SAN DIEGO – The San Diego softball program kicked off the final fall ball weekend of the season with a bang, defeating San Diego Mesa, 19-1, in a 10-inning game on Friday night at the USD Softball Complex.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Toreros turned in a highly efficient night of bringing home runners in scoring position home, that opened with a first inning RBI groundout for Izzy Owen.
• For the next two frames, the Toreros built the lead up to 5-0, as Ashley Daugherty, Savannah Alarcon, EJ Joyner and Arisa Tovar each drove in one run apiece.
• While the runs began to pour in, starting pitcher Courtney Rose was stellar in the circle, throwing four innings of one-hit ball.  
• After an RBI sacrifice bunt by Amanda Limon, freshman Shawnese Hogue-Lacy helped break the game open with a two-run home run off the left field wall to make it 8-0.
• While San Diego Mesa was able to get a run back, the Toreros and reliever Emma Giaime helped clear any further trouble, after recovering from a bases loaded and no out situation.
• Runs would continue to filter in for the Toreros, who saw Natalie McCliman and Alyssa Hernandez get involved with RBIs in seventh inning, while Hogue-Lacy and Joecellia Roberts added more in the eighth inning to make it 13-1.
• The Toreros would ultimately add six more runs in the ninth inning, as Hogue-Lacy added two more RBI to bring her total to five on the day.

 
UP NEXT
The Toreros will wrap up their fall ball slate on Sunday morning, hosting Cal State San Marcos for a doubleheader that begins at 10 a.m.