SAN DIEGO — The Toreros defeated CSUN 2-1 to open the doubleheader but fell short to San Diego State 4-3 to close the day. 

USD 2 | CSUN 1

• McKenna Braegelmann started in the circle for the Toreros. 
• Alexia Torculas singled to shortstop in the bottom of the first. 
• In the bottom of the second, Joecellia Roberts doubled through the right side. 
• Clareese Santiago and Arisa Tovar singled to center field in the bottom of the fifth. San Diego trails 1-0.
• In the bottom of the seventh, Joecellia Roberts singled through the right side. 
• Clareese Santiago singled down the left side to send Savannah Alarcon home to score! It's a tie ballgame, 1-1, at the bottom of the seventh. 
• Mikalyn Emanuelli singled to left field in the bottom of the seventh to load the bases.
• Alexia Torculas singled to right field to send Clareese Santiago home for the winning run! San Diego defeats CSUN 2-1 to close out the game. 

TORERO TIDBITS

• McKenna Braegelmann struck out three batters and allowed only one run and seven hits in seven innings pitched.  
• Joecellia Roberts led the Toreros at the plate batting 2-3. Roberts hit her seventh double of the season and leads the team in doubles. 
• The Toreros had nine hits against CSUN. Alexia Torculas, Joecellia Roberts, and Clareese Santiago led the team with two hits each. Malia Benson, Arisa Tovar, and Mikalyn Emanuelli also had one hit each. 

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USD 2 | SDSU 1

• Courtney Rose started in the circle for the Toreros. 
• Clareese Santiago doubled down the left field line in the bottom of the second. The game is scoreless. 
• In the bottom of the third, Izzy Owen singled up the middle. 
• Amanda Limon singled to center field in the bottom of the fourth. The score remains 0-0.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Alexia Torculas bunted her way to first and advanced to second on a throwing error.
• Joecellia Roberts singled to right field in the bottom of the sixth. 
• Joecellia Roberts stole home on a wild pitch. It's a tie ballgame, 1-1, in the bottom of the sixth. 
• In the bottom of the sixth, Clareese Santiago hit a triple to center field and reached home on a throwing error at third. Savannah Alarcon also scored to build on the lead. San Diego leads 3-1!
• San Diego State scored two runs in the top of the seventh and the Toreros couldn't get on base to close out the game.  

TORERO TIDBITS

• Courtney Rose struck out six batters and allowed six hits in seven innings pitched.  
• Joecellia Roberts led the Toreros at the plate batting 2-3 and scored one run. 
• Clareese Santiago hit her first double of the season against SDSU. 
• The Toreros had six hits against SDSU. Joecellia Roberts led the team with two hits followed by Alexia Torculas, Izzy Owen, Amanda Limon, and Clareese Santiago with one hit each. 

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The Toreros will host the Nebraska cornhuskers for a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 15 at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. PT. This is the first time San Diego will battle the cornhuskers in program history.