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Eldridge joins D-I coaches in NFCA Hall of Fame
Eldridge will be one of three inductees in the Class of 2012 at this week's NFCA National Convention in Orlando, along with Patty Gasso (University of Oklahoma) and Donna Papa (University of North Carolina). The Hall of Fame banquet and cermonies are slated for 6:30 p.m. EST Friday at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa. Eldridge and his family will fly to Orlando on Thursday. Eldridge will become the sixth coach from a California college or university to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining Sharron Backus (UCLA, 1991), Judy Garman (Golden West CC / Cal State Fullerton, 1993), Sue Enquist (UCLA, 2006), Gary Torgeson (Cal State Northridge, 2008) and Diane Ninemire (Cal, 2009) Eldridge retired from his second stint at Palomar after the 2010 season, finishing with a 1,083-304-5, record, 29 conference championships and three state titles. He joins Lorene Ramsey (Illinois Central College, 1992) and Celeste Knierim (St. Louis Community College, Meramec, 2003) as the only community college coaches along-side 54 from 4-year colleges in the Hall of Fame. A number of Division I coaches in the Hall of Fame, including Garman, coached on the community college level prior to moving on to the four-year level. Along with his three softball state champion teams, Eldridge has been a head coach and / or assistant for Palomar state championship teams in football, women's golf and men's track & field. As a Palomar track & field assistant, Eldridge introduced Tom Petranoff, a converted baseball player, to the javelin and was Petranoff's first javelin coach. Petranoff went on to set the world record in the event twice. As an athlete, Eldridge starred in football, baseball and track & field (as a javelin thrower) at Palomar. He was a football safety in what was then the Pac-8 Conference for Washington State University and was a football player and javelin thrower at Long Beach State. LeBeau ends '12 as Buckeyes' No. 3 hitter at .319
LBeau, the Buckeyes' designated player, hit .319, third-best among Ohio State's hitters. She had eight doubles, two home runs, 26 RBIs and a .422 slugging percengage. During a late-season run, the former National Softball Coaches Association community college All-American selection at Palomar went 2-for-4 with a double against Buffalo, 3-for-3 with a double vs. Nebraska, 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Northwestern and 3-for-3 with a double and RBI, also against Northwestern. LeBeau, a Poway High School product who went unnoticed by four-year college recruiters coming out of high school, also helped lead Ohio State to two road wins ito close the season at Penn State last week. LeBeau's RBI double gave the Buckeyes a 3-2 victory over the Nittany Lions on May 11. She had a key single as Ohio State beat Penn State again on May 13, this time 4-1. The wins gave the Buckeyes a a two games-to-one edge in the final series of the year to conclude their season 31-23 overall, 10-13 in the Big Ten.
ABOVE: Raea Tanielu, shown applying a tag against Riverside City College, is one of three Comets on the All-PCAC first team. -- Photo by Hugh Cox. BELOW: The other first-team selections, Jasmine Vogel (left) and Katie Wilford (right) Tanielu, Vogel and Wilford 1st-team All-PCAC SAN DIEGO (4-26-2012) -- Palomar landed three players on the All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference softball first team selected by conference coaches. Infielder Raea Tanielu, outfielder Jasmine Vogel and utility player Katie Wilford were all first-team selections. Pitcher Bree Burns, first baseman Samantha Avii and infielder Courtney Krauss made secvond team. Mia Sprau rec
Palomar misses at-large berth in SoCal playoffs
MISSION VIEJO
(4-28-2012) --
The Comets were nudged out of the No. 2 seed out of the conference by the team they tiod with for second place, Southwestern. The Jaguars had the tie-breaker on the Comets as they won the season series between the two teams 2 games to 1. It appeared Palomar was headed to the postseason as an at-large team, but it was ruled that a 4-inning, 12-0 win in the San Diego City College tournament could not be counted as a victory for seeding purposes because it was halted by time limit before the teams could begin the fifth inning. Citrus thus received the playoff bid the Comets were expecting. Comets make argument for at-large playoff berth
The Vikings (25-20) turned around and beat PCAC champion San Diego Mesa 7-3 later in the day. Bree Burns pitched (left) a one-hit shutout for the Comets, striking out five and walking none. Brenna Parker (right) paced a 10-hit attack for Palomar, slugging a home run and double in going 3-for-4 with three RbIs. Raesa Tanielu and Jasmine Vogel also went 2-for-3. Samantha Avii, Mia Sprauand Sjusie Mesa also hit safely.
