Toros Go Overtime to Defeat Cossacks Twice in CCAA Softball
March 15, 2002

Complete Box Score - Game 1

Complete Box Score - Game 1

(Rohnert Park) -- Renee Snyder tripled home Megan Barranco with one out in the ninth inning for the only run of the game to lift Cal State Dominguez Hills (17-10, 11-7) to a 1-0 win over Sonoma State (9-17, 6-10) and complete a sweep of their CCAA doubleheader.

The Toros needed to go into extra innings in the opener too, knocking off the Cossacks by a 5-4 score.

In the opener, Dominguez Hills took a 3-0 lead in the second off Cossack starter Sharleen Koenig as they put together five hits along with a SSU error.

The Toros increased their lead to 4-0 with a single run in the fifth, but the Cossacks rallied back for three of their own in the bottom of the inning with Dani McDavid's RBI double being the key blow. SSU stayed alive with a run in the bottom of the seventh, but the Toros won it with a run in the eighth.

In the nightcap, the Cossacks Ashley Cruz and the Toros Patrina Smith were locked in a scoreless pitcher's duel through the first eight innings.

The Toros finally broke through when Janie Olivas was hit by a pitch to open the inning. Barranco came in as a pinch runner, and one out later scored the go-ahead run on Snyder's triple. The Cossacks had a chance to tie it in the bottom of the inning, but Liz Clark was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a grounder to shortstop.

The Cossacks will be in action again tomorrow with a 12 noon doubleheader against Cal State Bakersfield.