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Long Ball
Powers Senior Day Victory May 10, 2003 – Fullerton, Calif. Box Score Cal State Fullerton seniors Jodie Cox and Jenny Topping hit a pair of two-run home runs, and Cox scattered just three hits as the No. 6 Titans sent their seven seniors off winners in a 3-1 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Saturday afternoon in the season finale for both teams. Fullerton finished the year 39-13 overall and 20-1 in the Big West Conference, winning its last 10 consecutive games and 20 of its last 21. The Titans earned the Big West Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Regionals next week. The Gauchos finish the season 34-22, 9-11. Cox (19-7) went the distance for her 23rd consecutive Big West Conference decision. She has finished the last two seasons undefeated in league play, 9-0 in 2002 and 12-0 in 2003. Cox allowed an unearned run on three hits with a walk and three strikeouts. UCSB starter Carly Harmon (17-10), who held the Titans hitless through 5 1/3 innings on Friday night in a loss, allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits, walking two and striking out four. The Gauchos got on the board first in the opening inning, plating an unearned run on a double to left center by Katie Oliver, scoring Jami Trinidad, who reached on an error. The Titans took the lead for good in the third as Cox slammed her fifth home run of the year to left field with Topping on base for the 2-1 lead. Topping capped off the scoring with her ninth home run of the year -- and her second of the series -- to the opposite field. Topping finished the day 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI. Julie Watson, Cox, Krista O'Hanian and Jody Campbell also had hits for Cal State Fullerton. Oliver, Leslie Simien, and E.J. Lauchland tallied the hits for the Gauchos. With the season over, the Titans now await the decision of the NCAA Regional Committee, which will announce the pairings for the 2003 regionals on Sunday evening at 7 p.m. PDT on ESPNEWS. ####
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