Thursday, February 17
San Diego, Calif.
6:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
3-3
6
at
4
San Diego State
5-2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
CSUN
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
6
9
2
San Diego State
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
4
3
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gardiner, Allie (3-1)
L: MARTINEZ, Dani (1-1)
Batting:
3B: Sorensen, Kennedi 1 ; Swan, Aaliyah 1
HR: Steward, Jaymi 1 ; Sorensen, Kennedi 1
RBI: Steward, Jaymi 3 ; Sorensen, Kennedi 2 ; Kwiatkowski, Samantha 1
SH: Lemus, Alexis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cortez, Mia 1 ; Steward, Jaymi 2 ; Sorensen, Kennedi 1 ; Swan, Aaliyah 1 ; Carman, Mikayla 1
HBP: Nunez, Vinessa 1
Batting:
2B: CELIS, Jillian 1 ; CORDOLA, Jessica 1
HR: BARBARA, Mac 1
RBI: BARBARA, Mac 1 ; CELIS, Jillian 2 ; CORDOLA, Jessica 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BARBARA, Mac 1 ; SIESS, Nicole 1 ; MURPHY, AnneMarie 1 ; WHATMAN, Shaylan 1
SB: SIESS, Nicole 1
HBP: ROMANELLO, Danielle 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
OF
/ Softball
INF
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
C
/ SoftballINF
/ Softball
INF
/ SoftballC
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
INF
/ Softball
Photo by: Will Navarro
Back-to-Back 7th Inning Home Runs Send CSUN Past SDSU 6-4
2/17/2022 9:57:00 PM | Softball
SAN DIEGO--Jaymi Steward and Kennedi Sorensen recorded back-to-back home runs in the top of the seventh to give CSUN a 6-4 victory over San Diego State in the opening game of the 31st annual Campbell/Cartier Classic Thursday night at the SDSU Softball Stadium.
Sorensen's RBI triple in the top of the first scored Steward to give the Matadors a 1-0 lead. Mac Barbara tied the game in the bottom of the fourth when she led off the frame with a home run. Vinessa Nunez was hit by a Dee Dee Hernandez pitch to lead off the top of the fifth. With one out, Mikayla Carman recorded her second hit of the night, a single, that advanced Nunez to second. Dani Martinez relieved Hernandez. Alexis Lemus reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice that retired Carman, but Nunez made it to third. Steward flew out to end the inning.
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Danielle Romanello was hit by a Kenedee Jamerson pitch. A passed ball advanced pinch-runner, Nicole Siess, to second. Jessica Cordolla doubled in Siess to give the Aztecs the 2-1 lead. Pinch-hitter Shaylan Whatman walked. Allie Gardiner relived Jameson to face Bella Espinoza. Espinoza grounded out to third to push the runners up a base. Barbara walked to bring up Jillian Celis. Celis doubled in a pair of runs for a 4-1 lead.Â
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Aaliyah Swan tripled to lead off the seventh. Pinch-hitter Samantha Kwiatkowski singled in Swan to make it 4-2. Pinch-hitter Kaylee Escutia popped up to second for the first half. Carman reached on a 5-4 fielder's choice as Kwiatkowski was retired at second. Lemus singled too short and was pinch run for by Mia Cortez. Steward smacked a three-run home run to put CSUN ahead 5-4. Sorensen followed with her second home run of the year for a 6-4 score. Gardiner retired the Aztecs (5-2) for the CSUN victory.
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Steward and Sorensen both went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Carman was 2-for-3. Gardiner improved to 3-1 on the year with 2.2 innings of one-hit relief. She combined with Jamerson on a three-hitter. The duo struck out five and combined for 13 ground ball outs.Â
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ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH CHARLOTTE MORGAN
"I think SDSU did a great job coming out and capitalizing on the free passes that we gave them. I'm proud of our team. From the circle, KJ and Allie did a great job keeping us in the game. Aaliyah and Sam got the momentum going on our side (in the seventh)."
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"Anytime you can witness back-to-back home runs in a clutch situation is big. Our defense came out and played stellar behind our pitchers and we won our 60-feet battle tonight. It was a great win to start our weekend off against a tough opponent."
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UP NEXT
CSUN (3-3) continues tournament play Friday. The Matadors face Southern Utah (0-5) at 10 a.m. and Army West Point (0-0) at 3 p.m. Live stats links for both games can be found at GoMatadors.com.
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Sorensen's RBI triple in the top of the first scored Steward to give the Matadors a 1-0 lead. Mac Barbara tied the game in the bottom of the fourth when she led off the frame with a home run. Vinessa Nunez was hit by a Dee Dee Hernandez pitch to lead off the top of the fifth. With one out, Mikayla Carman recorded her second hit of the night, a single, that advanced Nunez to second. Dani Martinez relieved Hernandez. Alexis Lemus reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice that retired Carman, but Nunez made it to third. Steward flew out to end the inning.
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Danielle Romanello was hit by a Kenedee Jamerson pitch. A passed ball advanced pinch-runner, Nicole Siess, to second. Jessica Cordolla doubled in Siess to give the Aztecs the 2-1 lead. Pinch-hitter Shaylan Whatman walked. Allie Gardiner relived Jameson to face Bella Espinoza. Espinoza grounded out to third to push the runners up a base. Barbara walked to bring up Jillian Celis. Celis doubled in a pair of runs for a 4-1 lead.Â
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Aaliyah Swan tripled to lead off the seventh. Pinch-hitter Samantha Kwiatkowski singled in Swan to make it 4-2. Pinch-hitter Kaylee Escutia popped up to second for the first half. Carman reached on a 5-4 fielder's choice as Kwiatkowski was retired at second. Lemus singled too short and was pinch run for by Mia Cortez. Steward smacked a three-run home run to put CSUN ahead 5-4. Sorensen followed with her second home run of the year for a 6-4 score. Gardiner retired the Aztecs (5-2) for the CSUN victory.
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Steward and Sorensen both went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Carman was 2-for-3. Gardiner improved to 3-1 on the year with 2.2 innings of one-hit relief. She combined with Jamerson on a three-hitter. The duo struck out five and combined for 13 ground ball outs.Â
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ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH CHARLOTTE MORGAN
"I think SDSU did a great job coming out and capitalizing on the free passes that we gave them. I'm proud of our team. From the circle, KJ and Allie did a great job keeping us in the game. Aaliyah and Sam got the momentum going on our side (in the seventh)."
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"Anytime you can witness back-to-back home runs in a clutch situation is big. Our defense came out and played stellar behind our pitchers and we won our 60-feet battle tonight. It was a great win to start our weekend off against a tough opponent."
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UP NEXT
CSUN (3-3) continues tournament play Friday. The Matadors face Southern Utah (0-5) at 10 a.m. and Army West Point (0-0) at 3 p.m. Live stats links for both games can be found at GoMatadors.com.
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