The No. 7-ranked Pima College softball team clinched the ACCAC Division II conference championship with a win in the final game of the regular season Saturday.
After losing 13-11 in the first game of a doubleheader against host Phoenix CC, the Aztecs came back to beat the No. 16 Bears 11-7 in the nightcap to earn the No. 1 seed at the region tournament.
Pima (44-7, 36-6) will host regional play this week for the first time since 2010.
Soleil Ponce had six total hits on Saturday, May 2, 2026, as the Pima College softball team split a doubleheader at Phoenix College — clinching the conference title with a victory in the nightcap.
Pima broke open a 5-5 game with six runs in the top of the seventh inning in the clinching win. Soleil Ponce went 6 for 9 on the day with four RBIs. Angelina Dehler was 4 for 7 and drove in five runs.
Pima will host No. 4 Scottsdale CC at 2 p.m. Thursday in a Region I, Division II Tournament game. No. 2 South Mountain CC will battle No. 3 Phoenix at 11 a.m. that day. The region tournament will be double-elimination.
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