Vol. 47, Issue 14 (April 8, 2015)

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Left: Jerrin Hilliado, 18, sports medicine, breathes deeo and relaxes between classes with his vape.

Above: Signs around campus remind students of the new tobacco-free policy starting come the fall semester.

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Enjoy your vices, starting in the fall semester students at Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College will no longer be able us tobacco product on campus nick nenad

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Saddleback College will be unveiling some new laws for the Fall semester and one of the more interesting laws is the ban on smoking. The ban will go in effect on Aug. 17 will pertain to students, faculty, staff, administrators, visitors, vendors and the

general public attending events at any site within the college.

According to a statement sent out to college personnel from the Academic Senate, all cigarettes and/or tobacco products will be prohibited within or on all college facilities and properties.

This includes the burning of any type of cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Electronic cigarettes and chewing tobacco will

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New women’s news site offensive

The Vice media network’s new women’s news site separates males and feamles as wholly as a classic magazine ad, like the above pictured Lysol ad. The Lariat’s Emilie Christiansen speaks out.

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Emily Tatal believed that it was not enough.

“It is pretty much like we won’t have a ban than,” Tatal said. “If we are supposed to enforce it ourselves, then I think it is like we don’t have a ban.”

There are some students on the positive side of the issue as well. Martin Gonzales, 19, Business believes that the new ban is a good thing for Saddleback.

“I think it a great idea by the college,” Gonzales said. “I don’t wanna walk up to the campus and constantly smell smoke and see smoke.”

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“I think it is kind of dumb, because so many people smoke here,” Mickael Lopez, business, said. “I just really wanna know how they are gonna enforce it.”

The college will enforce the ban by asking students and other college personnel to educate people about the ban. According to a statement from the Academic Senate, if you see someone smoking on campus, kindly inform them of the policy.

When asked about the enforcement of the ban, 20 year old English major

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Former Dean of Advance Technology Gina La Monica will be filing a demand letter against the South Orange County Community District.

She was hired June 2014 and her terminated was affirmed by the Board of Trustees on November 2014.

According to the first lawsuit filed

by Dr. La Monica’s previous attorney Joshua A. Burt, she was unjustly terminated upon recommendation by the Vice President of Instruction Kathy Werle.

According to La Monica’s lawsuit she was not wanted by Saddleback College’s Vice President of Instruction to be the Advance Technology of Applied Science Dean.

In the document it reads, From day one, it became clear that Saddleback College’s Vice President of Instruction did not want Dr. La Monica as her Dean. She much preferred the predecessor acting Dean. However, The President overruled the VPI and Dr. La Monica was given the job.

From that point on, the VPI made every effort to discredit and disparage

Dr. La Monica and fabricated evidence for her termination.

La Monica was told of her termination on October 2014 and escorted out by campus police.

To this day, La Monica has not been compensated for her work at the college or been given an explanation from the college for her termination.

The Lariat contacted Kathy Werle for an interview regarding La Monica’s claims, but declined to speak directly with the Lariat.

Werle’s Executive Assistant Trish Fain, said [Werle] can’t comment on La Monica’s claim, but directed the Lariat to speak to SOCCCD’s Human Resources and Employer/Employee Relations Dr. David Bugay.

Bugay who also said he could not comment on the claim or on the person filing the claim.

Saddleback College President Todd Burnett who hired La Monica last year was asked for an interview about her termination, but declined to speak with the Lariat. Saddleback College’s Public Information Officer Jennie McCue, she said on Burnett’s behalf that he can’t talk about it.

La Monica said through a phone

interview that she plans to go all the way with her claim and hold those responsible for her wrongful termination.

“They did unethical things to me,” said La Monica. “Everyone is scared to talk about what happened to me.

They are afraid of retaliation from the college.”

La Monica’s current attorney Gregory B. Wilbur of Anticouni & Associates said through a phone interview to the Lariat that at the time of her hiring La Monica had 20 more months left on her contract and college didn’t live up to her contract.

