SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos softball team (19-2, 10-1 CCAA) won its third consecutive CCAA series after a 12-3, 5-10 doubleheader split on Sunday at Cal State San Bernardino (7-13, 3-10 CCAA). The Cougars swept the Coyotes in yesterday's twinbill by scores of 4-1 and 2-0.

GAME 1: CSUSM 12 – CSUSB 3
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Nikki Andelin – 3-for-4 | 2 R | 1 2B | 1 SB
Paige Donnelly – 3-for-4 | 4 RBIs | 1 2B
Ryann Steiner – 3-for-3 | 1 RBI
Bianca Gutierrez – 3-for-3 | 3 R | 2 RBIs | 1 2B |
Savannah Coyle – 3-for-3 | 2 RBIs | 2 R | 1 HR | 6.0 IP | 1 ER | 4 H | 7 K
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Gutierrez and Andelin led of the game with back-to-back singles and advanced 60 feet on Makenzie Guiliano's sac bunt. The duo later scored on Donnelly's 2-RBI single that flew past the third baseman to give CSUSM a 2-0 lead.
• The Cougars tripled their lead in the second inning on a pair of 2-RBI doubles by Gutierrez and Donnelly, making it 6-0 CSUSM.
• In the third, CSUSM got another run on a fielder's choice by Jackie Ramirez that plated Salgado, who reached on a bunt single.
• The Cougars made it 8-0 in the top of the fourth on a wild pitch that enabled Gutierrez to come home after she led off the inning with a single and moved over two bases on Andelin's double.
• Back-to-back doubles by Tereise Tosi and Veronica Garza pushed a run across for the Coyotes, preventing the mercy rule from going into effect after five innings to make it 8-1.
• Steiner knocked an RBI single up the middle, and Madison Waymire drove in a run on a fielder's choice. Coyle hit a two-out, two-run home run to center field to raise CSUSM's lead to 12-1.

 
QUICK HITS

• Cougar starter Savannah Coyle (8-1) earned the win after going 6.0 innings, giving up just one run on four hits and striking out seven without a single walk.
• CSUSB starter Samantha Vargas went just 1.1 innings, relinquishing three earned runs on five hits while striking out two.
• Coyle's eight wins tie the record for most by a CSUSM pitcher in the Division II era. Caitlin Vinyard collected eight wins during the 2018 season.
• For the first time in the all-time series against CSUSB, the Cougars won three consecutive games. CSUSB leads the all-time series at 21-7 over the last 15 years.
  
   

GAME 2: CSUSM
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Paige Donnelly – 2-for-3 | 5 RBIs | 1 HR
Nikki Andelin – 2-for-4 | 2 R | 1 2B | 1 SB
Bianca Gutierrez – 2-for-4 | 1 R
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Coyotes scored first for the first time in the series, taking advantage of a CSUSM error in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.
• CSUSB's Aguardo knocked in an RBI single to give the Coyotes a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
• Ariana Chavarria's two-run homer in the third inning extended CSUSB's lead to 4-0.
• The Cougars didn't get their first hit until the fourth inning when Andelin doubled to left field and stole third before Donnelly laced a single off the CSUSB's third baseman's glove to bring Andelin home.
• The Coyotes added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth after racking up two hits and capitalizing on a Cougar error.
• Donnelly's grand slam to center field in the top of the sixth inning cut CSUSB's lead to 7-5.
• CSUSB responded with three more runs in the bottom of the frame highlighted by Tosi's two-run homer to center field to make it 10-5.

 
QUICK HITS

• Coyote starter Brooklyn Blackman (1-3) picked up the win despite giving up five runs on six hits and registering four strikeouts.
• CSUSM starter Jayline Sloss (7-1) picked up her first loss of the season after giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits and one walk.
   

UP NEXT
The Cougars return home for a four-game CCAA series against Cal State East Bay next Friday and Saturday.