Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 Turlock, Calif. – The SF State softball is riding a hot-streak, taking all three of Friday' contests to open the Tournament of Champions a perfect 3-0 in pool play at Pedretti Sports Complex & Turlock Regional Sports Complex.  The Gators defeated No. 2 Cal Baptists 3-0, Chaminade 6-3, and Notre Dame de Namur 4-3 in the nightcap.

Megan Clark paved the way for the Gators, going 2-0 on the day, throwing a pair of complete games.  The Gators (13-25) also received a tremendous pitching performance from sophomore Jenny Obbema who threw her first career complete game.  Aryn Guzman collected her first home run of her career to help pave the way for the Gators offense, while Jennifer Lewis collected three RBI's in Friday's finale. 

"That was an incredible 18 hours," said head coach Cristina Byrne.  "Three big wins, incredible pitching performances by (Megan) Clark and (Jenny) Obbema, the lineup coming up clutch from top to bottom, and our role players and dugout in the game and making a huge impact in their own way.  It was an absolute, complete team effort and I could not be prouder of the way we played as a whole.  We had a shutout, a hard fought second game victory, and a walk off late night to finish the day.  We had been focusing all week on coming in to this tournament with a fresh set of eye and renewed set of goals and they really bought into it and played up to our potential.  I'm looking forward to tomorrow's games and getting back on the field with this group and hoping to continue our complete team effort through our next two games."

Game 1

Unlike the last time these two teams faced each other, it was the Lancers' (32-8) starter who would take the hard luck loss, as Clark (6-9) dominated the second ranked team in the country throwing her third shutout of the season.

The south paw allowed just seven base runners to reach base safely, three of them coming in the top of the first inning.

Offensively, the Gators got it done, getting that crucial two-out hit they have needed all season as the middle of the order spoiled the day for the Lancers starter Belinda Renne (20-4).

SF State struck first in the bottom of the third inning, Aryn Guzman started the rally with a one-out double to left center.  She eventually scored on the two, two strike, double to left center field by Selina Rodriguez, scoring Guzman.

The Gators added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth when Guzman once again started the rally with a base hit to right field.  Courtney Gravel followed suit with a base hit up the middle.  Rodriguez once again had a big at bat for the Gators, laying down a perfectly executed sac bunt to move both runners up a base.
 
Jennifer Lewis knocked in Guzman from third with a deep fly ball to center field for a sacrifice fly, Gravel advanced to third on the throw and scored on the two-out base hit through the left side by Lucy Fernandez.

From there it was all Clark, as she did a good job pitching to contact taking the sting out of the Lancers bats. 

Game 2

In the second game of the day the Gators once again received a strong pitching performance, this time from Obbema(2-3), who threw her first career complete game.  Obbema went 7.0 complete, scattering nine hits, three runs, all earned with two walks and two strike outs.

The Silverswords struck first in the pitchers' duel, scoring a run in the bottom of the third inning.  Back-to-back singles by Kristiann Endow and Elia Lizarraga put a runner in scoring position for Chamindade, who broke the tie with a single off the bat of Samantha Ford.

In the top of the fourth inning the Gators finally put their first hit of the game on the board by leadoff hitter Lewis.  An error and a sacrifice bunt put runners at second and third with one out, then Gabby Reta's two-out single tied the game.

The Gators kept up the pressure, scoring five more times to go up 6-1.  SFSU scored two runs in the fifth punctuated by a Aryn Guzman's second career home run, a solo blast.  In the top of the seventh the Gators added three more insurance runs, Kelsey Murakami's two-run triple doing most of the damange.

Chaminade added two runs in the bottom of the seventh to cut the Gators lead in half, but the day would belong to Obbema who cot the Silverswords' catcher Coco Stewart to fly out to center to end the game. 

Taking the loss for Chaminade was Brett Aspel (3-15) who also went the distance, going seven complete, allowing nine hits, six runs, five earned with three walks and a strike out.

Game 3

In the finale game of the evening, the Gators struck first, scoring a run in the bottom of the first. 

The Argonauts responded with three of their own in the top of the third inning.  But Clark rebounded to hold NDNU scoreless over the final four innings.

SFSU tied the game up in the bottom of the third inning and won in the seventh.  Lewis paved the way for the Gators at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three runs driven in.  Andrade went 1-for-2 with her second career-home run..

Clark went seven complete, scattered nine hits, three runs, all earned with a walk and tied a career-high with six strike outs.

SFSU pounded out nine hits on the evening, with Gravel, Lewis and Guzman all collecting two hits. 

The Gators will return to action on Saturday, wrapping up pool play at the Tournament of Champions.  SF State will take on Academy of Art at noon before wrapping up pool play against Dominican at 3:30 p.m.  

Game 1 box score

Game 2 box score

Game 3 box score