He said that he doesn’t also doesn’t understand why the college would have campus security escort La Monica off from campus. He says there was no justification or reason for it, but it only served to humiliate her.

La Monica told the Lariat that she was very sad and disappointed for terminations.

“This has been very sad, I thought the campus was beautiful, the deans are great, there are some great students there too.” asantos.lariat@gmail.com

cigarettes, but disagreed with the ban on electronic cigarettes or what they are commonly refereed to, “E-cigs.”

“I don’t mind the ban on cigarettes, but I think E-cigs are harmless and that shouldn’t be banned,” Justin Dacko, 19, Business said.

Starting April 6, there will flyers throughout campus notifying people of the new policy.

The college will be updating and increasing information on the ban as the beginning of the Fall semester approaches.

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Triathlon for cash jonathan anson opinion Editor

The 12th Annual Math, Science & Engineering Academic Triathlon was held last Friday in Math and Sciences Building, Room 104.

Students enrolled at Saddleback College were invited to come answer a set of approximately 250 questions.

Students who didn’t major in science and/or math could take the test.

A total of $2,800 in scholarship money was offered. This amount would be given in varying amounts to students who reached specific award levels. For reasons of fairness, students who have won previous triathlons at the $400 award level were not allowed to compete again.

Beginning at 2 p.m., students were given until 5 p.m. to complete the test with biology instructor Dr. Jane Horlings moderating.

The winners of the test have yet to be announced. janson.lariat@gmail.com

S-STEM scholarship program now accepting applications jonathan anson opinion Editor

The Saddleback College S-STEM Scholars program is now accepting applications from students. Saddleback’s program is designed to help financially challenged students enrolled in STEM approved courses.

STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education, according to the California STEM Learning Network. The website defines the program as “an interdisciplinary and applied approach that is coupled with hands-on, problem-based learning.” STEM concentrates on these academic areas because “the skills and knowledge in each discipline are essential for student success” and “these fields are deeply intertwined in the real world and in how

students learn most effectively.”

This aid is in the form of scholarships to help students pursing an associate degree or transferring to a university for a bachelor of science degree.

This year the program will be awarding 14 to 20 scholarships worth over $9,000 each.

To qualify, students must be American citizens, have at least a 2.8 GPA, be enrolled full time and show demonstrate a valid financial need.

Students must submit applications online with additional materials turned into the Math, Science and Engineering Division office. Applications are due by April 10, 2015 at 4 p.m. after which the selection process will begin.

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S-STEM: A student competes in a STEM competition, hosted by the U.S. Navy. STEM encourages innovation and student success in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Freedom or discrimination in Indiana

Indiana law spurs conflict between religious freedoms and LGBT rights NIKO LABARBERA OPINION Editor

Indiana grabbed national news headlines two weeks ago due to the controversial new Religious Freedom Restoration Act that Gov. Mike Pence signed into law.

The law has been the center of attention as bands like Wilco, former NBA greats like Charles Barkley, politicians and numerous other icons have began publicly voicing their opinions about the new law.

Hilary Clinton posted a tweet criticizing Indiana’s religious freedom act while Texas Congressman Ted Cruz defended it while speaking in Iowa last Wednesday.

The law itself is being used as a platform to argue between two groups: those who feel their religious dignity and liberty are being threatened by lesbians, gays, bisexuals and the transgendered and those who identify themselves as LGBT along with their supporters.

The truth is this entire controversy is backwards. The idea that the LGBT community is threatening Christian values couldn’t be any more absurd. But this remains a shared belief among many conservative minded people.

Why is it that some people of faith are so willing to condemn homosexuality as a sin but continue to participate

and believe in the doctrines of many organized religious institutions that systemically manufacture and protect child molesters and pedophiles?

We may never know, but Gov. Pence reaffirmed this position when he signed the bill into law two weeks ago.

“Many people of faith feel their religious liberty is under attack by government actions,” said Pence as he announced the passing of the new law in a televised speech.

