LA MIRADA, Calif. – Behind Madison Waymire's and Jillian Albayati's team-leading fourth home runs of the season, the No. 18 Cal State San Marcos softball team (17-4) recorded a doubleheader sweep at Biola (9-9) on Tuesday night at Freedom Field. The Cougars scored three runs in the top of the seventh to take game one 7-5 before completing the sweep with a 3-1 victory in the nightcap.
 
CSUSM  7 – Biola 5
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Madison Waymire – 2-for-4 | 2 R | 3 RBIs | 1 HR | 1 3B
Jillian Albayati – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI
Delaney Prater – 2-for-4 | 1 RBI
Mackenzie Kestler – 2-for-4 | 1 R
Dahlia Fink – 1-for-1 | 1 RBI

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Eagles took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Makayla Jordan RBI single up the middle that plated Alexa Medley who reached on a CSUSM error.
• After a leadoff single by Mackenzie Kestler and a Jordan Elias drawn walk in the top of the third, Madison Waymire hit a homer over the center field wall to put CSUSM up 3-1. Paige Donnelly and Jillian Albayati hit back-to-back singles to set up Delaney Prater for an RBI single to center field to raise CSUSM's lead to 4-1.
• Biola answered with a two-run homer by Kendal Nakano to center field in the bottom of the frame to make it 4-3 CSUSM.
• The Eagles evened the game in the bottom of the fourth on a wild pitch that brought Bridgette Trujillo across the plate after she led off with a walk at 4-4.
• Biola went up 5-4 in the next inning on a Mikala Husky RBI single to center.
• CSUSM put up three runs in the top of the seventh to retake the lead at 7-5 on Waymire's RBI triple down the right line, Albayati's sacrifice fly to center and Dahlia Fink's RBI single up the middle.
• Fink retired the side in the bottom of the seventh on three infield groundouts.
   

QUICK HITS

• Cougar reliever Dahlia Fink (5-1) collected the win after going 3.0 shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks.
• Starting pitcher Savannah Coyle got a no-decision after allowing five runs (four earned) on seven hits and one walk while striking out two.
• Biola reliever Maddie Granados took the loss after giving up four runs (two earned) on eight hits in 4.2 innings of work.
• Madison Waymire hit her team-leading fourth home run of the season.

 
CSUSM 3 – Biola 1

TOP PERFORMERS
Jillian Albayati – 2-for-4 | 3 RBIs | 1 HR
Paige Donnelly – 3-for-4
Czar Fleishman – 1-for-1 | 1 2B

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars took a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning on Jillian Albayati's RBI single up the middle.
• Biola knotted the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the frame on Kennadie Tsue's RBI single to center field.
• After Paige Donnelly's leadoff infield single to the pitcher, Jillian Albayati crushed the ball off the scoreboard in left field to put CSUSM up 3-1 in the third inning.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM starter Jayline Sloss (6-2) tossed a five-hit, one-run complete game for the win.
• Sloss tallied a season-best eight strikeouts while matching her career high for the fifth time in the last three seasons.  
• Biola's reliever Raquel Reyes (1-3) picked up the loss after going 2.0 innings and allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and no walks.
• Jillian Albayati wasted no time in moving alongside Madison Waymire with her fourth home run of the season.
• Waymire extended her streak of reaching base safely to 11, moving into the top spot for the season.
• Albayati recorded her team-leading ninth multi-hit game of the season
   

UP NEXT
The Cougars will take the weekend off before resuming conference play March 14-15 for their four-game CCAA series at Sonoma State.