Matadors see season come to an end

Arizona Western College Matadors baseball team saw their season come to an end, losing game three of a best-of-three series to Cochise 8-3 on Saturday afternoon.

JC Navarro gave the Matadors an early lead, smacking a solo home run in the first inning, putting the Matadors in front 1-0.

Cochise would tie the game in the bottom of the first inning with a run before taking the lead in the second, scoring a run to take a 2-1 advantage.

The Apaches opened the lead up to 4-1 with two runs in the fourth inning before the

Matadors cut the deficit to one run thanks to a Noah Roberts RBI ground out in the fifth and a Noah

Marcelo home run in the sixth inning.

Cochise would score the final four runs of the game as the Matadors fell 8-3, ending Arizona Western Matadors.

Ibarra helps Lady Matadors finish season with split

Meanwhile in softball Saturday, the Arizona Western College Lady Matadors finished the regular season with a doubleheader split with Mesa, losing game one 14-8 before taking game two 17-6.

Mesa opened the first game with back-to-back five-run innings, putting the Lady Matadors in a 10-2 hole through the first two innings.

Trailing 12-2 in the fourth the Lady Matadors scored four runs in the fourth inning highlighted by an Abigail Ibarra two-run homer and an Oros solo home run.

Mesa would pull away and take the opener 14-8.

Desiree Moran went 4-for-5 with two runs batted in while Ibarra went 1-for-5 with two runs batted.

The Lady Matadors scored in all but one inning in game two opening the scoring with a pair of runs in the first inning before adding two more in the third and three more runs in the fourth inning highlighted by an Ibarra tworun double.

Arizona Western pulled away in the sixth inning, scoring six runs thanks to a three-run homer by Moran and a two-run homer from Ibarra before Oros smacked a solo homer to cap the inning.

Ibarra went 4-for-5 with nine runs batted in while Moran knocked in three runs going 2-for-4.