The reality is religion isn’t under attack in the United States especially from government actions. When you really begin to break down the argument it becomes easy to see the contradictions those who stand by this position hold.

It is those of faith and organized religion who go door to door soliciting homeowners to convert them to their belief system or donate to their tax exempt cause, not people who identify themselves as LGBT. Similarly, it is also people of faith who have publicly demonized and criticized those who identify themselves as LGBT, not the other way around.

Conservative politicians and religious icons such as former Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann or Christian evangelist Franklin Graham have gone out of their way to demonize anyone who identify themselves as gay or lesbian. Bachmann even went so far as to say gays are working on “abolishing consent laws” which will promote “adults to freely prey on little children sexually” last year on the radio talk show Faith and Liberty.

These types of hateful and small-minded perspectives clearly rep-

resent a shared fear some people of religion have, but they don’t justify them.

These fears shouldn’t act as the framework to discriminate. Luckily they won’t because, after continuous pressure, Gov. Pence has amended the bill to include protections for individuals based on their sexual orientation.

Although provisions have been made to the law, controversy still exists in Indiana and around the issue of gay rights and religion.

Many conservatives still feel their religious ideologies are threatened while other members of society feel the law still doesn’t include enough protections.

The law is not what is important if you ask me but the growing consciousness among millions of Americans who feel strongly about their religion or their sexual orientation is.

Indiana’s religious freedom law acted as a way for both groups to voice their opinion. Democracy works best when all sides of an argument are able to openly express their beliefs and this is exactly what happened in Indiana.

Some people will discriminate whether the law is in place or not, but what is important is that the collective actions by both sides influenced change, and this is what we strive for in a democracy. Whether the law is flawed or flawless, the most important thing is that Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act has inspired people to stand up for what they believe in, voicing their opinions, and participating in our democratic system.

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“I don’t think companies should be able to discriminate like that.”

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Vice’s separate but equal news reporting

Vice’s new female driven site assumes the worst of its male and female readers Emilie christensen Editor-in-chief

In today’s social climate, a news organization’s public image could suffer devastating damage from the slightest hint of scandal. This is especially so when an organization’s internal policies seem to contradict the views they publicly support, inciting the criticism of natural opponents as well as leaving loyal subscribers and supporters feeling spurned and disappointed. Unfortunately, my admiration of Vice, a media organization I have been enamored with and respected since high school, has suffered such blows of confidence.

The most recent came at the announcement of their new website ‘Broadly’ that will cover stories specifically for women, ranging from politics, sex, fashion and culture.

Sounds harmless, but the issue at hand is whether or not it is dangerous, offensive, and ill conceived to separate newsworthy content based on whether your reader is packing a pair of ovaries.

One of the reasons I have appreciated Vice in the past has been their no bull, honest, immersive and often offbeat approach to telling original stories most mainstream organizations would shy away from. It’s well known that the organization, which includes a print magazine and a broad range of online content, is largely male focused. Yes, occasionally I’ve wondered if there could be fewer penis related articles, but I take it for what it is. Regardless of whether I’m reading a story about a genocide tribunal, a new governmtatal policy, a new beer fad or a protest in

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unchanged: Vice’s decision to separate content for male and female read-

ers is reminiscent of the gender distinctions made in this 1950s Lysol ad. some suburb, the stories are witty, intelligent, informative and interesting.

I don’t know how that opinion would change reader to reader based on gender alone.

What I struggle with is that by creating a “for women” section, it implies that the main site is for men. Publisher for the launch of Broadly, Shannon Kelly, has defended the new site in recent interviews by saying that in the face of modern female websites that are purely reactionary to male news, Broadly stories will be original and of equal content and quality to the Vice

not see that this will reinforce views that a woman couldn’t possibly digest news the same way a man can, regardless of formatting, and that men are so obviously disinterested in news that features a woman or a strong female perspective?

Vice readers who learned about the new female oriented site reiterated these fears.

