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CIF SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP : BORON (24-0) VS. CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN (19-6).


Division VI, 4:30 p.m. at Lakewood Mayfair Park

Summary: Top-seeded Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. , led by pitcher Jennifer Jenkins, seeks its first softball title. A good omen is the fact it's the only undefeated softball team in California. However, defending division champion Cornerstone Christian is no pushover push·o·ver  
n.
1. One that is easily defeated or taken advantage of.

2. Something that is easily done or attained. See Synonyms at breeze1.
, and the Camarillo-based private school has proved itself against much stronger competition this season. The team that avoids mistakes probably will emerge in what figures to be a low-scoring affair.

Why Boron will win: Just another day for a team that has won 24 games in a row. Jenkins, who had yielded one earned run earned run
n. Baseball
A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages.

Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team
 all season before Friday's 4-3 semifinal victory over Victor Valley Christian, owns a 0.20 ERA with 192 strikeouts in 141 innings. The junior right-hander combines a snappy Snappy - Snappy Video Snapshot  fastball and pinpoint control. She's batting .473 with three home runs and 25 RBI RBI
abbr. Baseball
runs batted in

Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season"
run batted in
. Coni Nelson (.464, 32 RBI), Lisa Oates (.450) and Emily Palmquist (.442) are other top hitters.

Why Cornerstone Christian will win: The Eagles feature two of small-school softball's best sophomores in pitcher Julia Hartnell and Tiffanie Monzo. Hartnell (18-6, 0.29 ERA) has been unhittable against schools of equal size; of the 12 Division V or VI teams she has faced, only three have scored any runs. Opponents are batting .088 against her. Shortstop Monzo, daughter of coach Mike Monzo, is batting .573 with 37 stolen bases. Shannon Brown

For other people named Shannon Brown, see Shannon Brown (disambiguation).


Shannon Brown (born November 29, 1985, in Maywood, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
 is batting .458 with 32 steals.

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Date:Jun 5, 1999
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