ABOVE: Katie Wilford slugs a home run which stretches a 1-0 Palomar lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the first inning vs. Grossmont. -- Photo by Hugh Cox. BELOW: Winning pitcher Bree Burns Burns beats G-House; Comets tie for second
Bree Burns (left) threw a fthree-hit shutout at the Griffins with relief help from Brenna Parker, who pitched the seventh inning.. Burns struck out four and walked one. The Comets (19-10 overall, 11-4 in the PCAC) will close out the regular season with a non-conference rain make-up at Long Beach City College on Wednesday at noon, then will await a possible at-large berth inb the Southern California Regional playoffs. Katie Wilford slugged a lthree-run home run as the Comets jumped out to a 4-0 first-inning lead. Raea Tanielu also homered earlier in the inning.. Samantha Avii went 2-for-3 with a double for Palomar. Jasmine Vogel and Parker added doubles.
Jasmine Vogel , who led Palomar with four hits in two days, slides in afely at third ivs. Mesa on Friday. Vogel went 2-for-3 vs. he Olympians. -- Photo by De Hellman Comets fall short in bid for 31st conference title SAN MARCOS (4-21-2012) / CYPRESS (4-22-2012 )-- Palomar fell short in its bid for a 31st conference softball championship on Saturday.
Visiting San Diego Mesa defeated the Comets 7-2 to
win its first conference
title in a quarter-century, since tying Palomar for
the 1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Conference crown. The
Olympians celebrated by dousing each other with
sparkling cider. If the Comets beat Grossmont on Tuesday at home at 1 p.m., they'll tie Southwestern for second place. Palomar at Cypress Palomar had to come back barely 19 hours later on Sunday to travel to two-time defending CCCAA state community college champion Cypress for a non-conference double-header between teams that have won 10 state titles between them. The Comets came up flast against an outstanding team. The Chargers swept the Comets 10-0 and 3-0 to advance to 33-4 on the season. Vogel had two hits for Palomar on the day, including the Comets' lone hit in the first game. Comets win; title on line vs. Mesa on Saturday
Katie Willford homered in the second inning for the Comets (18-9, 10-3), while winner Samantha Avii and Bree Burns split the pitching duties for the winners. The victory set up a home showdown with San Diego Mesa (26-8, 11-3) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. If the Comets win, they'll clinch the PCAC's top playoff seed and at least a tie for their 31st conference championship. Palomar then could wrap up an upright title by beating Grossmont at home to close the PCAC season on Tuesday. If Mesa wins in its regular-season finale today, the Olympians will wrap up an undisputed conference championship. Third-place Southwestern, a 6-4 upset winner over Mesa on Wednesday, has a 10-4 conference record with one game remaining vs. Sam Doegp City on Tuesday.