“For one, I feel like they’d just be featuring things on this women’s site that appeal to stereotypical feminine interests, not what women actually want and are capable of reading,” 19year old psychology major Danielle Gamboa said. “The whole concept of gender is just a physical distinction.

Obviously there are women out there with masculine interests and vice versa. Separating our gender interests is just perpetuating gender inequality” Some Saddleback students defend the organization’s move, defending it as a business effort rather than a statement on gender equality.

“I don’t necessarily think that they should separate the news, but I agree with the business principle to incorporate more female driven aspects into their articles,” Brion Denney, a 19-year-old political science major at Saddleback said. “I don’t know that they could have done it in any way that wouldn’t have created scandal. If they are going to make a distinction though, they should definitely include the content from [Broadly] into their main site as well.”

Vice is a business, and it is their prerogative to format their content on a business model that works for them, but as arbiters of the news, shouldn’t they hold themselves to a higher moral and ethical standard that considers the negative effects and stereotypes perpetuated by their website?

main site. But if stories on Broadly are equally important, well written, newsworthy, and aren’t simply pandering to feminine stereotypes with makeup tips, tampon ads, why aren’t they worthy of being on the Vice main site rather than a separate entity.

This either assumes that women won’t be interested in Vice’s other, non-female-oriented news, or that stories, because they are female oriented, aren’t interesting or important enough to entice male readers. It’s not that I think Vice intentionally wants to emphasize gender bias. But how can they echristensen@gmail.com

Life

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Taking Jesus out of Easter

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Former Saddleback student reflects on the holiday as an atheist and nonbeliever in any religious doctrine amarah eden editor-in-chief

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ll over world last Sunday, different types of Christians celebrated their most important holiday— the resurrection of Christ.

But does one need to hold religious faith to celebrate the message of renewal, optimism or redemption?

Couldn’t an atheist, perhaps, incorporate this universal idea into their Easter Sunday without holding strong biblical convictions?

Bridget Cuevas, 24, transferred to the University of California Berkeley from Saddleback College this spring. She is currently studying art and is ap-

plying her former art studies at Saddleback to her newly-found interests at Berkeley.

During a Q&A on the subject of Easter, she reflected on what the holiday means to her, regardless of her absent faith in Christianity.

While Cuevas may believe in Jesus as much as she does in the Easter bunny, she does reminisce on her childhood pastimes.

To her, Easter and other religious holidays, don’t represent Christianity as much family traditions and unity.

Her secular sentiment isn’t loathsome of religion, but highlights the good that has come from commercialized holidays.

What did you do on Easter Sunday?

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I spent this Sunday collecting footage for a video assignment I’ve been working on. Afterwards, I went to work for eight hours. It was a nightmare, but time in a half isn’t. Now, breaching midnight, I’m working on a presentation for a installation due in three days.If I didn’t have work, I would have spent the day filming and

working on homework.

Do you have any emotional ties to the holiday?

Not particularly. If anything it evokes a longing to be home, to see my family, and enjoy their company and time.

What do you think the holiday represents in today’s society?

Well, for those who celebrate

the holiday; the resurrection of Christ. Otherwise, perhaps for those not as faithfully intertwined it may simply represent a holiday that involves, family, friends, food, chocolate, photos with a costumed rabbit, jellybeans, loads of painted eggs, looking for the egg with the best treasure inside, and pastel colored clothing.

Do you think that the alleged resurrection of an alleged prophet from 3000 years ago has relevance to the nature of this time?

Resurrection will remain relevant as the spring season envelopes a time of rebirth and growth. amarah.apple@gmail.com

Cafeteria nutrition info unavailable to public According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, school cafeterias are covered by the “final rule” which states that calorie and other nutrition labeling is to be required for standard menu items offered, only if certain criteria are met.

First, the establishment must be a retail food establishment, be part of a chain of 20 or more locations, be doing business under the same name, and offering substantially the same menu items.

Curious about this information, the Lariat was able to contact DJ Sanchez, the manager of a very popular Southern Orange County restaurant, Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ in Lake Forest.

