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Softball Drops Two at Cal State Stanislaus to Open Final CCAA Weekend
4/24/2009 3:14:43 PM
Turlock, CA -- Cal State Dominguez Hills picked an inopportune time to drop two CCAA Conference games on the same day as s it fell 5-0 and 3-1 to host Cal State Stanislaus to open the final weekend of league play. Junior Katie Jordan (pictured) went 3-for-3 in the nightcap, and scored the lone Toro run of the afternoon.
Now at 35-21, 17-13 CCAA, CSUDH still earns a berth into the CCAA Tournament if the Toros win one game tomorrow as a result of Cal State Monterey Bay sweeping UC San Diego earlier this afternoon.
Although tallying just one less hit than the hosts in the opener, the Warriors turned their seven hits in to five runs while the Toros failed to muster a single notch on the scoreboard, resulting in a 5-0 win by CSUS to open up the final weekend of CCAA Conference play. Junior Jessica Marlow tallied two hits to lead the Toros in the loss.
Toro starter Regina Farfan was perfect through the first three innings, before the Warrior bats got to the league's winningest pitcher. With runners on second and third and two out in the bottom of the fourth, Jennifer Arnold delivered the clutch hit for CSUS, stinging a 1-2 pitch up the middle for the game's first two runs.
One inning later, a Britney Borba single preceded an Alyssa Guzman home run, giving the hosts a 4-0 lead and prompting a pitching change. A single, walk and two Toro errors on the same play gave CSUS its fifth and final run, all but closing the door on game one.
CSUDH looked to rally in the sixth after consecutive singles with two out, but Warrior starter Jessica Gaumnitz got Liz Vazquez to fly out to end the threat, before surviving a mini-threat in the seventh to pick up her 16th win of the year.
Farfan gave up four earned runs in 4.0 innings pitched, fanning two with no walks.
The nightcap looked promising after CSUDH took a 1-0 lead in the third, courtesy of a Katie Garcia RBI double that plated a speedy Jordan, who knocked a one-out single one batter prior.
That's where the game stood until the bottom of the sixth, when the hosts erupted for five of their eight total hits to put three runs across the board, prompting two pitching changes in the frame.
Never saying die, CSUDH had a chance to tie after placing runners on first and second with two out, the latter being Jordan's third hit of the game, but CSUS starter Gaumnitz picked up her second win of the day after inducing a fielder's choice for the final out.
The two teams conclude the regular season tomorrow afternoon at 11 am, with four teams still in contention for the final two CCAA tournament berths.
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