The article below originally appeared in the San Mateo Daily Journal and is being reprinted with permission.

It took them almost exactly a year to do it and unfortunately for the College of San Mateo softball team, it wouldn’t have happened at a worse time.

Back in mid May of 2011, CSM lost back-to-back games in the state tournament to end their season. And on Saturday, as the host school of the California Community College Northern California Super Regional, the Bulldogs did it again thus putting an end to a superb season of softball.

In Saturday’s first game, CSM fell in heart-breaking fashion on their nemesis, Ohlone College, 3-2. The Renegades scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh on a homerun by Lauren Ermitano to win in walk-off fashion. It was the second consecutive time Ohlone has beaten CSM. Even though the Bulldogs did beat the Renegades earlier this year to help propel them to their first outright Coast Conference title under Nicole Berg, Ohlone got the ultimate revenge.

Brittany Wright, starting pitcher for Ohlone, went the distance, allowing two runs on six hits. She walked no one and struck out 10. The Renegades had eight hits.

Perhaps more damaging than the actual loss, CSM could not shake off the disappointment in time and Sierra College took advantage, taking down and eliminating the Bulldogs from the playoffs 6-4.

The Bulldogs finish their season at 39-6 overall.