Consumers who want to learn more about what they’re eating may be disappointed Ian Duly

contributor

The mystery surrounding Saddleback College’s cafeteria food has been an ongoing question for a long time on campus.

In October of 2013 the Lariat took on the project of trying to acquire information about the cafeteria’s management, as well as the nutritional values of the food itself, however it was not provided with efficient information that would suggest making the nutritional value of the food items easily accessible to students.

At the time, the Lariat openly stated in the article its frustration with both the cafeteria and the Student Health Center for not being able to provide them with any nutritional information even after weeks of aggressively pursuing the topic.

In the end, the article stated that the only thing the Lariat was provided with was a nutritional value chart that was part of a proposal from S&B Foods, the company that was in charge of overseeing the cafeteria, when they bid Saddleback for services in 2012.

The chart was extremely unhelpful as it only provided information about a select few items with questionable accuracy.

Also, the owner of S&B Foods told the Lariat in 2013 that although he had provided food to fourteen different colleges he had never once been asked to provide nutritional information before.

He also told the Lariat he was capable of calculating nutritional information for his products and that he would make that information available to the Lariat Staff and for Saddleback as well.

This brings the issue to the present, and unfortunately, the mystery still has not been solved.

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ON THE MENU: By late Monday afternoon, the only choic-

es included hot dogs, corn dogs and chicken nuggets.

If students wish to know what they are putting in their stomachs, it seems the college’s cafeteria should be on their list of places to avoid when considering where to eat.

If a student were to currently ask a staff member at the cafeteria to provide any nutritional value about the food served there, he or she would still be given the response that none could be provided to them.

The cafeteria itself, aside from the staff, still shows no clear indication that any changes have been made either.

The food is still being packaged mostly in clear, non-labeled containers that give nothing away besides the small printed lettering on top stating simply what the meal is.

Not even the ingredients are to be found, less likely any information about the nutritional value of the contents.

After visiting the Associated Student Government, who couldn’t divulge any information, the Lariat was redirected to Student Development, which could only provide the information that the cafeteria is a pri-

vately run entity and to contact the Grants and Contracts manager Roxanne Metz.

Before stating she would be out of the office for the entire next week, she gave the small piece of information that S&B Foods still operates the cafeteria.

After trying vigorously to get in contact with multiple individuals in supervising positions over operations of the school cafeteria and the food it serves through both calls and emails, the Lariat was able to gain no new information and came to the conclusion that no new nutritional charts had been produced since the initial article and nothing has changed within the cafeteria itself.

“I don’t look forward to having to eat in the school cafeteria because it doesn’t make me feel like I’m eating well,” said Vincenzo Liberatore, a music major music, 20. “It would help a lot to have nutritional facts about what we’re eating and be provided with more nutritionally dominant food.”

Students have a right to know what they are eating, the nutritional value of the food and if it is healthy to be consuming.

However, it seems this opportunity is being vastly overlooked due to its inability to ensure students what is is they are actually eating.

“The cafeteria is so convenient but with places like Nekter close by, it’s just as convenient and way healthier to eat there,” Alex Themm, liberal arts, 19, said.

Not even the ingredients are to be found, less likely any information about the nutritional value of the contents.

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uncertainty: Students on campus want to know what

is in their food, where it is from and if it is healthy to eat.

“We follow the same guidelines, even restaurants like ours aren’t required to provide guests with nutritional information,” Sanchez said. “That information will only need to be provided once we open our 21st store in the upcoming future.”

Restaurants aside, it does not seem likely that cafeterias will be able to meet these same requirements listed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and that gaining nutritional information will be a rare luxury provided to students only if the businesses running the cafeteria wish to divulge that information. iduly21@live.com

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IVC pummels two opponents IVC gets their first conference win of the year after defeating Santa Ana and Rio Hondo Aaron mitzlaff news editor

Irvine Valley College’s sand volleyball team began their conference schedule Friday hosting Santa Ana College and Rio Hondo College. The Lasers dominated both their opponents defeating each team 5-0 and starting the month of March with a 2-0 record.

