0 - 2 8 3

Kralich, Hammontree (6) and Kendrick; Ortega, Espinoza (7) and Snyder,

Valdez. W - Kralich, 24-12. L - Ortega, 12-21. 2B - Kralich 2 (SA),

Ortega (OCC).