ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE SCORES SOFTBALL STANDOUT.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News Emerging Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, softball power Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. pulled off a major recruiting coup, landing former Saugus High pitching standout Ashley Arnett. Arnett, who transferred from Div. I Seton Hall (South Orange, N.J.), is the first high-profile Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. athlete in any sport to transfer to AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C . Arnett, a polished pitcher with a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. screwball screw·ball n. 1. Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. 2. Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person. adj. and changeup, will team up with Junior College All-American Nickie Perez, giving AVC an exceptionally formidable pitching tandem. Arnett was Seton Hall's No. 2 pitcher, going 8-6 with a 2.93 ERA. ``To have two pitchers of that caliber is really rare,'' AVC coach Cindy Vargas said. ``Both of those pitchers give us a chance to win on any given day.'' Perez, a power pitcher, was 27-4 with a 0.78 ERA with 279 strikeouts in 205 1/3 innings. ``(Perez) is actually happy about it because she doesn't have to pitch every day now,'' Vargas said. ``It'll be great when we have doubleheaders.'' Arnett said she left Seton Hall because she wanted to return to the West Coast, and hopes to parlay her sophomore year at AVC into a scholarship offer at a Div. I program in Southern California. Arnett said former travel-ball teammates Bridgett and Breanna Morales (twin sisters), who transferred to AVC too, influenced her decision to come to the Antelope Valley. ``A big factor wanting to play with them,'' Arnett said. ``They showed me a lot of highlights of wanting to play there. What attracted me the most was how much support everyone gives us. ``That was a big factor.'' Both Morales sisters played on Highland High of Palmdale's 2004 Golden League championship team and are freshmen in terms of eligibility. Bridgett Morales, a catcher/third baseman, red-shirted her freshman year at Div. II Notre Dame De Namur of Belmont (near San Francisco), and outfielder/first baseman Breanna Morales comes to AVC from Santa Monica College Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately , where she played volleyball. gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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