SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara lost a pair of games at Friday's Silicon Valley Classic Tournament, falling to Utah 3-0 in the first game and to Cal 8-2 in the second.  

Game 1: Utah 3 - Santa Clara 0

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Hailey Maestretti tossed a two-hit shutout throwing an economical 84 pitches to remain undefeated on the season at 3-0.  The southpaw struck out six, walked none and allowed a hit to Claire Krotine and Marie Martorella in the third and seventh innings.  The only other runner she allowed was a hit batsman and faced just 24 batters over her seven innings of work. 
• Utah (6-1) scored a run each in the second, third and fourth innings, all against Bronco starter Hazyl Gray. 
• Danika Wilson doubled in Jolie Mayfield for the first run.  Mia Gomez, who was the only player with multiple hits in the game, hit a solo homer and Mayfield had a sacrifice fly RBI. 

Game 2: Cal 8 - Santa Clara 2

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Cal (2-5) scored six runs in the top of the seventh to break a 2-all tie to win 8-2.  In the frame, the Bears sent 10 batters to the plate including the go-ahead two run double by Anaya Togia with the bases loaded.
• Starters Cari Ferguson and Mya McGowan went toe-to-toe through the first six frames, giving up two runs each.  However, in the seventh, leadoff batter Gator Robinson was hit by a pitch, followed by back-to-back singles by Kayli Counts and Emma Jackson to load the bases for McGowan's at-bat.  Ferguson was replaced by Avery Seva after giving up the double.  
• The Bears added four more runs in the inning to break the game open.  
• Each time Santa Clara (4-4) scored, the Bears had an answer specifically Anya German.  In the third, Elle Merlino tripled taking advantage of a five player infield shift by lifting the ball to the outfield and came home on Caitlyn Golob's single.  German knotted the game up with a bloop RBI single in the fourth.  
• Rebecca Rubio drove in a run in the fifth to put the Broncos ahead but once again, German came through doubling home the tying run in the sixth.  German finished with a game-high three RBIs going 3-for-3. 
• McGowan went six innings to pick up her second win of the year while Ferguson dropped to 2-2.  

NEXT UP:

• Santa Clara plays Cal at 1:30 p.m. PT and UC Santa Barbara at 4 p.m. on Saturday on the third day of the Silicon Valley Classic tournament.  The Cal-UCSB game will precede the Bronco games starting at 11 a.m.        

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