SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The San Francisco State softball team opened CCAA action on Friday with a doubleheader split at Cal State San Bernardino. The Gators took game one, 4-3, and dropped the nightcap, 7-2.
- SF State moves to 4-6 overall and opens CCAA action at 1-1. CSUSB also moves to 1-1 in CCAA play and is 4-3 overall.
- Kai DeLeon, coming off of CCAA Player of the Week honors, had her seven-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-2 game in game one. Still, she was hit by a pitch to begin the fifth inning and scored the Gators' first run. She scored in each game and has now scored a run in six consecutive games. She recorded a hit in game two and continues to lead the team with a .400 batting average.
- Marley Gonzales went 2-for-6 with a double, a run scored, three walks, and a pair of stolen bases.
- Daniella Guerrera went 4-for-6 with two RBI, a run, and a walk.
Game One
- Tereise Tosi gave the Coyotes the early advantage when she sent a 2-0 pitch out for a two-out home run in the bottom of the first. Another long ball grew the Coyotes lead to 3-0 in the fourth when designated player Mia Escujuri homered to left.
- After stranding a pair in the first and leaving the bases loaded in the third inning, the Gators got all of the offense they needed in the top of the fifth inning. DeLeon was hit, Marley Gonzales walked, and Guerrera loaded the bases with an infield single. DeLeon scored on Phoebe Schultz's sac fly, then Kira Nilson drove home a run with a single to left that chased Coyotes starter Brooke Blackmon. Lexi Holihan greeted reliever Samantha Vargas with a two-run single through the right side that gave the Gators the lead for good.
- Kaitlyn Maddux (1-0) struck out four in six and a third innings of work for her first win of the season. Mari Takeda Bajan struck out a pair to earn the save in game one for her first save of the season.
- Blackmon (1-2) took the loss. She gave up four runs on four hits in four and two thirds innings.
- Samantha Vargas scattered three hits in two and a third innings of relief for the Coyotes.
Game Two
- Takeda-Bajan struggled with her command to begin game two. She hit the leadoff batter and walked a pair, including one with the bases loaded. Bri Goris' bases-loaded single doubled the lead to 2-0.
- CSUSB grew its lead to 5-0 with a three-run second.
- The Gators got a run back in the third on doubles from Mia Misasi and Guerrera but gave it back in the bottom half of the inning. The Gators kept a run off the board when the defense cut down a runner at home but Brazil's single up the middle made it 6-1.
- SF State scored in the fifth. DeLeon singled and later scored on another Guerrera infield single to make it 6-2.
- CSUSB added another insurance run in the bottom of the sixth on a sac fly from Emilie Lapena.
- Vargas (2-2) went the distance in game two. She scattered two runs on six hits and struck out six.
- Takeda Bajan (2-2) took the loss after giving up five runs in game two. Elise Roy gave up a run on four hits in two and two thirds innings of relief.
- Nia Trinidad tossed the final two innings for the Gators and allowed a run on two hits with a pair of strikeouts.
The two teams meet again on Saturday, February 17 for an 11 a.m. doubleheader. The games will be broadcast on the
CCAA Network and live stats will be available at
sfstategators.com.
