The Roughrider softball team knocked 33 hits and scored 29 runs Tuesday afternoon in Phoenix in a rout of Gateway Community College, 16-0 and 13-4. Yavapai improves their overall record to 19-6 and 13-2 in conference play. Gateway is now 1-19 on the year and 0-14 in the ACCAC standings.
 
Cassie Elliott didn't allow a single run throwing the complete game shutout. Elliott allowed just three hits and struck out three.
 
YC smacked three home runs on the day. Alexis Garayzar had a long ball in the second inning. Esperanza Rodriguez had a four bagger in the third inning. Isabella Porreco went deep in the third inning.
 
Yavapai racked up 20 hits on the day. Jenna Smith, Garayzar, Alexus Garza, Alyssa Carpio, Shaylee Alani, and Porreco all had multiple hits. Smith led hit barrage with four hits in four at bats.
 
Alexus Garza came the ballpark and meant business in the second game, driving in six on three hits to lead. Garza drove in runs on a home run in the third, a home run in the fourth, and a double in the fifth.
 
YC scored six runs in the fifth inning driven by a sacrifice fly by Isabella Porreco, a home run by Alexis Garayzar, a groundout by Cassie Elliott, and a double by Garza.
 
Anali Rios was in the circle for the Roughriders. She went three and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs on five hits and striking out two.
 
The Green and Gold launched three home runs on the day. Garayzar had a homer in the fifth inning. Garza went yard in the third and fourth innings. Yavapai scattered 13 hits in the game. Garza, Shaylee Alani, Megan Parsley, and Jenna Smith each had multiple hits.
 
Yavapai returns home for an ACCAC doubleheader on Saturday, March 7^th entertaining Paradise Valley Community College. The twinbill begins at 12:00 PM at Bill Vallely Park in Prescott