Toros Salvage One Win on Day One of Mizuno Tournament of Champions
March 30, 2007

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Turlock, CA — A bloop 2RBI single down the left field line by junior Homa Shafii (San Jose, CA/West Valley College) in the bottom of the 7th inning completed an improbable comeback that saw CSUDH score the game's final seven runs over the final three innings to take a thrilling come-from-behind victory over BYU-Hawaii on day one of the Cal State Stanislaus-hosted Mizuno Tournament of Champions. With the lone win in three games on the day, CSUDH improves to 17-17 on the season.

The Toros dug themselves an early hole against BYU-Hawaii, trailing 6-0 after two innings. After getting on the scoreboard with a single run in the 3rd on a Michelle Medina (Lakewood, CA/St. Joseph HS) RBI double, the Seasiders answered with a run in the 4th to give them a 7-1 lead. CSUDH, however, after dropping its first two games of the tournament earlier in the day, came alive in the 5th, scoring three runs on three hits, taking advantage of two BYU-Hawaii errors in the frame for all the unearned runs.

Two innings later, the Toros completed their comeback as another Seasider error helped the first two runs cross home plate, after which Shafii's heroics four batters later gave CSUDH its first win of the tournament.

In game one, the Toros found themselves on the short end of a pitcher's duel as CSUDH starter Jennifer Martinez's (La Habra, CA/CSULB) four-hit complete game effort couldn't match HPU starter Sherise Musquiz's five-hit complete game shutout, with the game's lone run coming in the 4th inning as a Jessica Adolph RBI single with runners on 2nd and 3rd gave Musquiz the only run she would need.

After the heartbreaker, the Toros came right back against Western Washington, scoring their first run of the tournament in the 2nd as a Katie Garcia (Riverside, CA/La Sierra HS) triple brought home Katie Jordan (Huntington Beach, CA/Marina HS), who doubled to begin the frame. But after CSUDH added another run two innings later on a Garcia sacrifce fly, the Vikings responded with three runs in their 4th inning at bat on a Morgan Parkerson 3-run home run, and added an insurance run in the sixth for the 4-2 win.

The Toros continue the Tournament of Champions tomorrow in a 3:45 pm contest versus Grand Canyon, followed by a 6:00 pm showdown versus Central Washington University.