It was the bottom of the seventh inning, and Warriors No. 19 utility Abigale Dedeche was waiting to make her move.
With one foot still on third base, she assumed a runner’s stance, ready to make a Hail Mary run for home plate.
But a flyout hit by her teammate, No. 8 Trinity Martinez, ended the game as Dedeche was steps away from scoring a run.
El Camino Warriors Catcher and Outfielder, Trinity Martinez, makes solid contact with the ball against the Palomar Comets on March 25, 2026. ( Riley Abrams | The Union )
In the end, the El Camino College Warrior women’s softball team would be shut out 5-0 by the Palomar College Comets during a home game Wednesday, March 25.
“I feel like, before the game, the energy was a little bit low after coming out of a loss the day before,” said Warriors No. 5 catcher Bryanna Morales.
The day before, the Warriors played a home game against the Long Beach City College Vikings on Tuesday, March 24, that ended with the Vikings sailing to a 9-4 win.
After Comets No. 2 Kailey Dain scored a run during the first inning, the Warriors tried to hold them off with a steady 1-0.
Then the top of the fourth saw the Comets shoot past the Warriors with four hits and three runs by No. 1 Gisele Gonzalez, No. 10 Taylor Armstrong and No. 8 Kristina Deal that raised the score to 4-0.
The Warriors managed to hold them off for three more innings, until Comets No. 15 Alexis Huey got a run in after teammate, No. 16 Emma Schneider, hit a sacrifice flyby.
“I felt really good about our defense. We have one of the toughest schedules in California, and that’s on purpose so that we’re ready by the time playoffs come,” said Warriors coach Jessica Rapoza. “The hard part of the season is what makes us way tougher going into the playoffs. I schedule tough teams and we schedule them back to back to back.”
The bottom of the 6th and 7th innings saw the Warriors attempt to break the shut-out with a run to home plate, but Comets’ quick interception of the ball ended their chances.
“Coming into it, I knew it was going to be a good competition,” said Armstrong. “The teams up here are definitely better than we play at home, so I was super excited to have some good competition for this game.
Despite the current losing streak now at six games, the Warrior women’s softball team still has an 18 to nine win-loss ratio for the season.
“With them being a solid team, we did keep them from scoring a lot of runs, keeping it five to zero,” said Morales after the game. “It was a good game overall… we used this game as a learning moment.”
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