2019 CMS Softball News

Briana Halle was a second-team Academic All-America for the Athenas (photo by Kay Hurd)
CMS Softball Player Briana Halle '18 Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award

July 15, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Former Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball player Briana Halle (CMC '18) earned a a $10,000 scholarship for postgraduate study from the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee, the NCAA announced today.

Megan Perron Named Second-Team All-American by National Fastpitch Coaches Association
Megan Perron Named Second-Team All-American by National Fastpitch Coaches Association

May 23, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sophomore designated player Megan Perron earned second-team All-America honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, the organization announced on Wednesday evening at its annual awards banquet.

Megan Perron Named First-Team All-West Region, Chloe Amarilla, Maddie Valdez Named to Second Team
Megan Perron Named First-Team All-West Region, Chloe Amarilla, Maddie Valdez Named to Second Team

May 15, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sophomore designated player Megan Perron was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-West Region First Team, while senior utility Chloe Amarilla and sophomore catcher Maddie Valdez were each named to the second team, the NFCA announced this afternoon.

CMS Softball Ends 2019 Season With 5-2 Defeat to No. 5 Linfield on Saturday
CMS Softball Ends 2019 Season With 5-2 Defeat to No. 5 Linfield on Saturday

May 11, 2019

CLAREMONT, CA – The top-seeded Linfield Softball team scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning to take the lead and went on to capture a 5-2 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on the second day of the NCAA Division III Softball Claremont (Calif.) Regional on Saturday at Athena Field.

Ananya Koneti had an RBI single and a walk for the Athenas in her first career NCAA contest
Big Second Inning Leads Whittier Past CMS in NCAA Softball Opening Round

May 10, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Sophomore first baseman Naomi Martinez hit a three-run home run to cap a six-run second inning as the Whittier Softball team took a 9-1, five-inning win over host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on the first day of the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Tournament on Friday afternoon.

CMS Softball Hosts NCAA Regional, Beginning on Friday
CMS Softball Hosts NCAA Regional, Beginning on Friday

May 08, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team will serve as one of 16 host sites for the opening rounds of the NCAA Division III Softball Championship when it welcomes in Linfield and Whittier this Friday-Sunday for a three-team double-elimination regional. 

Chloe Amarilla and the Class of 2019 will have at least two more home games with a home regional this weekend
Dance Card Punched! CMS Softball Hosts NCAA Regional This Weekend, Opens with Whittier

May 06, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Championships and will serve as a host for a three-team regional, along with No. 5 Linfield and Whittier, this Friday through Sunday at Athena Field.

Maddie Valdez had a big RBI single in a four-run seventh inning rally for CMS, before Whittier came back in the bottom half
CMS Softball Rallies With Four in Seventh, But Whittier Bounces Back for 9-8 Win in SCIAC Elimination Game

May 05, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Down to its final out and trailing by two runs, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team completed a four-run rally to take an 8-7 lead in the top of the seventh, but Whittier had two bloop singles fall in with two outs in the bottom half to prevail in a wild back-and-forth 9-8 win in a SCIAC Tournament elimination game on Sunday morning at Athena Field.

Lauren Richards earns complete game victory to help keep the Athenas SCIAC Tournament Championship hopes alive.
Ananya Koneti's Three RBI Leads CMS Softball Past Chapman 3-1 to Keep SCIAC Tournament Championship Hopes Alive

May 04, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. -- The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team needed a victory to keep its hope of winning the SCIAC Tournament Championship alive and earned one, taking a 3-1 victory over Chapman in an elimination game at Athena Field on Saturday.

CMS Softball Falls to Whittier in Opening Round of Double-Elimination SCIAC Tournament
CMS Softball Falls to Whittier in Opening Round of Double-Elimination SCIAC Tournament

May 03, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team will have to win four games in two days in order to repeat as SCIAC Champions, after it dropped an 8-3 decision to Whittier in the opening round of the 2019 SCIAC Tournament on Friday afternoon at Athena Field.

CMS Softball Prepares to Host SCIAC Tournament This Friday-Sunday at Athena Field
CMS Softball Prepares to Host SCIAC Tournament This Friday-Sunday at Athena Field

May 02, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team won the regular season SCIAC title outright, earning the top seed and the right to host the conference tournament, which will be held this Friday-Sunday at Athena Field, beginning with CMS facing Whittier on Friday at 1 p.m.

Chloe Amarilla, Lauren Richards Win SCIAC Offensive Player, Newcomer of the Year Awards
Chloe Amarilla, Lauren Richards Win SCIAC Offensive Player, Newcomer of the Year Awards

May 01, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior pitcher/infielder Chloe Amarilla earned the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Year award, and freshman pitcher/infielder Lauren Richards was chosen as the Newcomer of the Year in a vote of the conference's coaches, the league office announced today.

Maddie Valdez extended her school record to 11 home runs this season
CMS Softball Closes Regular Season With Two 5-4 Losses at Whittier

April 28, 2019

WHITTIER, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team had already earned the outright regular season title and the right to host the conference tournament heading into its final regular season doubleheader at Whittier on Saturday, but ended up on the short end of two 5-4 defeats as it closed out its regular season at 30-9.

Megan Perron Chosen SCIAC Softball Offensive Player of the Week
Megan Perron Chosen SCIAC Softball Offensive Player of the Week

April 22, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sophomore Megan Perron, who had seven RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Occidental which clinched the SCIAC regular season title, was named the SCIAC Softball Offensive Player of the Week for games through April 21, the league office announced today.

(l to r): Chloe Amarilla, Megan Mendez and Rachel Perley were honored prior to the doubleheader
CMS Softball Celebrates Senior Day by Clinching SCIAC Regular Season Title

April 20, 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 7 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team honored its three seniors as part of Senior Day and then went to capture a pair of one-run wins (8-7, 4-3) over Occidental to clinch the SCIAC regular season title outright and earn the right to host the conference tournament on May 3-5.