2008 Woodie Awards
Softball goes 4-0 in busy weekend of play
Tim Moore
Issue date: 3/11/08 Section: Sports
CSUSM Softball competed in the Sun West Tournament at Chapman University on Saturday - a day that would see the first no-hitter by a Cougars pitcher in the history of the program.
The Cougars faced Bethany University in game one of the month long round-robin tournament. CSUSM had perviously shutout Bethany in a doubleheader earlier in the season (10-0, 8-0), and the trends would carry over to Saturday's game. The Cougars shut out the Bruins yet again, by a score of 8-0.
Freshman, Ashley Salvino struck out three in five innings pitched to log the first ever no-hitter in the history of CSUSM softball's two year existence. Her run support came early as the Cougars scored two runs on three hits in the top of the first inning, one in the fourth and five in the fifth to force the mercy rule.
The Cougars carried the momentum into game two of the day, defeating the Northwest Christian Beacons handily, 9-0. Freshman, Marly Barth led off the second inning with a solo home run and struck again in the third to open the game up en route to the big win.
The Cougars will continue their play in the Sun West tournament on Friday, March 21.
The Cougars continued their dominant play as they returned home on Sunday to face Dominican University, winning both game of the doubleheader, 5-4 and 5-0.
In game one, Junior, Melissa Lerno was lights out at the mound, fanning 13 batters in a complete game outing. Game one saw extra innings as the teams took a 3-3 tie into the eighth inning. Dominican scored one run in the top of the eighth, however CSUSM fought off what would have been their first loss in the month of March as freshman, Lise Leibl drove in the game-winning run after Dominican walked in a run to tie the game.
Staying constant with their trends of late, the Cougars carried their momentum into game two of the doubleheader, winning handily - 5-0. Freshman Brenna Sandberg improved her record to 6-2 with a seven inning, seven strikeout, two-hit performance.
The Cougars big weekend improves their record to 16-6 on the season. The Cougars face the University of San Diego Toreros on Thursday at 5 p.m.
The Cougars faced Bethany University in game one of the month long round-robin tournament. CSUSM had perviously shutout Bethany in a doubleheader earlier in the season (10-0, 8-0), and the trends would carry over to Saturday's game. The Cougars shut out the Bruins yet again, by a score of 8-0.
Freshman, Ashley Salvino struck out three in five innings pitched to log the first ever no-hitter in the history of CSUSM softball's two year existence. Her run support came early as the Cougars scored two runs on three hits in the top of the first inning, one in the fourth and five in the fifth to force the mercy rule.
The Cougars carried the momentum into game two of the day, defeating the Northwest Christian Beacons handily, 9-0. Freshman, Marly Barth led off the second inning with a solo home run and struck again in the third to open the game up en route to the big win.
The Cougars will continue their play in the Sun West tournament on Friday, March 21.
The Cougars continued their dominant play as they returned home on Sunday to face Dominican University, winning both game of the doubleheader, 5-4 and 5-0.
In game one, Junior, Melissa Lerno was lights out at the mound, fanning 13 batters in a complete game outing. Game one saw extra innings as the teams took a 3-3 tie into the eighth inning. Dominican scored one run in the top of the eighth, however CSUSM fought off what would have been their first loss in the month of March as freshman, Lise Leibl drove in the game-winning run after Dominican walked in a run to tie the game.
Staying constant with their trends of late, the Cougars carried their momentum into game two of the doubleheader, winning handily - 5-0. Freshman Brenna Sandberg improved her record to 6-2 with a seven inning, seven strikeout, two-hit performance.
The Cougars big weekend improves their record to 16-6 on the season. The Cougars face the University of San Diego Toreros on Thursday at 5 p.m.
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