ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – Vanessa Truan (San Jose, California, Leland) tossed a complete game shutout as the San Francisco State softball team defeated Sonoma State, 1-0, in the second game of a California Collegiate Athletic Association doubleheader on Friday at Seawolf Diamond in Rohnert Park, Calif. With the win, the Gators (30-23, 12-18 CCAA) earned a split on the day after the Seawolves (32-20, 16-13 CCAA) registered a 3-1 triumph in game one.
Truan (7-6) recorded her sixth complete game and second blanking of the season, offsetting six walks with six strikeouts while giving up just two hits en route to the victory. Conversely, SSU starter Brittany Reynolds (6-8) was tagged with the defeat after allowing one run on three hits and one walk in four innings of work.
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Game one, meanwhile, was scoreless until the bottom of the third as the Seawolves' Ashley Britton and Janelle Arnold led off with consecutive singles. Then after a double steal, Kayla Ledford laid down a squeeze bunt to score Britton, while Arnold crossed the plate on Nicole Cordova's single to left field.
SSU extended its lead to 3-0 in the fourth when Britton's RBI single plated Nikki Jaime, who entered as a pinch runner after Lindsay Emmel reached on an error.
The Gators finally broke through with a run in the top of sixth as Alyssa Esquibel (San Jose, California, Archbishop Mitty) knocked in Lauren Candia (San Francisco, California, University of San Francisco), who came in to pinch run after Kelsey Wood's (San Jose, California, Lynbrook) one-out double to left.
Seawolves starter Lindsay Emmel (15-9) went the distance, limiting SF State to four hits while striking out 10 batters and walking one. Ashley Jackson (Vallejo, California, St. Patrick-St. Vincent) (16-10), meanwhile, absorbed the loss after giving up three runs on eight hits and two walks.
Kelsey Wood hit two doubles, raising her career total to 18, which is now tied for 11th on SF State's all-time list. McDonald also notched her first-ever triple for the Gators in the fifth inning.
The Gators will wrap up their regular-season schedule on Saturday with another twin bill at Sonoma State beginning at noon.
Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