Palomar's Raea Tanielu tags out Riverside's Taylor Connor sliding into second base for the final out in the top of the third innng on Tuesday. -- Photo by Hugh Cox RCC's Zink wins pitching duel 2-0 on no-hitter SAN MARCOS (4-17-2012) -- Palomar freshman Bree Burns pitched three-hit softball throiugh four innings, on Tuesday exited the game trailing 1-0, and visiting Riverside City College went on to win a non-conference softball game 2-0 as RCC sophomore Nichole Zink threw a no-hitter. Zink, who has signed with Long Beach State, struck out 15 as she advanced to 16-6 on the season. Riverside advanced to 23-9, while Palomar is 17-9. The Comets will host San Diego City College in a Pacific Coast Athletic Conference game on Friday at 3 p.m., then will play a rain make-up against San Diego Mesa on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., also at home. Saturday's game could decide the conference championship. Mesa game postponed; PCAC honors Avii, Burns
Avii (left), a sophomore from Mar Vista High School who has a 7-3 win-loss record, and Burns (right), a freshman from Poway High who is fourth in the state with an ERA of 0.96, have combined to pitch five consecutive conference shutout wins for the Comets. Last week, Burns shut out Southwestern 8-0 on a two-hitter and Avii blankede Imperial Valley 17-0 with a three-hitter. Avii helped her cause against the Arabs at the plate,going 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs. Avii's 3-hitter, Montanez' 3-4 game key 17-0 win
The victory set up next Wednesday home game with San Diego Mesa that could decide the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference champiionship. Avii (2-for-4, double, 3 RBIs), Jasmine Voegel (2-for-2, RBI), Brenna Parker (2-for-4, 3 RBIs) and Anastasia Taverez (2-for-3, RBI) also had multiple hits as the Comets (17-8,m 9-3) banged out 18 hits. Gaby Garcia also hit safely. Palomar has shut out its last five conference opponents. Burns' shutout, Krauss' grand-slam lift Comets
Coach Lacey Craft's Comets (16-8, 8-3 in conference) will visit Imperial Valley on Thursday at 1 p.m, then will host San Diego Mesa next Wednesday in a game that could decide the PCAC championship and the conference's top playoff seed. Courtney Krauss (right) slugged a grand-slam home run in the sixth inning for Palomar. She was 2-for 4 for the day with five RBIs. Raea Tanielu went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk and an RBI. Mia Sprau was 2-for-3 and walked. It was Palomar's fourth straight shutout win in the conference. Mt. SAC (22-3) pins pair of 1-run losses on PC
Comets club G-House again, this time by 9-0
Bree Burns and Samantha Avii combined to pitch a six-hit shutout at the Griffins, while Mia Sprau (above left) paced a 13-hit attack by going 3-for-4 with with a double. Brenna Parker (right) went 2-for-4, slugged a home run and drove in three runs for the Comets, who are 15-6, 7-3 in conference and trail first-place Mesa by one game. Jasmine Vogel went 2-for-3 and douled.. Kaie Wilford (2-for-4) also had multiple hits. Avii, Courtney Krauss, Raea Tanielu and Mercedes Montanez also hit safely.
ABOVE: Jasmine Vogel beats out a bunt in 10-0 rout of San Diego City College. -- Photo by Hugh Cox. BELOW: Starting pitcher and winner Samantha Avii PC run-rules City 10-0; Shutout for Avii, Burns
The Comets (14-6, 6-3) stayed one game behind first-place San Diego Mesa. The Olympians beat Grossmont 6-3. Avii threw two-hit shutout ball over the first 3 2/3 innings to notch the win, advancing to 5-2 on the season. She struck out four. Burns faced the final five batters. Katie Wilford paced an 11-hit attack for the Comets in the run-rule victory by going 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs and a steal. Courtney Krauss and Jasmine Vogel also had doubles. Avii, Raena Tanielu, Mia Sprau, Branna Parker, Mercedes Montanez, Haylee Williams and Jessica Flores added singles. The Comets scored one run in the first inning and two in the second, then busted the game open with three runs in the third. Palomar visits Grossmont on Friday at 3 p.m. Comets win 8-0, move within game of first place
Samantha Avii (left) threw four innings and Bree Burns )pitched the last inning as they combined on a four-hit shutout. Avii improved to 4-2 by picking up the win. Jasmine Vogel (right) led Palomar at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs and a stolen base. Courtney Krauss and Burns each was 2-for-3. Mercedes Montanez doubled in two runs, Raea Tanielu singled and drove in two runs and Brenna Parker also hit safely, rounding out a 10-hit attack. The Comets, who fell two games out of first when they lost 6-2 to Mesa on the road last Friday, now are 13-6, 5-3 in the conference.
