SCC Baseball Builds Early Leads, But Is Swept By Edmonds Community College:

The Shoreline Community College Baseball team opened NWAACC Northern Region play on Saturday at Edmonds Community College with a doubleheader loss. 

In game 1, SCC led 5-2 after three innings, but a 9 run 5th inning by Edmonds put the game out of reach and SCC loss 14 to 5.

Anthony Ulskey led SCC at the plate with 3 hits and 3 RBIs, Matt Cottingham and Grabiel Rochon had two hits each including a double by Cottingham. Jason Shaw threw four solid innings for SCC, allowing 5 hits and 2 earned runs.

In Game 2, the Dolphins battled hard, dropping a 7-6 game to the #6 Ranked Junior College in the Pacific Region (West Coast of the US) and #2 ranked team in the NWAACC.

SCC built up a 6-0 lead in the game in the first 3 innings but a 7 run 4th by ECC overcame SCC and Tritons pitching held up the rest of the game. Matt Cottingham led SCC with 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBIs. 

SCC is now 1-14 on the season and 0-2 in region. SCC faces Edmonds again today at 1:00 PM at Meridian Park in Shoreline. The first game SCC has played in Shoreline in 15 years. Edmonds moves to 13-4 overall and 2-0 in the region.