Baseball

The Hornets hosted Golden West College on Saturday and let one get away losing 5-4 after leading the Rustlers throughout most of the game. Leading 4-1 through the first five innings, Golden West chipped away in the sixth scoring two runs. In the seventh, the Hornets lost control of the lead when GWC dropped two more runs. Fullerton was not able to convert offensively and lost their fourth Orange Empire Conference game. Up Next: The Hornets (16-7, 6-4) will travel to Golden West for the final game of their tied three-game series on March 24 at 2 p.m. 

Softball

Women's Track & Field

The Hornets took a trip to Antelope Valley College on Friday for a ten team invitational. In the throws, Michelle Okoroike put up a big number in the discus with a 114' 2" throw and first time with the javelin 81' 9" was good enough for second place. Her shot put was a small improvement of 31' 8". Amber Hernandez finally threw over the 100 foot mark just inching over for 100' 1".  "I knew I was going to throw over that line today", claimed Hernandez. Teammates Salena Torres and Marrisa Myers threw their best in the same event with 94' 7" and 92' 5" respectively. On the track, the Hornet runners were equally exciting with improvements.  The 400 meter relay chipped one second off from their previous time and ran 51.61 from Fanny Giron, Samantha Duong, Jasmine Williams and Jessica Cadman.  Fanny Giron is now ranked in the top five for SoCal performances in the 400 meter running 58.22. Duong and Mendoza took three to four seconds off their 400M hurdle race. Duong is leading the conference now with 1:04.14 and Williams is now in the top six slot with her 1:09.68 performance. Mendoza made a small dent in her 100M hurdle event with a 17.42 PR. Up Next: The OEC Cluster Meet against Riverside and Santa Ana at Orange Coast College at noon.

Men's Track & Field

Fullerton traveled up to Antelope Valley College and came back to the FC campus with a few more automatic Orange Empire Conference qualifiers along with a bevy personal records. Braxton Word and Cameron Burks both made it official qualifying in each and every event they have participated in this year. Word stepped into the shot put ring only needing a throw of 10.61m to qualify for the OEC Championship throwing a PR of 12.12. Burks on the other hand, had already qualified for the long jump a few weeks ago, this week, he triple jumped 12.45m and high jump 1.75 to qualify for those to events making it a trifecta in the jumps when it comes to competing at the Orange Empire Conference. Also making the marks in the jumps this week was Zed McGee. While his jump of 11.47, squeaked by the OEC qualifier by .07, his high jump was the 2nd best jump of the day with a strong 1.85m. Carlos Luna, in the shot put, had a toss of 11.12. Matt Donaldson celebrating his birthday on Friday, made it a great day, by competing in his first college track meet and qualifying for the OEC in the 110 high hurdles. While the 42 inch hurdles, gave him a little trouble in the middle of the race, he was able to hold on and finish in 18.94 to qualify him for the OEC championship. The following athletes won their heats during the invitational: Brendan Bartunek 100m 11.68 and Adrian Williams 400m 53.89 (although he split 48.50 later in the day, 4x400m). Up Next: The OEC Cluster Meet against Riverside and Santa Ana at Orange Coast College at noon.

Swim & Dive

The Hornets won nine out of 34 events at the College of San Mateo Invitational this past Friday. There were eight teams in the meet with Fullerton being the only one from Southern California. (CCSF, CSM, De Anza, Foothill, Las Positas, Modesto, and Solano). Highlights: Triple Winner Gabi Garcia - 50, 100, 200 Freestyle. Double Winner: Joe Babbitt -400Im, 200 IM. Single winners: Jill Peart, Alex Fronek, Women's 200 Free Relay, Womens 800 Free Relay. Kyle Graves - 3rd, 200 Breaststroke, 5th, 100 Freestyle, 4th, 100 Breaststroke, Erika McFeggan - 4th, 100 Backstroke, 7th, 200 IM, 3rd, 50 freestyle. Up Next: The Hornets will compete at Golden West College vs. the Rustlers and Cypress College on March 27 at 1 p.m.