ABOVE: Mercedes Montanez gets down a sacrifice bunt in Palomr's three-run third inning. -- Photo by Hugh Cox. BELOW: Brenna Parker,who doubled twice for the Comets
Jaguars end Comets' PCAC win streak at four
The Comets dropped out of a tie for first place and
are now deadlocked for second place with Grossmont,
a 15-0 winner over Imperial Valley. San Diego Mesa,
which defeated San Diego City college 4-0, is alone
in first.
It was the second victory by the Jaguars over the
Comets. Southwestern beat Palomr to open the
conference season before the Comets reeled off four
straight PCAC wins.
Brenna Patker paced an eight-hit attack for
Palomar (12-5,4-2) by going 2 for 4 with a pair of
doubles.
The Comets put together s Mia Sprau single, Mercedes
Montanez' sacrifice bunt, sigles by Samantha Avii
and Haylee Williams walks to Sasmine Vogle and Raea
Tanielu and a single by Courtney Krauss to take a
3-1 led in the bottom of the second.
But Southwestern came back to score three times in a
three-hit fifth inning to take a 4-3 lead it would
hold onto,.
Tanielu and Montanez also hit safely.
ABOVE: Breanna Parkeabove (above)
slugs a two-run homer to up Palomar's lead over
Grossmont from 9-1 to 11-2 in the third inning
Friday. BELOW LEFT: Grossmont
centerfielder Lindsay Thorstenson looks up
helplessly as the ball easily clears the fence. --
Photos by Hugh Cox. BELOW RIGHT: Raea Tanielu
(below right), who along jwith Parker, Katie Wilford
and Samantha Avii went 2-for-3
Comets bury G-House with 10-run 3rd inning
The Comets (12-4, 4-1) remain tied with San Diego
Mesa, which defeated last-place Imperial Valley 12-1,
atop the conference while the G-House (10-10, 3-2)
falls into third place. Palomar beat Mesa last week.
Breanna Parker), a freshman from Vista
High School, slugged a two-run home run at the tail
end of the rally to punctuate the inning. She
finishedl the afternoon 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Raea Tanielu went 2-for-3 with a
double, Katie Wilford went 2-for-3 with three RBIs
and Samantha Avii was 2-for-2 and drove in a run.,
Winning pitcher Bree Burns (5-3) and reliever
Samantha Avii combined to stop the Griffins in the 4
1/2-inning game.
Grossmont took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
The Comets tied it up with a run in the bottom of
the inning on Tanielu's double, Courtney Krauss'
sacrifice bunt a single by Parker and Wilford's
fielder's chice.
That set the stage for the 10-run third inning,
which put Palomar on top 11-1. Grossmont prolonged
the top of the fifth by bunching three of its seven
hits in the inning,but Avii got Shelby Grimes to pop
out to first for the game's final out.
ABOVE:
Palomar second baseman Rhea Tanielu blocks San Diego
City runner trying to get back to the bag during
Comets' 6-3 victory on Wednesday. She was ruled safe
on the play. --
Photo by Hugh Cox. BELOW LEFT:
Katie Wilford, who went
2-for-3 with a douuble and a walk.
BELOW RIGHT: Mia
Sprau, who was 2-for-3, walked and scored a run.
Palomar beats City, is tied atop the
conference
Katie Wilford went 2-for-3 with a double,
walked, run scored and RBI as the Comets (11-4, 3-1
in the PCAC) broke a 3-3 tie after 4 1/2 innings to
move into a three-way tie with Grossmont and Mwa
atop the conference.
Mia Sprau was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run
scored. Raven Ikeda went 2-for-4 and drove in a run.
Coach Lacey Craft's Comets will host Grossmont on
Friday at 3 p.m.
BOVE:
Bree Burns delivers a pitch in Saturday's first game
against undefeated and state No. 1-ranked College of
the Canyons. Burns threw a four-hitter but the
Comets lost 3-2 on a pair of unearned runs. -- Photo
by Deb Hellman. BELOW:
Ranea Tanielu, who had a
big day at the plate for Palomar.
State No. 1 Cougars survive near-upset in
sweep
Canyons won the second game 7-2, advancing to 14-0
on the season (Palomar is 10-4)..
