Local digest: Modesto JC soccer star Sonoma-bound

Jenna Viss, one of the stars in Modesto Junior College’s march to the women’s soccer state Final Four last fall, will continue her career at Sonoma State.

Viss was ranked sixth in the state with 22 goals, five during MJC’s NorCal playoff wins over Las Positas and San Francisco. Modesto finished 18-5-2.

Viss will join a strong Sonoma State program that went 14-3-3, won the California Collegiate Athletic Association regular-season title and reached the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament in 2015. Sonoma, ranked 24th in Division II last season, has gone 57-16-9 the last four seasons.

“Emiria (Sonoma State coach Emiria Salzmann Dunn) runs a fantastic program,” MJC coach Steve Aristotelous said. “All of her teams work hard and are winners. Jenna will be a great addition and will thrive under her tutelage. She has grown tremendously here and will continue to grow as a person and soccer player at Sonoma.”

Track and field

Roberts leads Pirates – Daniel Roberts, the MJC sophomore who won state titles in the discus, hammer throw and shot put as a freshman, swept those events Saturday as the Pirates defeated host San Joaquin Delta for the third consecutive year in the 209 Shootout.

Also victorious for MJC were Donovan Wallace in the 100, 200, long jump and triple jump and Deaven Booker in the high jump and javelin.

Baseball

Stanislaus State 10, Cal State Monterey Bay 9 in Turlock – The Warriors rallied from an 8-0 deficit after 2 1/2 innings and handed the Otters their first loss.

Reliever Nick Voumard launched the comeback by giving up only one unearned run and striking out nine in seven innings. He retired his final seven batters.

Stanislaus (7-2) countered behind Nick Molina, who went 4 for 4 with a home run, a double and five RBIs. Eric Colombini contributed a two-run homer in the comeback.

Monterey Bay (9-1) committed three errors in the eighth inning, leading to Molina’s double that drove in the tying and go-ahead runs.

West Valley 4, Modesto 3 at MJC – The Pirates allowed an unearned run in the ninth that led to their defeat.

MJC (5-5) took a 3-1 lead in the fifth on Austin Garcia’s two-run double to left-center. The Vikings (5-6) tied it in the sixth.

Softball

Stanislaus State 4-4, Cal State San Marcos 1-1 in Turlock – The Warriors (7-6, 4-4) swept a California Collegiate Athletic Association doubleheader from the Cougars (4-12, 2-6).

In the opener, Katelyn McDonald went 3 for 4 to lead Stanislaus’ 13-hit attack.

In the nightcap, Karina Callazo pitched a two-hitter in her season debut. After giving up an RBI double in the first inning, Callazo retired 19 of the next 20 batters. She struck out five and walked one.

This story was originally published February 20, 2016 at 10:25 PM with the headline "Local digest: Modesto JC soccer star Sonoma-bound."