Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 San Francisco – The SF State softball team said their goodbyes to two senior student-athletes, as Kylie Grabowski and Kelsey Murakami played their final games on Saturday afternoon at the SF State Softball Field.  Unfortunately, Sonoma State played the role of spoilers, taking both halves of the doubleheader winning game one 8-0 (5) before taking the nightcap 6-0 to split the four-game CCAA series at two apiece.

"Losing Kylie (Grabowski) and Kelsey (Murakami), having two four year starters is always tough," said head coach Cristina Byrne.  "I enjoyed the two of them as people, I'm very proud of who they are as people.  I think that's a big thing for me, the word pride and being proud of someone is a big deal.  I'm very proud to have both of them associated with this program.  When they go on and move on with their lives I'm happy to say that they were Gators, and I'm going to miss them.  It's going to be weird to look out next year and not see Kelsey at second base after four years of being there and not see Kylie behind the plate and just being able to enjoy Kylie.  She was in my van the last couple of years and she sate right behind me and I really got to know her as a person and that really meant a lot.  It's going to be tough without them but I appreciate what they did for us."

Offensively, the Gators (19-36/10-26 CCAA) did not have their most productive day at the plate, as SF State combined for just three hits and no runs in both games.  This coming a day after the Gators recorded single game-highs in hits and runs the day before.

"Today, we just didn't play catch," added Byrne.  "It was a tale of two teams, which seems to be a repetitive theme of us a little bit this season.  We made some good throws, our catchers made some good throws to throw them out, we knew they'd come out running.  We just didn't play catch today.  A couple missed cutoffs, some leadoff walks, gave them some opportunities and they took advantage of the opportunities.  We didn't make any adjustments either.  I was happy from yesterday to today that we limited our strike outs, but as far as putting the ball in play we gave them too many easy outs with pop ups and that was kind of the story of the day."

In the first game Megan Clark once again took the ball for the Gators, and once again she squared off against Sonoma State (35-19/19-17 CCAA) ace Amanda Llerena.  This time Llerena got the better of the match up, going five complete, scattering two hits, with a walk and four strike outs.

Clark (9-13) had a rough outing, lasting just 2.1 innings, surrendering seven hits, five runs, three earned, with three walks.  She escaped trouble in both the first and second inning before the Seawolves offense finally broke through for six runs in the top of the third.

The game winning run in the first game was a two-run home run to start the top of the third inning off the bat of first baseman Amanda Rossetta.  A walk, a single and a double ended the day for Clark. 

Emily Gibson took the ball for the Gators the rest of the way and pitched 2.2 innings, allowing seven hits, three runs, two earned with a strike out.

In the nightcap things did not improve for SF State.  Llerena (22-11) once again came back out to pitch for the Seawolves and was just as dominate in game two, throwing her second complete game shutout of the day.  Llerena did not give up hit until Murakami led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a double to left center field. 

Megan Clark was the only other Gator to reach base, as she was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the third.

Jenny Obbema (2-6) took the ball for the Gators in game two and started the game with promise, getting through the first two innings with relative ease.  In the bottom of the third things unraveled quickly.  Leadoff hitter Ancia Purdy started the rally with a single up the middle; she then stole second and third, the first two of her five steals on the day.  The theft would not be necessary as third baseman Haley Condon hit the first of two Seawolves home runs in the game.

Obbema was pulled after the home run, going just 2.1 innings, allowing seven hits, three runs, all earned with no walks and two strike outs.  Courtney Dunkel took the ball for the Gators and finished the game, going 4.2 innings, allowing six hits, three runs, with two walks and two strike outs.

With the completion of the series the Gators wrapped up their 2014 season, finishing the year 19-36, and were 9-13 at home.  

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