SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The No. 18 Cal State San Marcos softball team (33-10, 19-9 CCAA) extended its win streak to eight games with its second consecutive CCAA series sweep, taking two games from Cal State San Bernardino (20-24, 12-16 CCAA) by scores of 6-2 and 5-1 on Saturday at CSUSM Softball Field.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM  6 – CSUSB 2
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Paige Donnelly – 2-for-3 | 1 R | 1 RBI | 1 2B
Delaney Prater – 1-for-2 | 2 RBIs | 1 HR
Madison Waymire – 2-for-4 | 2 R
Gianna Lombardi – 2-for-3 | 2 RBIs
Jillian Albayati – 1-for-4 | 1 RBI

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars took a 2-0 lead in the opening frame as Madison Waymire led off with a single to the left side and scored from first on Paige Donnelly's RBI double to the left center gap. Donnelly then came across the plate on Gianna Lombardi's two-out RBI single through the left side.
• A two-run homer by Tereise Tosi in the top of the third evened the game at 2-all.
• CSUSM got out of a bases-loaded jam with CCAA home run leader Tosi at the plate in the top of the fourth with a 5-2-3 double play.
• A Lombardi RBI double down the left line in the fifth put CSUSM back on top at 3-2.
• CSUSM went up 6-2 in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run homer down the right field line by Delaney Prater and an RBI single to right field by Jillian Albayati.

QUICK HITS

• CSUSM pitcher Jayline Sloss (14-4) won her fifth straight start, tossing a complete game and allowing two runs seven hits and five walks while ringing up five batters.
• Coyote pitcher Samantha Vargas (9-7) took the loss after giving up two runs on five hits and no walks.
• Madison Waymire extended her streak of reaching base safely to 13, tying for the most this season set by Paige Donnelly.

GAME 2: CSUSM 5 – CSUSB 1

TOP PERFORMERS
Olivia Rivera – 1-for-2 | 2 RBIs | 1 2B
Delaney Prater – 1-for-2 | 2 RBIs | 1 R
Jillian Albayati – 1-for-2 | 1 R | 1 BB
Lauren Deplitch – 1-for-2 | 1 RBI
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• All six runs came in the first frame as CSUSB took a 1-0 lead on a Tereise Tosi RBI single up the middle that plated Shannon Galliano after she led off the game with a single.
• The Cougars answered with five runs in the bottom of the first on a Delaney Prater 2-RBI single through the right side, an Olivia Rivera 2-RBI double down the third-base line and an RBI single by Lauren Deptlich.
• Neither team was able to get a runner past second in the remaining innings.

QUICK HITS

• CSUSM's pitcher Dahlia Fink (8-2) threw a complete game, allowing one run on seven hits and one walk while striking out three.
• CSUSB starting pitcher Ashley Legler (7-6) took the loss after allowing five runs on six hits and three walks.  
• CSUSM collected its seventh consecutive win over San Bernardino and is now 14-27 in the all-time series.
• Madison Waymire became CSUSM's leader in reaching base safely, extending her streak to 14 games.
• With the series sweep, CSUSM is one game back from CCAA leader Cal State East Bay, who split its series at San Francisco State this weekend. 

UP NEXT
The Cougars will play their final non-conference doubleheader against Concordia University Irvine on Tuesday, April 15 at 12 p.m. at CSUSM Softball Field.