Valley College softball played a challenging double header against Santa Barbara, resulting in a heart-breaking loss

The Monarchs drop their last six games and head to Santa Monica Thursday for a match against the Corsairs.

By Marta Cherniak and Alejandro Garcia, staff writers

LAVC's softball team waits for Tarryn Macias after a home run hit on Tuesday's game against Santa Barbara City College. Photo taken at Los Angeles Valley College on Feb. 24. (Angel Rangel for the Valley Star)

The Valley College softball team lost a double header to Santa Barbara Community College on Tuesday by the combined score of 24-10.

The two losses dropped the Monarchs to 4-14 in preseason play. The Monarchs pitching staff allowed 17 hits in the first game and 12 hits in the second, for a total of 29 hits across two games.

“I feel like we could’ve stuck out through the whole game and actually win,” said utility player Priscilla Lopez. “But it’s just a lot of mental errors.”

In game two, the Monarchs led the Vaqueros 5-3 in the bottom of the fourth. However, Santa Barbara outscored the home team 7-1 in the final three innings. The final score of the second was 10-6.

“We tried our best,” said outfielder Tarryn Macias.

The Monarchs will travel to Santa Monica College on Thursday to face the Corsairs at 2 p.m. at John Adams Middle School Field.