LOLETA, Calif. – The No. 15 Cal State San Marcos softball team (24-9, 10-8 CCAA) dropped a doubleheader to Cal Poly Humboldt (21-14, 10-10 CCAA) on Friday by scores of 11-3 (six innings) and 7-6 at Bear River Sports Complex.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 3 – HUM 11 (6 inn.)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Delaney Prater – 2-for-3 | 1 RBI
Madison Waymire – 1-for-1 | 1 RBI | 1 BB
Olivia Rivera – 1-for-1 | 1 2B
Paige Donnelly – 1-for-3 | 1 R

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lumberjacks went up 3-0 in the opening frame on RBI singles by Shelby Shanks, and Vanessa Saltos as well as a groundout RBI by Hailey Meisenbach.
• Humboldt added another run in the third on a Hailee Moore RBI single up the middle, making it 4-0.
• The Cougars cut the deficit in half at 4-2 with a pair of runs in the fourth on RBI groundout by Jillian Albayati and an RBI single by Delaney Prater.
• CSUSM made it 4-3 a game in the top of the fifth as Makenzie Guiliano knocked out an RBI single up the middle.
• The Jacks put together a six-run fifth inning on an RBI double by Alyssa Ramirez, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch and a grand slam by Shanks.
• Humboldt got the mercy-ruled win on an RBI double by Katlyn Gifford in the sixth that made it 11-3.

QUICK HITS

• Humboldt starting pitcher Gaige Garcia (12-3) collected the win after four innings of work, allowing three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four.  
• CSUSM starting pitcher Jayline Sloss (9-4) took the loss after going 4.2 innings, giving up nine runs on six hits, four walks and six hit batters while striking out three.
• Jillian Albayati saw her 12-game hitting streak come to an end.
• The six hit batters by the CSUSM pitching staff are the most since the Cougars became full-fledged members of NCAA Division II.

GAME 2: CSUSM  6 – HUM 7

TOP PERFORMERS
Madison Waymire – 3-for-3 | 2 2B | 1 R | 1 BB
Paige Donnelly – 1-for-4 | 4 RBIs | 1 HR
Jillian Albayati – 2-for-3 | 1 BB
Olivia Rivera – 1-for-3 | 2 RBIs

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A three-run homer by Paige Donnelly followed by an RBI groundout by Olivia Rivera gave CSUSM an early 4-0 lead in the first inning.
• In the bottom of the first, Humboldt cut the Cougars' lead in half with a two-run home run by Alyssa Smokey to make it 4-2 CSUSM.
• The Jacks evened the game at 4-4 in the third on a CSUSM fielding error that plated two runs.  
• The Cougars went up 5-4 in the top of the fifth on an RBI single by Rivera.
• In the bottom of the fifth, the Jacks took a 7-5 lead on an RBI single to left field by Vanessa Saltos followed by a 2-RBI double by Katlyn Gifford.
• CSUSM made it 7-6 in the top of the sixth on a Donnelly RBI groundout.
• A two-out single by Czar Fleischman and a stolen base put CSUSM in a position to tie it, but the Jacks ended the game with a groundout.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM's pitcher Savannah Coyle (7-3) picked up the loss after giving up one run on four hits while striking out two.
• Humboldt pitcher Riley Shopp (3-2) notched the win after going only one inning in the circle, allowing one run on one hit and two walks.
• Jacks pitcher Gaige Garcia collected her first save of the season.
• Madison Waymire registered her third 3-hit performance, raising her multi-hit game total to 10 for 2025.

UP NEXT
The Cougars will conclude their four-game series against Cal Poly Humboldt on Saturday with a 10 a.m. doubleheader at Bear River Sports Complex.