STOCKTON, CA – Led by a two-run home run from Alexia Torculas and four shutout innings from Courtney Rose, the University of San Diego softball team defeated Pacific on Friday, 6-3.
 
USD has no won three straight WCC games, improving its conference record to 3-1.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• San Diego took the lead in the top of the second with two runs. Ashley Daugherty drew a lead-off walk, and Sofia Delgado was hit by a pitch during the next at bat. Izzy Owen later brought Daugherty home with an RBI single and Delgado scored on a throwing error.
• Rose retired the first two batters in the first, second, third, and fourth innings.
• USD broke the game open in the top of the sixth with four more runs. AJ Kaiser led off with a single, and Daugherty sent her to third with a double. Delgado then singled through the left side to make it 3-0.
• Limon registered an RBI groundout to score Daugherty, and Torculas launched a two-run homer run to right center to extend the lead to 6-0.
• The Tigers made it interesting with three runs in the bottom of the seventh, but Madison Earnshaw escaped with back-to-back groundouts.

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• Rose earned the win and improves her record to 6-10 on the season. She allowed just four hits and no runs to lower her ERA to 3.24.
• Torculas launched her third home run of the season. She leads the team with a .309 batting average.
• Owen is up to eight RBI in 24 games.
• Delgado notched her 10^th RBI of the year.
• Limon has started all 43 games.
• Daugherty scored two runs and hit her third double of the season.
• San Diego struck out just three times.

 
UP NEXT
The Toreros will face Pacific again tomorrow for a doubleheader. First pitch is slated for 11:00 AM.