February 21, 2009

Game 1

Game 2

SAN FRANCISCO – After recording a 4-1 win in game one, the Cal State Monterey Bay softball team pounded out 10 hits to a 9-1 victory in the nightcap to complete a four-game California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) sweep over San Francisco State on Saturday.

In the opener, senior #Ashlee Trotter# hit a RBI single to center field to give the Otters a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Senior #Rachelle Morales# scored on a Gators error and junior #Shelair Rowell# hit a two-run home run over the left field wall to raise the Otters lead to 4-0.  The Gators scored their only run came in the sixth inning.

Rowell (4.2 IP, 3 H, 4 SO, 3 BB) recorded her fourth victory and senior #Jessica Boyle# (2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SO) nabbed her first save of the year.

The Otters came out strong in the second game, taking a 3-0 lead after two innings of play.  CSUMB added four more runs before the Gators scored a run in the bottom of the fifth inning.  The Otters nabbed two runs in the top of the sixth inning to invoke the eight-run mercy rule.

Sophomore #Shae Olds# (2-4, 1 HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI) recorded her third home run of the season.  Morales also had two hits in the second game.  In relief, Boyle (3.0 IP, 1 R, 2 SO, 1 BB) picked up her second win of the season.

"We had a great weekend," said Otters head coach Andrea Kenney. "Our difficult early season schedule seems to have paid off."

The CSUMB-Notre Dame de Namur doubleheader scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 22 has been postponed until a later date due to the prediction of bad weather.