SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos softball team collected its first win of 2019 with a 2-RBI walk-off single by freshman Ellie Smith to top Concordia Portland 5-4 in game one. The Cougars dropped the nightcap, 5-2.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 5 – CUP 4
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Melody Forstie – 3-for-3 | 2 R | 1 HR | 1 RBI | 1 BB
Kat Calderon – 2-for-3 | 1 RBI
Ellie Smith – 2 RBIs | 1 H
 
HOW IT HAPPENED   

• Ali Steen got the Cavaliers on the board with a 2-RBI single up the middle in the third inning.
• CUP extended its lead to 3-0 on Chelsea Sligh's RBI double to right in the fourth.
• Forstie's solo homer to left field cut CSUSM's deficit to 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth.
• CSUSM put together five hits including two RBI singles by Andrea Wood and Calderon to even the score at 3-3 in the fifth inning.
• The Cavaliers once again took the lead in the top of the seventh at 4-3 on a two-out RBI single by Allie Hancock.
• After pinch hitter Skie Munoz reached on an errorwWith two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Forstie and Jaqlyn Newhouser both drew walk before Smith crushed a 2-RBI single through the left side to end the game at 5-4. 

QUICK HITS

• Smith tossed a complete game, giving up four runs (two earned) on eight hits while striking out two batters.
• CUP's Kayla Langerquist entered in relief to take the loss, throwing 2.2 innings and giving up three earned runs.
• Forstie's homer was her third in her career. She hit two last year, including a three-run blast in CSUSM's 9-1 win over Cal State Dominguez Hills on April 7.
• The win is first-year Head Coach Stef Ewing's first victory as a collegiate head coach. 

 
GAME 2: CUP 5 – CSUSM 2 (5)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Kammy Fisher – 2-for-2
Jaqlyn Newhouser – 1-for-2 | 2 RBIs | 1 SF
Melody Forstie – 1-for-3 | 1 R
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED   

• CUP took a 1-0 lead in the opening frame on a Yoshika RBI single to right field, scoring Macy Besuyen who drew a leadoff walk.
• CSUSM quickly evened the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first on Newhouser's sac fly that plated Forstie, who singled, advanced on an error and stole third.
• The Cavaliers put up a run in the second and three more in the third, capitalizing on two CSUSM errors and collecting four hits in the two frames.
• Calderon began the third with a walk and dvanced two bases on a wild pitch before scoring on Newhouser's single off the left center wall.
• Despite finishing the top of the sixth, the game was reverted back to the end of the fifth after the game was called due to rain.

 
QUICK HITS

• The Cougars are now 1-5 overall while the Cavaliers move to 3-8 on the season.
• Forstie is on a six-game hitting streak with three being multi-hit games.

 

.@CSUSMsoftball's Head Coach Stef Ewing talks about the team's first win of 2019 & her first collegiate win. #BleedBlue4Decade #goCCAA #NCAAd2 pic.twitter.com/Cdute5giRB

— CSUSM Athletics (@CSUSMcougars) February 18, 2019

 
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The Cougars return to California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play next weekend when they travel to Hayward to face Cal State East Bay.