SEASIDE, Calif. – For the second consecutive day late rallies proved to be the difference as the SF State softball team and host Cal State Monterey Bay drew a series split, with both sides winning today.  The Gators took game one 5-4 before falling to Otters by the same score in the night cap.

"The team played well today," said head coach Lisa Allen.  "I am very pleased with the offense putting together so many hits.  In game three, we came together well as a team to fight back and hold the lead in the seventh.  In game four, we came back again and were a couple clutch hits away from the win. Overall it was a well battled weekend we grew as a team."

The afternoon kicked off with the two sides resuming game two from yesterday.  With the score tied 5-5 in the bottom of the 11^th the Otters did not take long putting the game away.  With one out in the bottom of the 11^th CSUSB's Madison Casto clubbed her second home run of the year, a two run shot off Lindsey Cassidy (1-2).

Cassidy took the loss after pitching 3.2 solid innings of relief. Earning the win for the Otters was Bianca Noriega (2-1) who threw 4.1 innings of relief scattering one hit with four walks and two strike outs.

SF State (6-7/3-5) spent the remainder of the day pestering the Otters (9-10/4-8 CCAA) to the tune of nine runs on 20 hits.

Alexis Mattos, Kayli Shaw, Kasie Trezona, Sara Higa, Angelica Terrel, and Chelsea Brent all had multiple hit days for the Gators.

In game three, like the start of games one and two, the Gators found themselves behind early, trailing 4-0 after two innings.  Lindsey Cassidy was unable to make it out of the first inning when she surrendered three runs in a third of an inning on one hit and three walks. 

Megan Clark (4-2) came in to pitch the final 6.2 innings for the Gators in relief to earn her second win of the weekend.  She scattered eight hits, one earned run with a walk and two strike outs while allowing the Gators offense to come back.

SF State scored four in the third inning to tie the game, the big hit a one out double by Brent that plated a pair.  In the top of the seventh it was Terrel's turn for the clutch hit, she singled a ball into right center that scored Madison Collins for the go ahead run.

In the night cap the Gators once again came back.  After scoring first in the top of the second, Jenny Obbema could not escape the third inning.  With the Otters up 4-1, Clark once again came in to pitch throwing the final four innings. 

The Gators offense scored a run in the fifth and tied the game in the sixth when Shaw hit her first collegiate home run, a two-run blast that scored Alexis Konstantino. 

Unfortunately, the Otters added a run in the sixth inning when a one out single off the bat of Casto scored the winning run.  Clark took the loss after scattering three hits.

The Gators return to action next Friday when they host No. 19 Sonoma State for a four game series starting at noon at the SF State Softball Field. 


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