Worth Recaps -- Day Two Mar. 6, 2004 – Fullerton, Calif.
GAME 1
Portland State 8, UC Santa Barbara 1
W: Michelle Hext (5-3) L: Lindsey Sommer (4-6)
GAME NOTES: PSU finally broke through with six runs in the fourth,
as Annie Peccia broke the scoreless with a run-scoring triple... Alayna
Peterson followed with a perfectly executed squeeze bunt, scoring Peccia
for the 2-0 lead... Pinch hitter Tiffany McHenry and Maggie DeWall added
an RBI singles later in the inning and Kayla Lewis completed the scoring
with a two-run single to center for the 6-0 lead... The Vikings added
two more in the sixth on a pair of errors and an RBI single by Annie Peccia...
Leslie Simien accounted for the Gauchos' only run, reaching on a single,
stealing second, moving to third on a ground ball and scoring on an error.
GAME 2
(#25) Oregon State 1, (RV) Oklahoma State 0
W: Monica Hoffman (10-4) L: Jessica Hoppock (9-5)
GAME NOTES: Brianne McGowan's solo home run to left in the fifth
inning proved to be the only run to cross the plate as Oregon State held
off Oklahoma State, 1-0... Monica Hoffman (ORST) threw five innings of
no-hit softball, walking three and striking out eight... McGowan entered
in the sixth, tossing the final two innings, scattering one hit, a single
by Megan Carey, and striking out four... Four different Beavers had hits.
GAME 3
(#4) California 3, Cal State Northridge 1
W: Kelly Anderson (12-2) L: Kia Fennell (4-4)
SV: Kristina Thorson (2)
GAME NOTES: California's Kristina Thorson entered in the seventh
and retired the final three batters of the inning, stranding the tying
run at second base, to save the Golden Bears' 3-1 victory over Cal State
Northridge... Vicky Galindo scored on an error and Kaleo Eldridge smacked
a two-run home run to key a three-run third... Cal State Northridge scored
on an error in the fifth for its only run... The Matadors put the first
two runners on in the seventh, but Thorson struck out two of the final
three batters to end the game and earn her second save.
GAME 4
(#10) Stanford 4, Portland State 0
W:Laura Severson (6-2) L: Vanessa Holm
GAME NOTES: Stanford's Laura Severson tossed a complete-game
two-hitter while the Cardinal's Catalina Morris went 1-for-3 with a pair
of RBI to lift Stanford to the win... Maggie DeWall and Kayla Lewis each
had hits for Portland State... Morris gave the Cardinal the 2-0 lead with
her two run single in the third... Stanford scored twice in the sixth
on an RBI single by Jessica Allister and a sacrifice fly by Leah Nelson.
GAME 5
(#4) California 6, (RV) Michigan State 2
W:Kristina Thorson (9-0) L: Jessica Beech (7-3)
GAME NOTES: California scored four times in the second inning
on a grand slam by Vicky Galindo and the Golden Bears rode the arm of
Thorson, who allowed two runs on six hits while striking out seven...
Galindo finished 4-for-4... Kaleo Eldridge and Haley Woods also had RBIs
for Cal... Beech was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Spartans while Victoria
Morache was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
GAME 6
(#10) Stanford 4, UC Santa Barbara 0
W: Dana Sorensen (9-3) L: Jennifer Davis
GAME NOTES: Stanford's Meghan Sickler was 2-for-2 with two RBI
while Lauren Lappin was 3-for-3 at the plate with three runs scored to
lead the Cardinal to the shutout of the Gauchos... Sorensen allowed just
four UCSB hits and struck out seven in the shutout... Four different Gauchos
tallied base hits on the day... Sickler got the Cardinal on the board
with an RBI single in the second... Jessica Allister added a run-scoring
single in the fourth and capped the scoring on an RBI double by Lappin
and an RBI single by Sickler.
GAME 7
(RV) Cal State Fullerton 4, (RV) Oklahoma State 1
W: Brooke Weekley (4-3) L: Jessica Hoppock
GAME NOTES: Brooke Weekley tossed a four hitter with six strikeouts
to lead the Titans to the victory... Jody Campbell and Jennifer Holt each
had run-scoring doubles while junior Lindsey Bashor added her fourth home
run of the season in the first... Fullerton scored a run in each of the
first three innings... Four different Cowgirls (Totte, Lindly, Behmer,
Tweed) had hits while Courtney Totte added an RBI single in the fifth.
GAME 8
Cal State Northridge 10, (RV) Michigan State 5 (8 inn.)
W:Kia Fennell (5-4) L: Jessica Beech (7-4)
GAME NOTES: Cal State Northridge scored five times in the top
of the eighth and Kia Fennell allowed only an unearned run on three hits
in four innings of relief to lift the Matadors to the win... Sondra Milchiker
had the go-ahead RBI in the eighth, singling to left and scoring Jen Dishner...
Fennell added a two-run single and Jan Moshier added a two-run double
in the final inning... Milchiker, Fennell, and Moshier each finished with
three hits and two-or-more RBI in the game... Natalie Furrow, Nicole Mercado,
and Angel Merren each had two hits for the Spartans.
GAME 9
(#25) Oregon State 7, (RV) Cal State Fullerton 1
W:Ta'Tyana McElroy L: Candice Baker(2-9)
GAME NOTES: Oregon State capitalized on five Cal State Fullerton
errors and broke the game open with a four-run fifth inning as the Beavers
cruised to a 7-1 win... A wild pitch led to the Beavers' first run in
the third... OSU scored two more runs on a fielding error and a two-run
single by Brianne McGowan in the fifth for the 5-0 advantage... The Titans
answered back when Julie Watson singled, moved to third on a two-base
error, and scored on a wild pitch in the sixth... However, OSU answered
by scoring two more in the sixth on an error and a double by Ingrid Lochelt...
Baker suffered the loss for the Titans despite allowing just one earned
run and striking out eight in five innings... McElroy allowed one hit
through four innings for the win... Watson had both of the Titans' hits
on the night... The first seven batters in Oregon State's lineup each
had a hit... Mia Longfellow (OSU) scored three times.
