Wed., Mar. 6<strong>Marauder</strong> Fastpitch/Softball opened their Foothill Conference play with a 9-1 w<strong>in</strong> overSan Bernard<strong>in</strong>o <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>in</strong> six <strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs. The <strong>Marauder</strong>s took the lead for good <strong>in</strong> the thirdand held it with Hannah Ulibarri com<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> for relief and throw<strong>in</strong>g 4.2 of no hit ball.Breanne Far<strong>in</strong>as and Ashlee Vivirito had two hit, three RBI days at the plate.Mon., Mar. 11 Sho Serrano went five for six at the plate as <strong>Marauder</strong> Baseball dropped Chaffey 12-1<strong>in</strong> a ra<strong>in</strong>ed out make-up game. Dylan Lohman and Marshall Siordia both had 3 RBI,and <strong>in</strong> Siordia's case, without a hit (2 sacrifices and an error). Andrew Rabiej threw thecomplete game w<strong>in</strong>.Sat., Mar. 16 Former <strong>Marauder</strong> Football runn<strong>in</strong>g back DeAndra Cobb, who played for AVC <strong>in</strong> 2000and the 2001 Potato Bowl team was one of seven former CaliforniaCommunity <strong>College</strong> football players <strong>in</strong>ducted <strong>in</strong>to the CaliforniaCommunity <strong>College</strong> Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame onSaturday, March 16, at the Visalia Elks Club beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g at noon.Cobb ga<strong>in</strong>ed 1609 yards as a runn<strong>in</strong>g back for the <strong>Marauder</strong>s, currentlyeighth on the career charts. Had 1096 <strong>in</strong> 2001 when he led AVC <strong>in</strong>rush<strong>in</strong>g, and is the seventh best <strong>Marauder</strong> rush<strong>in</strong>g season. For 280of those yards were aga<strong>in</strong>st SD Mesa, the fourth best s<strong>in</strong>gle gameperformance <strong>in</strong> <strong>Marauder</strong> history.Cobb was <strong>in</strong>ducted <strong>in</strong>to the Whit Carter <strong>Marauder</strong> Athletic Hall ofFame <strong>in</strong> 2009, and will be the fourth player and seventh from AVC to be <strong>in</strong>ducted <strong>in</strong>to theCCCFCA Hall.Aaron Owen's bases loaded s<strong>in</strong>gle <strong>in</strong> the 12th <strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g gave <strong>Marauder</strong> Baseball its fifthstraight w<strong>in</strong>, and first series sweep of the year, beat<strong>in</strong>g Victor <strong>Valley</strong> 10-9.The <strong>Marauder</strong>s need to score twice <strong>in</strong> the bottom of the n<strong>in</strong>th to send the game <strong>in</strong>to extra<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs, and the Ram pitch<strong>in</strong>g helped when they walked Sho Serrano to send the game<strong>in</strong>to extra <strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs.Andrew Rabiej came <strong>in</strong> relief <strong>in</strong> the seventh and looked like he would take the loss,giv<strong>in</strong>g up four runs <strong>in</strong> the eighth to give the Rams their first lead, but toughened up andpitched four scoreless <strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs for the w<strong>in</strong>.This is the first time the <strong>Marauder</strong>s have won five straight s<strong>in</strong>ce the 2007 season.Thu., Mar. 28Fri., Mar. 29Newton Chelette, <strong>Antelope</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>College</strong>'s Interim Vice-President of Student Servicesand Athletic Director was honored with the Honor<strong>in</strong>g our Own Award given by theCalifornia Community <strong>College</strong> Athletic Directors Association for his exemplary serviceto the association.An error by the San Bernard<strong>in</strong>o <strong>Valley</strong> left fielder allowed two <strong>Marauder</strong>s to score andallowed Fastpitch/Softball to recover from what looked to be a devestat<strong>in</strong>g sixth <strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gand w<strong>in</strong> 8-7.The <strong>Marauder</strong>s scored six <strong>in</strong> the first three <strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs, but the Wolver<strong>in</strong>es kept chipp<strong>in</strong>gaway and when the only two batters Nicole Peters saw homered aga<strong>in</strong>st her, it was 7-6 <strong>in</strong>favor of SBV.But the <strong>Marauder</strong>s, who rema<strong>in</strong> a game out of first <strong>in</strong> the Foothill Conference after giv<strong>in</strong>gDesert their first conference loss on Wednesday, figured out how to get the w<strong>in</strong>.Ashlee Vivirito was four for four on the day with a double, a homer and four RBI.
