CARSON, Calif. – The No. 4 Cal State San Marcos softball team (34-4, 23-3 CCAA) saw it's 14-game win streak come to an end after a late-inning rally pushed the game into extras but resulted in a 4-3 eight-inning loss in game one against Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday afternoon. The Cougars bounced back in game two with a 3-0 shutout after Gianna Lombardi knocked out a three-run homer and Jayline Sloss tossed a complete game shutout.

GAME 1: CSUDH 4 - CSUSM 3 (8 inn.)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Bianca Gutierrez – 2-for-4 | 2 RBIs | 1 2B
Savannah Coyle – 2-for-4 | 1 R | 1 RBI
Kayla Mack – 1-for-2 | 1 2B
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars wasted no time getting on the board as Coyle crushed a home run to center to put CSUSM up 1-0 in the first inning.
• CSUDH answered in the fourth with a three-run homer to right center by Maiya Lopez to make it 3-1 Toros.
• With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Gutierrez sliced the ball down the left line for a 2-RBI double to even the game at 3-all.
• After reaching first on a hit by pitch, Kaylee Hull was lifted for pinch runner Angelina Alderete, who later scored on a pair of errors that ended the game.

QUICK HITS

• CSUDH ace Alyssa Olague (16-9) picked up the win after entering the game in relief in the sixth inning and allowed two runs on five hits.
• Coyle (13-2) took the loss after going 7.1 innings in the circle, allowing four runs (two earned) on eight hits while striking out five batters.
• Gutierrez recorded her team-leading 15th multi-hit game of the season.
• Coyle's home run was her second of the season.
   

GAME 2: CSUSM 3 – CSUDH 0
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Nikki Andelin – 3-for-4 | 1 R | 1 SB
Bianca Gutierrez – 2-for-4 | 1 R
Gianna Lombardi – 1-for-2 | 1 HR | 1 IBB | 3 RBIs
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Once again, CSUSM jumped on the board early as Gutierrez and Nikki Andelin led off the game with back-to-back singles to set up Lombardi for a 3-run home run.
• CSUSM starter Jayline Sloss retired the side in the seventh to secure the win.

QUICK HITS

• Sloss (12-1) recorded the win after tossing her seventh complete game and fourth shutout of the season. She tallied five strikeouts while allowing four hits and walking two.
• CSUDH ace Alyssa Olague (16-10) picked up the loss after allowing three runs on nine hits while striking out eight.
• Gutierrez added another multi-hit performance to her stats, raising her total to a team-leading 16.
• Lombardi's home run was her second of the season.
• Since Chico State doesn't have any games this weekend, CSUSM still has a four-game cushion for first place in the CCAA standings.

UP NEXT
The No. 4 Cougars will close out their six-game road trip on Saturday with a doubleheader at CSUDH beginning at noon.