CARSON, Calif. – The No. 19 Cal State San Marcos softball team (19-12, 7-7 CCAA) split Thursday's doubleheader at Cal State Dominguez Hills (19-11, 12-8 CCAA), dropping the series opener 7-3 before posting a seventh-inning comeback 6-5 victory in the nightcap.
 
GAME: No. 19 CSUSM  3 - CSUDH 7

TOP PERFORMERS
Paige Donnelly – 2-for-4 | 1 R | 1 RBI | 1 HR
Delaney Prater – 2-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 2B
Madison Waymire – 1-for-4 | 1 R
Savannah Coyle – 1-for-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning on an RBI single by Prater scoring Waymire who led off the game with a single through the left side.  
• The Toros evened it in the second inning when Kaylee Hull hit a leadoff homer.
• CSUDH took a 5-1 lead in the third after tallying four runs on three hits, two walks and two CSUSM errors.
• In the top of the fifth, Donnelly hit the second ball she faced over the center field wall for a solo home run to cut CSUDH's lead to 5-2.
• CSUDH's Mireya Rico answered with her own leadoff home run in the bottom of the frame before Alexis Aguado knocked in the final run of the game on a RBI single through the right side to make it 7-2.

QUICK HITS

• CSUSM starter Savannah Coyle (7-7) recorded the loss after two innings of action, giving up five runs (four earned) on six hits, one walk, three wild pitches and one hit batter.
• CSUDH reliever Mariah Ramirez (14-7) collected the win after 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and no walks.  
• Donnelly's fourth home run of the season brings her even with Madison Waymire for most on the team in 2024.

GAME 2: No. 19 CSUSM 10 – CSUDH 0

TOP PERFORMERS
Paige Donnelly – 3-for-3 | 4 RBIs | 2 R | 2 2B
Savannah Coyle – 3-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 R
Jillian Albayati – 3-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 BB
Madison Waymire – 2-for-4 | 3 R
Delaney Prater – 1-for-4 | 2 RBIs
Brooklyn Ury – 1-for-2 | 2 R
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM went up 2-0 in the first inning on a Prater RBI groundout and a Czar Fleischman RBI single up the middle.
• Coyle's RBI single up the middle in the third inning raised CSUSM's lead to 3-0.
• The Cougars doubled their score in the fourth with a 2-RBI single to left field by Donnelly and an RBI fielder's choice by Prater that made it 6-0.
• CSUSM pushed four more runs across the plate in the fifth on a Donnelly 2-RBI double, a Toro error and a Albayati RBI single.

QUICK HITS

• CSUSM starter Jayline Sloss (11-4) registered her 11th win of the season after a 2-hit, five-inning performance in the circle that included five strike outs.  
• CSUDH starter Ashley Wies (4-3) picked up the loss after 2.1 innings, relinquishing four runs on six hits and one walk.
• Donnelly tallied her team-leading ninth multi-RBI game of the season.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM returns home four-game series against Cal State Monterey Bay beginning Friday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader.