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Winning streak comes to an end with NVC baseball losing to Mendocino

Napa Valley College is shown in a recent game. Photo by Marty James
Napa Valley College is shown in a recent game. Photo by Marty James
Posted: Mar 23, 2026

By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com

Napa Valley College had 18 hits, but the Storm saw its three-game winning streak come to an end with a 21-10 loss to host Mendocino College in a Bay Valley Conference baseball game on Saturday, March 21 in Ukiah.

It was the third and final game of a three-game series.Napa Valley (8-16 overall, 4-2 Bay Valley Conference) was charged with six errors and its pitching allowed 18 earned runs while walking 13 batters.

Mendocino scored its runs in bunches – four in the first inning, three in both the second and third innings, two in the fourth inning, four in the fifth inning, two in the sixth inning, one in the seventh inning, two in the eighth inning. Mendocino had 12 hits and 18 RBIs.

Leading the Storm:

* Nico Velasquez, 3-for-4, double, two runs scored, RBI, stolen base.

* Ryan Rice, 3-for-5, double, two runs scored, RBI.

* Myles Gray, 2-for-4, run scored.

* Ty Francis, 2-for-2.

* Hibiki Kodama, 2-for-3, two runs scored, two RBIs.

* Ryan Oliveri, 1-for-1.

* Mason Deocampo, 1-for-1, double, RBI.

* Wyatt Smith, 1-for-6, RBI.

* Devan McMinn, 1-for-3, run scored, RBI.

* Edwin Bergius, 1-for-2, two runs scored.

* Mason Bartlett, 1-for-3, RBI.

Napa Valley left nine runners on base.

The Storm scored two runs in the fourth inning, four runs in the fifth inning, two runs in the sixth inning, one in the seventh and one in the ninth inning.

Dylan Brown started for the Storm and pitched two innings.

He was followed by Jacob Lane, Alex Frank, Ryan Oliveri, Seth England and Riki Gombas.

NVC begins a three-game Bay Valley Conference series at home on Tuesday, March 24 against Laney College-Oakland at 2 p.m. at Storm Field.

* Marty James is a freelance writer who makes his home in Napa. He retired on June 4, 2019 after spending 40 years as a sports writer, sports editor and executive sports editor for the Napa Valley Register, a daily newspaper in Napa County. He is a 1979 graduate of Sacramento State and a member of the California Golf Writers & Broadcasters Association. He was inducted into the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Hall of Fame in 2016, the Vintage High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019, and the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022.