Returning to Western State Conference play the Ventura College softball team slugged their way to a WSC win over rival Oxnard 9-0. Ventura needed just five innings to plate their nine runs on 14 hits for the win. Olivia Hernandez threw a two hitter for Ventura. Julia Garcia and Farris Burke each had three hits while Justine De La Rosa picked up two hits.
VC (11-7, 2-0) plated two runs in the first inning and then went scoreless in the second inning before plating five more runs in the third inning and two in the fourth inning to finish off the run rule victory. Garcia drove in one run and had a triple. Burke collected two RBI and a double. Hernandez had a pair of RBI to help her cause in the circle. Claira Lozano and Gabriela Ramos each had one hit and one RBI a piece.
Hernandez pitched her way to her second conference win of the season in impressive fashion. She allowed just the two hits and no runner reached third base in the game.
Ventura will now take to the road on Saturday Mar. 19 for a game against Long Beach City College at 12:00 pm. Then VC will return to WSC play on Tuesday Mar. 22 for a doubleheader with Moorpark College beginning at 1:00 pm at Ventura College.