Thu., Apr. 4Tue., Apr. 9Wed., Apr. 17Fri., Apr. 19<strong>Marauder</strong> Baseball honored all veterans at their game aga<strong>in</strong>st Mt. San Jac<strong>in</strong>to, but gaveup <strong>13</strong> runs <strong>in</strong> the first three<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs and lost their thirdstraight - 17-5 aga<strong>in</strong>st Mt. SanJac<strong>in</strong>to.S<strong>in</strong>ce MSJ's head baseballcoach Steve Alonzo had two ofhis children, son Brant and daughter Stephanie were both be<strong>in</strong>g deployed overseas for theUS Army, it was decided that <strong>Marauder</strong> <strong>Athletics</strong> should honor not only Alonzo and hisfamily, but all the veterans of the <strong>Antelope</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> and San Jac<strong>in</strong>to communities, henceit was decided to have the event dur<strong>in</strong>g Mt. San Jac<strong>in</strong>to's only game <strong>in</strong> Lancaster thisseason.<strong>Marauder</strong> Tennis ended the regular season with a 5-4 w<strong>in</strong> over Mt. San Jac<strong>in</strong>to. The w<strong>in</strong>leaves them at 6-8 overall and 6-2 and second <strong>in</strong> the Foothill Conference.<strong>Marauder</strong> Fastpitch/Softball gets a 10-2 w<strong>in</strong> over Mt. San Jac<strong>in</strong>to - head coach C<strong>in</strong>dyVargas' 300 w<strong>in</strong>.The only runs of the f<strong>in</strong>al Foothill Conference game possibly ever for <strong>Marauder</strong>Fastpitch/Softball came on solo home runs.Haley Schulman's put AVC up <strong>in</strong> the second, but then Schulman gave up two homers toDesert <strong>in</strong> the fourth and the Roadrunners cl<strong>in</strong>ched the conference's top spot 2-1.Had the <strong>Marauder</strong>s found a way to w<strong>in</strong> the game, they would have been co-champs withDesert and Chaffey, but <strong>in</strong>stead end up <strong>in</strong> third.The <strong>Marauder</strong>s dom<strong>in</strong>ated the Foothill Conference almost from the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of theconference, w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g 15 titles (eight undefeated) <strong>in</strong> 24 years, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g seven straight andat one po<strong>in</strong>t went five years without los<strong>in</strong>g a conference game, and will now head <strong>in</strong>to theWestern State Conference for 2014.<strong>Marauder</strong> Tennis at the Foothill Conference championships, qualified six players toadvance to the Southern California regionals. Melissa Coyoy and Maggie Coleman-Levy will go as s<strong>in</strong>gles players and both will also team <strong>in</strong> doubles as all three <strong>Marauder</strong>doubles teams advanced. The doubles teams <strong>in</strong>clude Coyoy/Alyssa Gonzales, Coleman-Levy/Crystal Aki and Rebecca Burusso/Tyzia Norman.Sat., Apr. 20Tue., Apr. 23<strong>Marauder</strong> Baseball's Andrew Rabiej threw seven <strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs, giv<strong>in</strong>g up just two hits and the<strong>Marauder</strong>s picked up their first shutout s<strong>in</strong>ce Feb. 4, <strong>2012</strong>, beat<strong>in</strong>g Cerro Coso 7-0.Dylan Lohman and Michael Scodellaro were both two for four with two RBI for the<strong>Marauder</strong>s who collected 15 hits on the day.<strong>Marauder</strong> Baseball loses to Rio Hondo 7-1. One bright spot for the <strong>Marauder</strong>s was thatCory DeRush's triple, one of just three AVC hits <strong>in</strong> the game, put him fifth <strong>in</strong> <strong>Marauder</strong>career triples with n<strong>in</strong>e.