ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — The San Francisco State softball team won the first game of its Saturday doubleheader versus Sonoma State, 6-5, to take the series and dropped the final game of the series, 4-2.
- SF State moves to 8-5 overall. At 3-1 the Gators are tied for second place in the CCAA after the first weekend of action. The Seawolves move to 7-6 and 1-3 in CCAA play.
- SF State entered play leading all of NCAA Division II in total stolen bases. The Gators added three more on Saturday, running the season total to 59.
- Brylynn Vallejos went 3-for-5 with a couple of stolen bases. For the series, the Gators' center fielder slashed .769/.786/1.154 and she's now batting a team-leading .511.
GAME ONE
- Vallejos led the day off with a double and Lehua DeLeon followed with a double of her own to give the Gators a 1-0 lead early.
- SF State added to the lead in the second thanks to Dani Guerrera's RBI double and an unearned run later in the frame.
- A couple of doubles and a walk, followed by an error, tied the game in the bottom of the second and a Cassidy Romano sac fly gave SSU a 4-3 lead.
- The Gators tied the game in the third with a two-out rally. Lexi Holihan doubled on the first pitch she saw and Guerrera drove in her second RBI of the day on an 0-2 pitch to tie it.
- In the fourth, the Gators regained the lead. Vallejos doubled, moved up 60 feet on Kai DeLeon's single, and scored on a Lehua DeLeon sac fly.
- The Seawolved tied the game again in the fifth. The Gators threw home but Reagan Hunt slid in under the throw to tie the game at 5-5.
- SF State loaded the bases in the seventh with one out. They only got one run out of the situation but it was enough as Holihan, who came in to pitch in relief, helped her cause with a sac fly that drove in the eventual winning run.
- Kaitlyn Maddux went five innings and took a no-decision. She allowed five runs, three earned, on 110 pitches.
- Holihan (3-0) tossed two scoreless innings and did not allow a hit. She also had a pair of strikeouts en route to her second win of the weekend.
- Jesse DuPuis allowed three runs in an inning and a third of work. Bailee Reed (0-1) came on in relief but took the loss, allowing three runs in five and two thirds innings of work.
GAME TWO
- The Gators struck first as Vallejos scored on a sac bunt.
- The lead held until the fourth. Jordyn Martinez was hit by a pitch and Giana Hays launched a two-run shot.
- SF State tied the game in the sixth on a DeLeon single that plated Vallejos.
- Sonoma State took the lead for good on a two-run, two-out homer in the bottom of the sixth from Skylar Linnane.
- Madeline Eshbach (2-2) allowed six hits in six innings but two of those were the two-run home runs. She had one strikeout.
- Camille Rodriguez (4-1) went the distance as the Seawolves salvaged the series finale. She allowed two runs on five hits with one strikeout.
The Gators host their first home games of the season on Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26 vs. No. 12 Cal State Monterey Bay (8-3/2-2 CCAA). The Games will be broadcast on the CCAA Network with live stats available at sfstategators.com. The first 100 fans at Friday's doubleheader will receive a free SF State pennant.
