May 11, 2002

Final Stats

Moraga, CA - In Saturday's final two round robin games, Loyola Marymount defeated Santa Clara 3-1 to move to 5-1 overall in the Western Intercollegiate Softball League (WISL) Tournament and earn the number-one seed heading into Sunday's elimination bracket. Santa Clara locked down the number-three seed by defeating San Diego 5-0 at Cottrell Field.

Loyola Marymount pulled out a 3-1 victory over Santa Clara, as the Lions pitcher Sami Strintz tossed her second complete game of the day and improved to 15-5 on the season. Strinz allowed just one run on four hits. Santa Clara's Lacey Smale's RBI double in the bottom of the first gave the Broncos a 1-0 lead, but in the top of the third inning LMU took the lead with two runs. The first run coming on an RBI triple by Jessica Grassi. Grassi would later score on sacrifice fly by Casie Phillips. LMU added an insurance run in the sixth inning to secure the win.

The final game of the day saw Santa Clara post a 5-0 win over San Diego. The Broncos opened the game with two runs in the top of the first inning on RBI singles by Smale and Tracie Hall. The score remained the same until the fifth when Santa Clara added another run. Two more runs in the sixth inning extended the lead to 5-0. Smale finished the game 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Hall was 3-for-4 with a double, one RBI and she scored one run. Deanna Rodriguez picked up the win to improve to 12-14 on the season. Rodriguez allowed three hits en route to the shutout victory.

Sunday's action will begin at 9:00 am when #2 Saint Mary's (4-2 WISL) battles #3 Santa Clara (2-4 WISL). The second game of the day will feature #1 Loyola Marymount (5-1 WISL) against #4 San Diego (1-5 WISL) starting at 11:00 am. The championship game will begin at 1:00 pm and it will feature the winners of the two morning games. There is no consolation game for third place.

Score by innings: R H E LMU 002 001 0 - 3 6 2 Santa Clara 100 000 0 - 1 4 0 Win - STRINZ 15-5. Loss - PONZO 6-14.
E - KAMINAKA 2(19). LOB - Lions 4, Broncos 5. 2B - GOMES(9), SMALE(8). 3B - GRASSI(1), SALAS(8). HR - STRINZ(8). SB - JULIAN(2), SMALE(4). CS - SALAS(6). SH - HARRINGTON(7).

Score by innings: R H E Santa Clara 200 012 0 - 5 9 1 San Diego 000 000 0 - 0 3 3 Win - RODRIGUEZ 12-14. Loss - Delpit, J. 0-7.
E - HALL, Clarke, McBay, Bisera. DP - Broncos 1. LOB - Broncos 9, Toreros 4. 2B - SMALE, HALL. 3B - SALAS. SB - SHERMAN, Adair. CS - SHERMAN. SH - HARRINGTON 2, RODRIGUEZ, REISINGER. HBP - by Delpit, J. (HARRINGTON).