SAN JOSE — A dominant season continued Wednesday for the Stay Oak softball group.
In a showdown at Piedmont Hills with first place on the road the Acorns got here out on high 6-1.
Stay Oak is now 11-1 general and 6-0 within the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Santa Teresa Division. Piedmont Hills is 10-4, 5-1.
Stay Oak’s Eden Svoboda (3) steals second towards Piedmont Hills’ Isabella Paskert (27) within the seventh inning of a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
In 12 video games Stay Oak has scored 103 runs and allowed 16.
“We’re just really happy,” Stay Oak coach Sarah Porras stated. “The girls have great camaraderie. They’re really starting to gel and playing for each other.”
Sophomore hurler Julianna Altamirano pitched a five-hitter on the windy afternoon at Piedmont Hills. She struck out 9 and didn’t stroll a batter.
Permitting no walks is nothing new for her. Altamirano has struck out 82 and walked one in 43 innings this season. Repeat, 82 strikeouts and one stroll on the season. How is that attainable?
“(She) worked hard over the summer and came back with really good command,” Porras stated.
Piedmont Hills pitcher Isabella Flores held the Acorns hitless the primary two innings. However with two out within the third they strung collectively 4 singles and a stroll to take a 3-0 lead.
Stay Oak catcher Quinn Hulber-Dana (13) and pitcher Julianna Altamirano (15) have fun their 6-1 win towards Piedmont Hills in a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Flores singled residence Alicia Valladarez, who had reached on a bunt single, to get the Pirates on the board within the backside of the inning. However that was all Altamirano gave up.
Stay Oak added single runs within the fourth, sixth and seventh. Olivia Mixco, Kayla Tulowitzki and Quinn Hulber-Dana had two hits apiece. Tulowitzki and Ava Chapman drove in a pair of runs every.
“I definitely have a lot of respect for Live Oak,” Piedmont Hills coach Vince Torres stated. “The teamwork they displayed. They didn’t make any errors, which I feel is the biggest difference. I look forward to playing them again and hopefully get a different result.”
Two years in the past Stay Oak gained the Central Coast Part Division IV championship. However after a 6-17 marketing campaign final season the group was moved down from the Mt. Hamilton to the Santa Teresa Division.
“We’re definitely going after the league title in this division and looking to go back up to the `A’ league next year,” Porras stated.
Stay Oak’s Liselle Herrera (17) heads in direction of residence to attain on an RBI single by Olivia Mixco (1) as Piedmont Hills catcher Kimora Perez (20) will get the throw within the fifth inning of a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group) 
Stay Oak’s (17) celebrates after scoring on an RBI single by Olivia Mixco (1) towards Piedmont Hills Excessive within the fifth inning of a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group) 
Piedmont Hills pitcher Isabella Flores delivers towards Stay Oak Excessive within the second inning of a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group) 
Piedmont Hills pitcher Isabella Flores (10) can’t cease successful by Stay Oak’s Olivia Mixco (1) within the second inning of a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group) 
Piedmont Hills’ Ava Martinez (4) connects a single towards Stay Oak Excessive within the fourth inning of a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group) 
Stay Oak’s Eden Svoboda (3) protects herself from the throw at residence as she scores previous Piedmont Hills catcher Kimora Perez (20) within the third inning of a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group) 
Stay Oak pitcher Julianna Altamirano delivers towards Piedmont Hills within the second inning of a softball recreation at Piedmont Hills Excessive College in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Initially Revealed: April 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM PDT
