SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The No. 12 Cal State San Marcos softball team increased its winning streak to 13 games with a pair of victories over San Diego Christian, 3-0 and 5-3, on Saturday afternoon at CSUSM Softball Field.

The Cougars improve to 16-3 on the campaign, while SDCC drops to 10-4.

Game 1
Brogan Hoenisch went 2-for-3 with two RBI and Ashley Dagenais dealt a two-hit shutout as the Cougars blanked San Diego Christian 3-0 in game one.

Hoenisch sent an RBI single through the right side in the fourth before adding a two-out triple in the sixth that gave CSUSM its comfortable three-run lead.

Dagenais (8-2), who threw a five-inning no hitter on Tuesday against Hope International, posted an efficient outing, allowing just five base runners on 84 pitches.

Robyn Alvara's two-out single in the bottom of the first drove in Lindsay Cerulle to hand CSUSM a 1-0 lead.

Sarah Quiambao and Melyssa Bellamy each had standout games on the left side of the infield defensively. Quiambao had five assists while Bellamy contributed three.

Naomi Amu was walked three times in the game. Pinch runner Breana Reyes scored on Hoenisch's base hit in the fourth, and Amu scored all the way from first on Hoenisch's triple in the sixth.

Game 2
Amu's two-run shot in the bottom of the fifth provided the difference as the Cougars clinched their 13^th straight victory, 5-3, over the Hawks.

Hoenisch picked up right where she left off, delivering a double off the wall in centerfield to lead off the second. She gave way for Sara Langdon on the base path, and Langdon was eventually driven in by Tayler Ybarra to put CSUSM up 1-0.

In the third, Amu was walked again. Alvara made  SDCC starter Kendra Kuper pay, sending a deep two-run shot over the centerfield wall to make it 3-0.

SDCC answered in the fourth with back-to-back homeruns by Krystal Hoham and Hannah Romanski that tied the game, 3-3.

Cerulle singled to lead off the fifth. Amu then came up with two outs, having walked her previous five at-bats. She worked a full count before delivering  two-run shot to right center, putting CSUSM in the lead for good. Amu has hit eight home runs in her last 12 games and at least one in four straight doubleheaders.
The Hawks threatened again in the sixth as Josie Tucker led off with a double to right. However, Katie Wilkinson (8-1) got the next two batters to pop out on consecutive pitches. Despite Morgan Wheeler sending a single up the middle to put runners on first and third, Wilkinson calmly forced pinch hitter Savanna Baggett into a weak grounder back to the box to escape the threat.

Wilkinson struck out four and allowed five hits in the victory.

Notes
Hoenisch went 3-for-6 with a triple and a double for a double-header high six total bases … Alvara had three RBI on the day … SDCC hit just .146 on the day … Lindsay Cerulle, Tayler Ybarra and Alvara each had two hits on the day.