IVC has a 6-4 overall record on the season. All four of their losses came from division one colleges; Florida State University, Long Beach State, University of Arizona and Cal State Bakersfield.

The Lasers top team consisting of sophomore Marisa Doran and sophomore Kobi Pekich made it look easy when they dominated their first match of the day against Rio Hondo.

“It was all my partner ,she was doing everything, she makes it easy out there,” Pekich said.

The Lasers second match of the day was against Santa Ana and it was their first conference match of the year as well. Each of IVC’s teams defeated their opponents and they did it in

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HOT START: Sophomore Kobi Pekich (middle, #12) jumps to attempt to spike the ball past a defender as sophomore Marisa Doran (lower right, #22) looks on. The Lasers defeated both Rio Hondo College and Santa Ana College, 5-0 Friday and started their conference season, 1-0. IVC is the defending Orange Empire Conference champion and California Community College Athletic Association state champion.

commanding fashion.

The Lasers number one team of Doran and Pekich won 21-10 and 21-9. The number two team of sophomore Annie Mitchem and freshman Emily Reinking beat their opponents 21-14 and 21-5.

The number three team consisting of freshman

Hailee Earnest and Hannah Matt, won their matches 21-10 and 21-11. The number four team of sophomore Samantha Holdredge and freshman Kayla Scheevel came out on top 21-10 and 21-16. Finally the number five team of sophomore Shaelyn Perez and freshman Taylor Askins won

their matches 21-9 and 21-2.

This gave the Lasers a 5-0 win and a 1-0 record in the conference.

The Lasers will likely be the target of most teams in the Orange Empire Conference since they are the defending conference champions and state champions.

“We won state last year,

so we have a target on our backs,” Pekich said.

The next five matches are very important as they prepare for the OEC Championships at the end of the month, and the California Community College Athletic Association team/individual Championships in May.

The Lasers will be looking for their second conference win of the season when they travel to Huntington Beach’s Newland Street sand courts to play Orange Coast College on Friday at 12 p.m. amitzlaff.lariat@gmail.com

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The Gauchos win the Easter Classic tournament after defeating Knights, 5-2 on Friday Nick Nenad

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The Saddleback College Gauchos baseball team improved their record to 18-10 after sweeping through the Easter Classic last week.

The Gauchos defeated Reedley College, Sequoias College, and Bakersfield College en route to their tournament victory. Saddleback also averaged nearly 12 runs per game in the three games.

The Gauchos started off the tournament with a statement by defeating Reedley, 13-7.

Sophomore Alex King led the Gauchos in hitting by going 4-4 with a home run, a double, two singles, two stolen bases, and six RBIs.

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led the entire game after three runs in the first four innings. Freshman Eric Neeley started the game pitching, but only went four and a third innings, giving up two runs. Sophomore Trevor Charpie came in relief of Neeley, notching his third save of the season and allowing zero earned runs.

Freshman Jack Kaloogian led the charge hitting, driving in three runs and getting three hits in the victory.

The Gauchos will return to conference play for the rest of the season. Their remaining games will be extremely important because they are fighting for the playoffs.

Saddleback is currently in seventh place in the Orange Empire Conference and have a 5-8 record in conference play.

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Freshman Domnique Key was the starting pitcher and he got the win despite allowing five earned runs and nine hits. Sophomore Brett Barker closed the game out and got his first save of the season.

In the second game of the tournament the Gauchos played even better. Saddleback obliterated Sequoias, 17-3, which were the most runs scored in a game this season. Barker led the Gauchos this time going 4-5 with a home run, a double, two singles and a sacrifice fly. He also drove in seven runs. Saddleback had a great pitching performance from freshman Cameron Aufderheide, who pitched seven innings and only allowed three earned runs.

In the championship game, Saddleback faced off against Bakersfield College. The Gauchos conquered the Knights with a score of 5-2. Saddleback

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