Box Score LOS ANGELES – The University of San Diego softball team fell at #5 UCLA on Tuesday, 8-1.  
 
Redshirt junior catcher AJ Kaiser smashed a home run for the second consecutive game, sending an opposite field shot in the top of the fourth.
 
Redshirt freshman right fielder Ashley Daugherty went 2-for-3 with two doubles in the loss.
 
Sophomore McKenna Braegelmann pitched three scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one hit and striking out two batters.
 
The Toreros drop to 19-26 on the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• UCLA started the scoring in the bottom of the first. An RBI double, a hit by pitch with the bases loaded, and a two-RBI single made it 4-0.
• Starter Madison Earnshaw retired the Bruins in order in the bottom of the second, including two foul outs.
• UCLA extended its lead in the bottom of the third with four more runs. A bases-loaded walk, a sacrifice fly, and a two-RBI double put the home team in front 8-0.
• San Diego answered in the top of the fourth, as Kaiser launched a solo home run to right field.
• Daugherty led off the top of the fifth with a double to right field, but the next three batters were retired.
• Braegelmann went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the fifth, and got out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the seventh.
• Daugherty roped another double, this time to left center in the top of the seventh, but the Toreros popped up to end the game.

TORERO TIDBITS

• Kaiser now has two home runs this season, and four in her career.
• Daugherty is up to six doubles on the year, which ranks third on the team behind JoJo Roberts and Noelle Hee.
• Braegelmann lowered her season ERA to 2.97.
• San Diego snaps a four-game winning streak.
• UCLA registered six hits, while USD had four.

UP NEXT
San Diego will host BYU for three games this weekend, beginning with a 5:30 PM first pitch on Friday.