Box Scores:
vs. Grand Canyon
vs. Dixie State
vs. Western Washington
TURLOCK --
Missy Corral's two-run RBI single in the second inning turned out to be a key hit as the Cal State Stanislaus Warriors took the nightcap on Friday. The Warriors beat Western Washington 5-2 to end the first day of Tournament of Champions presented by Mizuno.
The win allowed the Warriors (7-23-1) to finish the first day of the tournament on a high note after dropping the first two games on the day. They had lost to Grand Canyon 12-2 and Dixie State 6-4.
Leading 1-0,
Nicole Jenkins drove in a run in the second and two batters later with two on, Corral hit a liner just over the third baseman's hit for a two-run single to give the Warriors a 4-0 lead.
Brittani Weatherford earned the win in the nightcap as she allowed just two runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings of work. She struck out four and walked three and improved to 4-13.
Weatherford was the work horse of the day for the Warriors as she pitched a total of 14 2/3 innings in three games.
Six different Warriors each had a hit in the game versus Western Washington.
Nikky Rissetto and
Brittany Balanesi each had a double.
Against Dixie State, after trailing 2-0 the Warriors rallied and took a 3-2 lead after a timely double to right by Corral, which scored two runs in the fifth inning. That followed
Jennifer Arnold's solo homer in the fourth to give the Warriors the lead.
However, Dixie State's Breanna Egge belted a three-run homer in the bottom of fifth to put the Red Storms ahead.
Luna continues to be hot offensively, going 2-for-3 with a double. However,
Sarah Locarnini went 0-for-3 with a walk to end her consecutive game hitting streak at 20.
In the first game of the day, Grand Canyon took an early 4-0 lead and scored six times in the fourth to eventually beat the Warriors, 12-2, in five innings.
Locarnini went 2-for-3 and Balanesi had two hits to lead the Warriors.
Teddy Barry homered twice for Grand Canyon.
Tournament of Champions
Presented by Mizuno
Pedretti Sports Complex & Warrior Field, Turlock
Friday's Results
Cal State San Bernardino 4, Western Oregon 3
Cal State Dominguez Hills 11, Grand Canyon 9 (8 inn)
Hawaii Pacific 2, UC San Diego 0
Dixie State 9, Humboldt State 2
Chico State 5, Chaminade 2
Cal State San Bernardino 5, St. Martin's 3
Grand Canyon 12, Cal State Stanislaus 2 (5 inn)
UC San Diego 6, Western Oregon 3
Chico State 4, Dixie State 2
Cal State Dominguez Hills 13, Chaminade (5 inn)
Hawaii Hilo 2, Humboldt State 1
Western Washington 3, San Francisco State 0
Cal State Monterey Bay 5, Hawaii Pacific 4
Central Washington 11, Notre Dame de Namur 0 (5 inn)
Sonoma State 13, Northwest Nazarene 2
Hawaii Hilo 2, Cal State Dominguez Hills 0
Grand Canyon 4, San Francisco State 2
Dixie State 6, Cal State Stanislaus 4
Hawaii Pacific 3, Cal State San Bernardino 2
UC San Diego 5, St. Martin's 2
Montana State Billings 6, Cal State East Bay 5 (9 inn)
Notre Dame de Namur 4, Northwest Nazarene 1
Cal State Stanislaus 5, Western Washington 2
Central Washington 5, Cal State Monterey Bay 0
Sonoma State 10, St. Martin's 2 (5 inn.)
Cal State Monterey Bay 8, Northwest Nazarene 0 (6 inn.)
Notre Dame de Namur 5, MSU Billings 1
San Francisco State 3, Hawaii Hilo 1
Central Washington 11, Cal State East Bay 5