SAN DIEGO – The San Diego softball program (15-28, 3-0 WCC) earned a sweep of games two and three against LMU (17-21, 0-3 WCC), winning 5-3 and 3-1 to clinch the series on Saturday afternoon at the USD Softball Complex.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – SAN DIEGO 5, LMU 3

• After the Toreros took the opener on Friday, the Lions looked to respond early in game two and were able to strike for a run in the first inning, despite pitcher Mo Wimpee allowing no hits.
• However, the Toreros would not go quietly and responded in the bottom half of the frame.
• Amanda Limon singled to lead off the inning and Taylor Johnson reached on a hit by pitch, which would set up Tele Jennings.
• Jennings laced a double to left field to drive home both runners and give San Diego a 2-1 lead.
• LMU were able to tie the game in the third inning, as a pair of Torero errors allowed the Lions to get their first hit of the game home.
• Nevertheless, the Toreros offense would immediately respond in the bottom of the third inning.
• Johnson singled and Joecellia Roberts and Jennings each walked to load the bases for Arisa Tovar.
• Tovar would drive in two runners with a single down the left field line and gave the Toreros a 4-2 advantage.
• In the fourth inning, the Toreros kept up the pressure, as EJ Joyner, Carly Ruiz and Limon all tallied singles, before Johnson drove in a run with an RBI single of her own to make it 5-2.
• Wimpee would polish off a fourth inning of two-hit softball, before giving way to Kelsey Tadlock in the circle.
• Tadlock breezed through the fifth inning, but LMU would get a run back in the sixth inning to make it 5-3.
• However, Tadlock finished off a three inning save with a one-two-three frame to secure the win.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED – SAN DIEGO 3, LMU 1

• Riding a wave of momentum from game one, the Toreros took an early lead in game two.
• Limon once again led off the game with a single, but was immediately driven home by a Johnson double to make it 1-0.
• Roberts extended the lead on the very next at bat, lacing an RBI double of her own and putting San Diego up 2-0.
• That proved to be exactly what McKenna Braegelmann needed, as she took the run support and held the advantage through her four innings of play in the circle.
• Braegelmann would work around two hits in the second inning and locked down a scoreless third inning.
• However, LMU would get a run back in the fourth on a dropped fly ball in short right center field to make it 2-1.
• Emma Giaime stepped in for Braegelmann in the fifth inning and proved to be composed.
• Giaime opened the fifth inning with a strikeout and would ultimately tally three hitless frames.
• The Toreros would get Giaime a key insurance run in the sixth inning, as Jennings led off the inning with a double, before she was driven home by Shawnese Hogue-Lacy with an RBI single.
• Giaime locked up the save with three straight groundouts in the seventh inning to secure the 3-1 win.
   

TORERO TIDBITS

• The Toreros are now on a five-game win streak, good for their longest winning streak since Feb. 23 to Mar. 1, 2019.
• With a double in game two, Johnson recorded her 15th double of the season, good for the third most in a single season in program history. Jennings also stands at 14 doubles, which is tied for the fourth-highest in program history.
• Roberts extended her on-base streak to 12 consecutive games, while Ruiz extended hers to 10 games.
• The Toreros have now won four of their last five games against LMU dating back to last season.

 
NEXT UP

• The Toreros will wrap up their four-game series against LMU on Sunday at 1 p.m., at the USD Softball Complex.

 
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