2026 Baseball News
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Alumni Report: Snitko has solid season for Chico State baseball
May 28, 2026Former Irvine Valley standout first baseman Jackson Snitko had a solid season at Chico State. The two-year starter at IVC batted .292 on the year and helped the Wildcats to a record of 26-24. He is playing summer ball in Illinois. -
Baseball team finishes the regular season with tough loss
April 24, 2026Irvine Valley battles, but falls to Saddleback, 5-4, in 12 innings on Friday in the final game of the 2026 regular season. IVC sees its regular season end with a record of 18-22 overall and 3-18 in the Orange Empire Conference.
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Baseball team drops second game of series with Saddleback
April 23, 2026Irvine Valley finishes with 10 hits, but Saddleback races out to a 5-0 lead through the first two innings and holds on for a 5-2 victory. Christian Viggiano throws 7.1 scoreless innings of relief for the Lasers. IVC is at Saddleback Friday.
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Baseball team loses final two games of series to Rustlers
April 10, 2026Irvine Valley gives up runs late and loses to Golden West, 9-2, on the road in the second game of the Orange Empire Conference series Thursday. IVC and GWC have split the first two games and play again Friday at IVC.
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Baseball team rallies in the eighth, beats Golden West
April 07, 2026Irvine Valley scores five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and comes back to beat Golden West, 15-11, in the opening game of a three-game series at home Tuesday. Lucas Scott had three hits and four RBI to lead IVC.
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Baseball wins final game of series with top pitching, timely hits
April 03, 2026Irvine Valley defeats Fullerton, 5-3, in the final game of the three-game Orange Empire Conference set. IVC picks up its second win in OEC play and moves its record to 17-14 overall. Luke Acuna earns the win on the mound for IVC.
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Baseball team falls at Fullerton in second game of series
April 02, 2026Irvine Valley jumps out to a 4-0 lead early and later ties the game at 7-7 in the top of the seventh inning, but Fullerton scores five runs in the bottom of the seventh and earns a 12-7 win. The two teams play again Friday at IVC.
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Fullerton wins opener of conference series at Irvine Valley
March 31, 2026Irvine Valley allows five runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth inning and falls to Fullerton, 12-4, on Tuesday afternoon at home. The Lasers are at Fullerton on Thursday at 2 p.m. and then host the Hornets on Friday at 1 p.m.
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Former IVC baseball player Colin Rhee joins the OC Riptide
March 27, 2026Former Beckman High and Irvine Valley pitcher Valley pitcher Colin Rhee, playing at UC San Diego, is now part of the OC Ripide squad for 2026. As a freshman at IVC in 2024, he was among the conference leaders in strikeouts.
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Baseball team loses in extra innings Thursday at Orange Coast
March 26, 2026Irvine Valley falls, 6-5, in a heartbreaker in extra innings, going 12 on Thursday in its second game of a three-game Orange Empire Conference series with Orange Coast. The two teams will play again Saturday IVC at 12 p.m.
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Baseball team takes third in a row, captures first OEC victory
March 24, 2026Irvine Valley played a solid game Tuesday at home and earned its first conference victory of the year, defeating Orange Coast, 11-8. Brandon Abernathy was the player of the game with four hits, a home run and four RBI.
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Baseball standout Jake Amundson commits to D1 San Francisco
March 23, 2026Irvine Valley do everything on the field standout Jake Amundson, out of Woodbridge High in Irvine, has committed to Division I University of San Francisco in the West Coast Conference. He has started for two straight years at IVC.
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Baseball team takes second straight against Los Angeles Harbor
March 19, 2026Irvine Valley wins its 15th game of the year and closes out a home series with LA Harbor Harbor with its second victory in a row. The star of the game for was left-handed pitcher Jackson Chastain, who threw a complete game.
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Walk-off walk and baseball team beats Harbor in extra innings
March 17, 2026Irvine Valley sophomore Sam Tucci earned a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Lasers escaped with a 5-4 win over Los Angeles Harbor Tuesday at home. The two teams play again on Wednesday at IVC.
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Baseball team battles, falls in extra innings at Riverside
March 13, 2026Irvine Valley and Riverside competed for 10 tough innings Thursday in the second game of an Orange Empire Conference series. The game was tied, 1-1, heading into extras and RCC pushed a run across in the 10th for the win.