In the first game,Ranea
Tanielu (right) had the big blow for the Comets,
doubling in the second inning to drive in Haylee
Williams, who was aboard as a hit batter.
In the sixth, Jasmine
Vogel singled, Brenna Parker walked and Vogel scored
on a fly by to center by Katie Willford, which the
Canyons center fielder dropped in the sun for an
error.
In the second game,
Tanielu went 2-for-4 for Palomar with a double
and RBI. Wilford was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Krauss 4-5, Wilford homers in 21-1 win vs. IVC
Jassmine Vogel was -for-2, tripled and doubled.
Jesceka Flores was 2-for-2, doubled and drovfe in a
run.,
Coach Lacey Craft's Palomar team is 10-2 on the
season, 2-1 in the PCAC.
The Comets will host unbeaten College of the Canyons
on Saturday in a 1 p.m. non-conference
double-header.
Courtney Krauss doubles
in the winning run in the sixth inning of the
Comets' 5-4 victory on Wednesday on the Palomar
field. -- Photo by Hugh Cox
Palomar rallies to hand SD Mesa 1st PCC loss
SAN
MARCOS (2-29-2012) --
Palomar, trailing early
Pacific Coast Athletic Confernece leader San Diego
Mesa 4-1 at home Wednesday, rallied for three runs
in the firth inning and beat the Olympians 5-4 in
the bottom of the sixth when Courtney Krauss doubled
in the winning run
Ranea Tanielu went
2-for-4 for coach Lacey Craft's Comets and homered
to score Jasmine Vogel, aboard on a single to close
the gap to 4-3 in the fifth.
The Comets (9-2, 1-1)
then tied the game to set the table for Krause's
game-winning hit in the sixth. Krauss went 2-for-4
with the double and RBI. Vogel was 2-for-3 and
scored two runs.
Mesa is 14-4 overall, 2-1
in conference.
ABOVE: Brenna
Parker homers in Palomar's 12-0 victory over Santa
Monica. -- Photo by Hugh Cox. BELOW LEFT:
Raven Ikeda, who was 3-for-4 in a 12-0 win
vs. Victor Valley.
Palomar rolls to back-to-back 12-0 wins, is
8-0
Raven Ikeda (left) went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Comets
against Victor Valley in support of winning pitcher
Samantha Avii (3-0) and reliever Bree Burns, who
combined on a three-hitter in the 5 1/2-inning game.
Brenna Parker was 2-for-2 with two doubles, two RBIs
and two walks. Raea Tanielu slugged a two-run homer.
Tanielu (3-for-4, triple, double, RBI), Parker
(3-for-3, home run, two RBIs), Courtney Krauss
(2-for-4, double, two RBIs) and Mia Sprau (2-for-3,
RBI) had multiple hits in the run-rule win over
Santa Monica,
Parker picked up the pitching win with relief help
from Burns.
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Comets sustain first loss of 2012 season, to Citrus
SAN
DIEGO (2-18-2012) --
Courtney Krauss, Mia Sprau and Mercedes Montanez
singled for the only hits by the Comets.
Southwestern ruins Palomar's PCAC opener 6-3
CHULA VISTA (2-24-2012( -- Ranea Tanielu went
3-for-3 for Palomar but the Comets dropped their Pacific Coast
Athletic Conference opene on Friday afternoon,
6-3 on the road to Southwestern.
Comets down Santa Ana, still are undefeated
Mia Sprau (left, 3-for-4, RBI), (Haylee Williams (3-for,
RBI), Miraea Tanielu (2-for-4, double, 2 RBIs) and
Kaie Wilford (2-3, 2 RBIs) paced a 13-hit attack for
the Comets.
Coiurtney Krauss, Mercedes Monganez and Jasmine
Vogel also hit safely.
Samantha Avii and Bree Burns combined to throw a
seven-hitter.
The Dons fell to 6-3.
Game cancelled when man dies of heart attack
SAN MARCOS (2-10-2012) --
Palomar's home softball game with Cerritos was cancelled
Friday after the grandfather of a Falcons assistant
coach collapsed and died shortly before the
scheduled 1 p.m. start.
