Feb. 28, 2004

Box Score

USD Softball Finishes Day Two of the USD Invitational Undefeated Toreros defeat Southern Utah and UC Riverside on Saturday

In their first game of the night, San Diego came back for a dramatic 7-6 victory over Southern Utah. The Toreros followed that up with an impressive 6-0 win over UC Riverside. The two wins give USD a 3-0 record for the tournament and a 6-8 record overall.

With San Diego's first game tied at two, the Toreros had a chance to win in the bottom of the seventh with the bases loaded and one out, but Southern Utah's pitcher Lacee LaPrey forced two groundouts to send the game into extra innings.

The Thunderbirds scored two runs in the top of eighth to take a 4-2 lead. USD took advantage of an error in the bottom the eighth to score two runs and tie the game at four.

In the top of the ninth, a Torero error allowed Southern Utah to once again take a two-run lead.

Trailing by two with Sara Mason standing on second, Jennifer Delpit crushed the second pitch she saw over the left field fence to tie the game at six. Three batters later, Marissa Merchain drove in Francesca Ramos from second for a game-winning run. Christina Haake pitched three innings for San Diego to earn the win.

In the final game of the night, USD won convincingly behind a great pitching effort by Anna Russell. Russell struck out seven and allowed just three hits in her second shutout of the season.

Seven Torero hitters combined for 13 hits in the game. Sara Mason led the way by going 4-for-4 with two runs batted in. Rebekah Bradford also was perfect at the plate, going 3-for-3 and scoring twice.

The game was close into the sixth until Ashlee Nunes hit a two-out bases loaded triple, giving San Diego a 5-0 lead. All six Torero runs were scored with two outs.

Next up for the Toreros is a 1:00pm contest against Loyola Marymount on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the USD Invitational.