Southwestern Softball Earns No. 14 Seed, SoCal Regional
CHULA VISTA, CA – Southwestern Softball earned a California Community College Regional bid, Mike Gross's first as a head coach.
The No. 14 seed Southwestern Jaguars enter the postseason with a 22-16 record and will be traveling to Walnut, CA to face the No. 4 seed Mt. San Antonio Mounties (29-11), automatic qualifiers from the South Coast Conference.
The Jags and Mounties last played in 2019, an eight-inning 6-7 hard-fought home loss for the Burgundy and Gold.
The Softball SoCal Regional Round 1 is a best of three, played over two days.
First pitch for Southwestern's postseason-opener against Mt. San Antonio is set for 4 p.m. Friday, May 1.
Game 1: Friday, May 1 | Southwestern at Mt. San Antonio (4:00 pm)
Game 2: Saturday, May 2 | Southwestern at Mt. San Antonio (2:00 pm)
Game 3 (if necessary): Saturday, May 2 | Southwestern at Mt. San Antonio (4:00 pm)
SOUTHWESTERN JAGUARS (key stats)
Overall Record: 22-16
Ratings Percentage Index Ranking: #14
Ratings Percentage Index (RPI): 0.545
Conference: Pacific Coast Athletic Conference
Conference Record: 9-6
Batting Average: .316
On-Base Percentage: .368
Slugging Percentage: .434
Earned Run Average (ERA): 3.81
Walks and Hits Per Inning Pitched (WHIP): 1.45
Fielding: .963
Record Against SoCal Regional Teams: 3-13
(Chaffey 2x, Ventura)
ALL CONFERENCE – PCAC
Jacqui De Murguia (#9) Southwestern, SS/OF
Second Team All-Conference
Mia Guzman (#22) Southwestern, P/2B
Gogo Rodriguez (#23) Southwestern, C/UTL
Iliana Romero (#16) Southwestern, P/SS
Honorable Mention
Zoe Andrade (#2) Southwestern, 1B/UTL
Jae Jenkins (#1) Southwestern, IF/UTL
Ali Quitoriano (#14) Southwestern, OF
MT. SAN ANTONIO (key stats)
Overall Record: 29-11
Ratings Percentage Index Ranking: #4
Ratings Percentage Index (RPI): 0.588
Conference: South Coast Conference
Conference Record: 16-5
Batting Average: .367
On-Base Percentage: .457
Slugging Percentage: .560
Earned Run Average (ERA): 2.88
Walks and Hits Per Inning Pitched (WHIP): 1.39
Fielding: .966
Record Against SoCal Regional Teams: 12-10
(Orange Coast 2x, Ventura, Palomar, Antelope Valley, Long Beach 2x, Mesa, Fullerton, El Camino 3x)
ALL CONFERENCE – SCC
Amanda Porterfield (#5) Mt. San Antonio, OF-DP
Sarai Raygoza (#14) Mt. San Antonio, SS-2B
Emily Sandoval (#22) Mt. San Antonio, 1B,
Second Team All-Conference
Desiree Morales (#4) Mt. San Antonio, 3B-2B
Zoe Herford (#6) Mt. San Antonio, P
Honorable Mention
Marti Ann Leach (#10) Mt. San Antonio, UTL
Angelina Martinez (#15) Mt. San Antonio, INF
Karissa Blanco (#18) Mt. San Antonio, P
The 2026 3C2A softball tournament will consist of a two regional brackets (NorCal and SoCal) and a 34-team field leading to an eight team state championship format (4 teams from the north and four teams from the south).
Each conference earns two automatic qualifications as a result of conference victories, giving 12 programs a shot at an at-large selection using rating percentage index (RPI) in the decision process.
The full SoCal Regional bracket can be viewed here