Ray Gomez, of Downey, suffered a fatal heart attack.
Palomar Certified Athletic Trainers Flelicia Heise
and Dennis Greenhill, plus head softball coach Lacey
Craft,
attempted to revive him with CPR and an Automated
External Defibrillator before paramedics arrived.
But
Gomez, who was on campus to attend his
granddaughter's game, never regained consciousnes
and remained unresponsive.
Cerritos Sports Information Director John Van Gaston,
who had spoken by cellphone with Gomez'
granddaughter within an hour of the incident,
confirmed via text message Friday evening that Gomez "passed
(away) at the scene."
Two years ago, Heise and Palomar baseball coach Buck
Taylor saved the life of the grandfather of a
Saddleback baseball player when he suffered a heart
attack and passed out while watching a fall league
game between the Gauchos and Comets at Myers Field. In that incident,
Heise and Taylor used CPR and an AED to revive the
victim before paramedics arrived and transported him to a hospital, where he survived.
The incident led to most of the coaches in Palomar's
21 sports being trained and certified in both CPR
and use of the Automatic External Defibrillator.
PC scores unearned run in 7th, escapes with win
Coach Lacey Craft's Comets advanced to 5-0 on the season with
the victory. Santiago Canyon is 1-9.
Mercedes Montanez did the most damage offensive for
Palomar, doubling and drivfing in three runs.
Katie Wilford (above left, 2-for-3, double),
Courtney Krauss (above right, 2-for-5. double, RBI)
and Raea Tanielu (2-for-5, double) had multiple-hit
games for the Comets.
Samantha Avii singled and drove in a run. Jasmine Vogel also hit
safely.
Palomar won the game on back-to-back errors in the seventh.
Bree Burns (2-0), the third pitcher of the day for the Comets,
picked up the win with four innings of two-hit, shutout ball.
ABOVE: Mercedes Montanez leads off
Palomar's three-run second inning with a single in
Monday's 3-1 victory over visiting Saddleback.
BELOW LEFT: Starting pitcher and winner
Samantha Avii throws to a Saddleback batter. She
allowed one hit over four innings. -- Photos by Hugh
Cox
Comets knock off Gauchos, now have 4-0
record
Winning pitcher Avii allowed only one hit, an uneared run and
struck out three over the first four innings as the Comets won
3-1 at home. Burns threw shutout ball over the last three
innings to notch a save.
Palomar scored its three runs in the second inning. Mercedes
Montanez singled to lead off the inning and other keys in the
rally were Raven Ikeda's RBI single and Raea Taniel's
bases-loaded walk. Courtney Krauss and Jasmine Vogel also hit
safely in the game.
ABOVE:
Courtney Krauss guns out M. San Jacinto player at
first base. -- Photo by Hugh Cox.
BELOW RIGHT:
Katie Wilford, who went
3-for-4 with a triple, double and three RBIs.
Same result as Palomar rolls 13-1
in home debut
Another run-rule wiln. Another big day at the plate.
Another strong pitching performance.
The Comets won the non-conference game 13-1 behind
the pitching of Brenna Parker (1-0) and
munltiple-hit performances courtesy of Katie Wilford, Riesa Tanielu, Mia Sprau, Jasmine
Vogel and Parker.
Wilford went 3-for-3 with a triple, double,
and three RBIs., Taniele (2-for-2, double, three
stolen bases). Sprau was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Vogel
went 2-for-4 with a tiple, doule and RBI. Parker
was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Coach Lacey Craft's Comets are 3-0 and have
outscored their opponents 38-1 going into a home
game vs. Saddleback on Monday at 3 p.m. Avii ignites Comets' 15-0, 10-0 sweep over Rams
Avii struck out seven in four innings and Bree Burns
came in to strike out the side in the fifth in Game
1. Brenna Parker was 4-for-4 at the plate with a
triple, three runs scored and three RBIs. Avii was
4-for-4, scored two runs and drove in two runs.
