Softball Splits Day One in Cathedral City

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State softball team fell 8-3 to Oregon State before taking a 2-1 victory over San Diego State on Thursday in Cathedral City, Calif.
 
ISU strung together 13 hits on the day. Isa Cargill, Emma Bordenkecher, and Mailee Newman each went 3-7 on the day. Bordenkecher and Newman each recorded homers while bringing in a total of four RBIs for ISU. Morgan Hess had two hits and Kaylee Butterworth and Frankie Tago each singled. 

"Overall we had a really good day," said Head Coach Cristal Brown. "We are swinging the bat well and just need to keep our defense solid a full seven innings. We had a lot of focus and determination in that second game and we were able to get the win."

Oregon State 8 Idaho State 3
The Bengals put together eight hits led by Newman and Bordenkecher each going 2-4 with a homerun. Hess also recorded two hits in the game while Cargill and Tago each singled for a base hit.
 
ISU committed four errors and left six runners on.
 
Newman homered down the left field line to put the Bengals up 1-0 to start the game. ISU strengthened their lead, 2-0, in the top of the third after Cargill doubled early in the inning and was brought home from an RBI single from Newman.
 
The Beavers answered back in the bottom of the third, taking a 4-2 lead after scoring four runs off of four hits and two ISU errors.
 
Three OSU singles and a scored run in the fourth called for a Bengal pitching change as Kiara Grover came in to relieve Kelsea Sweeney. A double followed by an error brought in three more runs for the Beavers, giving them an 8-2 advantage to end the inning.
 
Bordenkecher cut the lead 8-3 in the fifth after a solo shot over the left field fence but the Bengals would get no closer.
 
The loss goes to Sweeney after giving up six earned runs on eight hits.

Idaho State 2 SDSU 1
Idaho State combined for five hits led by Cargill with two and one run scored. Bordenkecher, Newman, and Butterworth all singled for ISU.

Neither team was able to get a run across until SDSU matched three hits with one ISU error to bring across one run in the fifth to lead ISU 1-0.

ISU forced a pitching change in the bottom of the fifth after the Aztecs gave up a walk and a single to start the inning. A SDSU error loaded the bases and a wild pitch brought in a run of the Bengals. Newman singled up the middle to bring in the go ahead run that would give the Bengals a 2-1 victory.

Sweeney earns the victory, giving up seven hits, one earned run, and striking out a season-high six batters.