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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara softball
team split a doubleheader with San Diego on the final day of the
Broncos 2010 season, defeating the Toreros, 5-1, in the first game
and falling, 4-1, in the second game.
The first game was a stalemate until the fourth inning when
senior Megan
Smith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, scoring senior
Emily
Batt, who had reached on an error in the first at-bat of the
bottom of the fourth.
Santa Clara extended it to a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning,
scoring two runs while there were two outs on the board. The first
run came when sophomore Kristin
Welsh reached on an error by the second baseman, scoring Batt.
The second run came when sophomore Briana
Knight singled through the left side to score junior Jackie
Nicora.
San Diego chipped one run off in the top of the sixth, scoring
on an illegal pitch by freshman Ali
Nash. Nash, who had earned two outs, was replaced by junior Jenna
Fong to finish off the inning.
In the sixth, the Broncos put the game even further out of
reach. Nicora singled up the middle and earned two RBIs with two
outs on the board, but the Toreros prevented any further runs by
getting the final out on the next play.
Senior Kaitlyn
Rauschnot came in for Fong to finish out the game in the
circle. Rauschnot and the Santa Clara defense knocked down San
Diego in order with three-straight ground outs to win the game.
Nash, who pitched 5.2 innings, earned her fourth victory of the
year.
In the second game, the first run was scored again in the fourth
inning, but this time by the Toreros. Carey Casciola singled up the
middle to score Jennifer Ellenbeck for the unearned run.
The second game continued to mirror the first, as San Diego took
a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning, scoring twice on four hits. The two
runs were driven in by Taylor Hensley with a single up the
middle.
The Broncos cut the lead to two runs in the bottom of the fifth
with Welsh's RBI-single scoring Nicora.
In the seventh inning, the Toreros scored the final run of the
game when Hensley sailed the ball over the fence for a solo home
run.
Rauschnot pitched the whole game, her final contest for Santa
Clara, striking out three.
With the split, the Broncos finish the season at 10-35 overall
and 2-18 in PCSC play.