Worth Invitational Linescores – Day Two
March 5, 2005 – Fullerton, Calif.

GAME NOTES: Pacific scored the game's first run on an RBI single by Brandi Gordon, but exploded in the third for five runs thanks to a pair of RBI doubles from Crystal Presson and Lauren Sandelin and an RBI single from Michelle Anunciation... The Tigers added six more in the sixth (all with two outs) on RBI doubles from Anunciation and Jennifer Curtier, a two-run single from Ashlie D'Errico, and a two-run home run by Presson to make it 12-0... Alyce Jorgensen scattered just two hits and striking out two in the six-inning complete game.

GAME NOTES: Illinois State exploded for six runs in the fifth inning to break open a close game and defeate Boston College... Jen Wright was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI for the Redbirds while three other players had two hits... Boston College had four players with hits, including Britney Thompson, who drove in the Eagles' only run... Shannon Nicholson went the distance for Illinois State, scattering just four hits and striking out two... Thompson suffered the loss, allowing six runs on nine hits and striking out four in four innings.

GAME NOTES: Oregon State struck first, loading the bases in the third thanks to a pair of walks and a double down the left field line... That brought up Kelly Petersen, who promptly singled to center, driving in a pair for the 2-0 lead... The Beavers added three more in the third (all unearned) thanks to three Minnesota errors in the inning to complete the scoring... McGowan struck out seven while allowing just two hits in the complete-game win... Peyer struck out six for Minnesota while allowing two earned runs on four hits.

GAME NOTES: Northwestern's Garland Cooper went 4-for-4 with three RBI while seven other Wildcats had hits as they rolled to a 7-0 shutout of Nevada... Eileen Canney went the distance, scattering four hits and striking out five in the complete game victory... Tiffany Hoeft suffered the loss, allowing seven earned on 13 hits... four different Nevada players had hits... Cooper's home run came in the first as the first four batters reached for the Wildcats en route to the 3-0 lead... Northwestern added three more in the third on a wild pitch and a pair of RBI singles by Ashley Crane and Katie Logan... Logan added another RBI single in the fifth to cap the scoring.

GAME NOTES: Stanford's Michelle Smith went 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs and three RBI and Anna Beardman went 3-for-3 with three runs batted in as the Cardinal defeated Boston College... Lauren Nydam allowed just one hit in the shutout victory... Michelle Daly suffered the loss, allowing four earned on 10 hits while striking out one... Leah Nelson was also 3-for-3 for Stanford.

GAME NOTES: Fullerton freshman Kiki Munoz was 2-for-3 while Marissa Marzan scattered just three hits as the Titans won their Worth Invitational opener... Fullerton scored first in the fourth as Candice Baker scored on a fielding error by the shortstop and then added three more runs in the sixth on five straight hits to open the inning, including run-scoring singles by Baker, Van Boxmeer, and Marzan... In the circle, Marzan struck out five and settled down after the Falcons loaded the bases in the first, but stranded all three runners.

GAME NOTES: Lindsey Bashor and Kiki Munoz each hit home runs and Candice Baker struck out eight while allowing only two eanred runs as the Titans opened 2-0 at the Worth Invitational... Baker went the distance in improving to 4-1 overall, allowing just three hits... Amanda Kamekona was 4-for-4 while Bashor, Baker, and Munoz each added a pair of hits... For Munoz, it was her first career home run while Bashor smacked her third of the season... Illinois State got a run in the fourth on an error and Mandy Garner got the Redbirds closer with a two-run shot to center to make it 7-3, but Baker induced Tricia Gaither to ground out and end the game.

GAME NOTES: Alana Mendoza drew a bases loaded walk in the fifth inning to snap a 3-3 tie and the Beavers added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh to defeat Pacific... Sherina Galvan and Adrienne Alo had RBI singles in the seventh to ensure the victory for OSU... Alo was 2-for-5 with a pair of RBIs to lead Oregon State... Lizzie Hagen was 2-for-3 for the Tigers while Ashlie D'Errico hit a two-run home run in the third to tie the game... Ta'Tyanna McElroy earned the win, allowing three runs on six hits... Brianne McGowan earned her second save of the year, tossing three innings of shutout softball with four K's... Natalie King earned the loss for Pacific, allowing four runs on four hits in five innings, walking six.

GAME NOTES: Eileen Canney surrendered just three hits and Kristen Amegin smacked a two-run home run in the third to break open a tight game as the Wildcats upset No. 3 Stanford, handing the Cardinal only their second loss of the season... Canney went the distance for the victory, allowing just one run and striking out four... the Wildcats scored again in the fifth on a two base error, plating Erin Mobley, and added another in the sixth on an RBI single by Stephanie Churchwell to make it 6-1.

GAME NOTES: Nevada's offense smacked three home runs to jump out to the early lead, but Bowling Green threatened late, scoring twice in the seventh but stranding the tying runners in scoring position... Kristin Stith, Candice Rainwater, and Jiliane Hatfiel all hit home runs for the Wolfpack, but Nevada had to rely on Jordan McPherson in relief in the circle to nail down the win... Rainwater had two hits for Nevada while three players had two hits for the Falcons... Gina Rango had a pair of RBI for BGSU on the night.

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