Katie Wilford was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs
scored. Raea Tanielu homered.
Burns pitched a shutout in Game 2. Avii (3-for-4,
double, 2 runs scored, 2 RBIs) led the Comets at the
plate. Parker was 2-for-4 with a home run and
four RBIs. Casillas 2nd Comet to move on to Minot State
Casillas, a Vista Murrieta High School product, accepted a scholarship to Minot State University. Jen Mathis previously accepted an offer to Minot State. Casillas is the sister of Alfonso Casillas, the Comets' leading 2010 baseball hitter who was the leading hitter for Lewis-Clark State during the 2011 season. Previous current Palomar commits have included Danielle LeBeau to Ohio State and Kelli Starr to 2011 NCAA national champion UC San Diego.
Palomar's LeBeau will sign with Ohio State
She'll sign with the Buckeyes this weekend, according to her father, Daniel LeBeau. LeBeau, a Poway High School product, batted .445 with 19 doubles, four triples, two home runs and 62 RBIs over two seasons for the Comets. She hit .506 in 2010, when she was named to the National Softball Coaches Association first-team All-American, and ..405 in 2011, LeBeau recorded 21 pitching victories for the Comets for two seasons, compiling a 2.71 earned run average over 209 innings. She went 12-6 with a 2,69 ERA and 115 strikeouts over 114 1/3 innings for the PCAC champion Comets during the 2011 season. She was recruited by Ohio State to help turn the Buckeyes' program back around. Ohio State is 507-355 under coach Linda Kalafatis in 14 seasons, but finished last in the Big 10 in 2011 LeBeau becomes the 154th Palomar softball player to receive a scholarship to a four-year college since 1980 and the 103rd Comet to earn a Division I scholarship. She's the first Palomar player to go to the Big 10 since Lisa Michaels went on to Purdue in 1987 Palomar has sent 10 softball players on to Oklahoma State and 18 total to the Big 12 Conference. The Comets have sent six players to Tennessee and 10 total to the SEC, but LeBeau will become only the second Palomar transfer to play in the Big Ten. Five Comets have played for San Diego State, their third-most popular destination. (Above photo by Hugh Cox) ----- Starr to NCAA Div. II national champion UCSD
Starr, a two-year starter for the Comets, hit .336 in her Comet career with seven doubles, six triples, one home run and 33 RBIs. She also had a 2.55 ERA in two seasons as a pitcher. Starr was a first-team All-PCAC selection as an outfielder.
ABOVE: Jen Mathis, who batted .366 for Palomar in 2011 with 10 doubles, 1 triple, 9 home runs and 38 RBIs, has signed with Minot State. -- Photo by Hugh Cox. BELOW: Monica Villarreal, one of two Comets who has signed with Drury University Sophomore players move on to four-year level
Three Comets signed with NCAA Division II Drury University in Springfield, Missouri -- Pitcher Monica Villarreal (left) Carlsbad High School, 9-2 in 2011, 1.36 ERA), Marissa Valdez (Valley Center, .398, 10 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, 20 RBIs) and Regina Norris (Mira Mesa, .324, 1 double, 1 triple, 11 RBIs). Jen Mathis (Escondido, .366, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 9 home runs, 38 RBIs) signed with Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. Previously, Kristen Tenwolde (Felician College in Rutherford, New Jersey) and Jalisa McCarvel (Cal State San Marcos) transferred at the semester. 2012 Softball Schedule, Results
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ORLANDO,
Florida 
COLUMBUS,
Ohio
LONG
BEACH
SAN
MARCOS
IMPERIAL
(4-5-2012) --
CHULA
VISTA (4-3-2012) --
EL
CAJON
SAN
DIEGO
SAN
MARCOS (3-09-2012) -- 
SAN
MARCOS (2-06-2012) -- 
VICTORVILLE (2-01-2012) -- 
MINOT, North Dakota (8-19-11) --
COLUMBUS,
Ohio (6-23-11) -- 
SAN
DIEGO (6-27-11) -- 
SAN
MARCOS