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Baseball team loses series opener to Riverside at home
March 10, 2026Irvine Valley jumps out to a 9-4 lead, but Riverside scores the final 12 runs in the game to earn a 16-9 victory in an Orange Empire Conference game at IVC on Tuesday afternoon. The two teams play again at Riverside on Thursday.
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Baseball team's rally falls short in conference game at Cypress
March 03, 2026Irvine Valley finds itself in a hole, down, 5-2, after four innings in the Orange Empire Conference opener at Cypress on Tuesday. The Lasers score a run in the sixth and one more in the ninth, but the Chargers hold on, 5-4.
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Irvine Valley baseball team loses lead late to LA Mission
March 01, 2026Baseball team has its chances, but LA Mission scores two runs in the top of the fifth inning and four more in the seventh and holds on for an 8-6 win Saturday at IVC. The Lasers start conference with a game at Cypress Tuesday.
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Baseball team rallies, wins in ninth at LA Valley for 13th victory
February 26, 2026Irvine Valley was down to its final outs, but found a way and scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning and two more in the ninth to come from behind and earn a 5-3 win at LA Valley on Thursday. IVC's record now sits at 13-3.
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Baseball team bounces back with solid win over LA Valley
February 24, 2026Irvine Valley dropped just its third game of the season last Friday, but answers with an 8-1 victory over LA Valley at home Tuesday afternoon. The win improved IVC's record to 12-3 overall. The Lasers play at LA Valley Thursday.
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Baseball team comes up short against Canyons on the road
February 20, 2026Irvine Valley loses, 14-5, at Canyons on Friday afternoon and sees its record go to 11-3 overall. Jake Amundson, Shane Flynn and Brandon Abernathy each hit home runs for the Lasers. IVC hosts LA Valley next Tuesday at 1 p.m.
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Baseball bounces back with 7-4 win over Grossmont Wednesday
February 18, 2026After a tough loss a day earlier, Irvine Valley scores four runs in the bottom of the seventh and defeats Grossmont, 7-4. Mason Gerhardt and Lucas Scott each contribute two RBI and Andres Hernandez earns the win.
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Baseball drops game late vs. Grossmont, at it again Wednesday
February 17, 2026Irvine Valley takes a 8-6 lead in the sixth inning on a three-run double by Sam Tucci and an RBI single by Shane Flynn. But Grossmont answers with three runs in the top of the ninth inning to pull off a 9-8 win over the Lasers.
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IVC baseball team takes another step up in the state rankings
February 16, 2026Irvine Valley continues to play great baseball and jumped to No. 8 in the latest California Community College Baseball Coaches Association state rankings. The Lasers (10-1 on the year) have a scheduled home game Tuesday.
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Baseball team battles, but loses at home to San Diego Mesa
February 14, 2026Irvine Valley dropped its first game of the season, falling to San Diego Mesa, 4-2, at home on Saturday. The Lasers had their chances and will be back at it. Weather permitting, IVC is scheduled to host Grossmont on Tuesday.
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Baseball team pulls off 3-2 victory in extras at San Diego Mesa
February 13, 2026Irvine Valley goes on the road and in one of its closest games of the season so far defeats San Diego Mesa, 3-2, to stay undefeated and improve its record to 10-0 overall. The Lasers host the Olympians on Saturday at noon.
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Baseball team stays unbeaten, bolts to No. 12 in state rankings
February 10, 2026Irvine Valley jumps up 17 spots in the latest California Community College Baseball Coaches Association Top 30 Poll that was released Monday. The Lasers have a record of 8-0 overall heading into today's home game with Ventura.
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Baseball team is at it again, scores 20 in win on a Saturday
February 07, 2026Irvine Valley captures its eight straight win to start the 2026 season. The Lasers explode for 11 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and defeat Cerro Coso, 20-2, on Saturday at home. IVC gets solid production throughout the lineup.
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Baseball team continues to roll, defeats Cerro Coso by seven
February 06, 2026Irvine Valley stayed unbeaten on the 2026 season with another big offensive showing in a 14-7 victory over Cerro Coso on Friday afternoon at home. It was the third time this year that the Lasers have scored in double digits.
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Baseball team takes two games in a row from Long Beach City
January 26, 2026After shutting out Long Beach City, 6-0, on the road in its 2026 opener on Friday, Irvine Valley plays its first game at home on Saturday and defeats the Vikings, 7-3. IVC is back at it again on Tuesday at West Los Angeles at 1 p.m.
