Mustang Softball Team Edged in Series Finale by Cal State Fullerton, 2-1

Sunday, April 10

1 pm

16-17, 0-6

Cal State Fullerton

31-10, 6-0

CSF

Cal Poly

Mustang Softball Team Edged in Series Finale by Cal State Fullerton, 2-1

4/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly sophomore righthanders Stephanie Heyward and Lindsey Chalmers combined to hold Big West Conference-leading Cal State Fullerton to one earned run Sunday afternoon, but a first-inning wild pitch and throwing error undid the Mustang softball program as the Titans hung on for a 2-1 win at Bob Janssen Field.

Heyward, making her fourth start of the season, retired two of the first three hitters faced before a double down the left field line from designated player Sarah Moore placed two Titans in scoring position. Heyward then unfurled a wild pitch that allowed Titan third baseman Missy Taukeiaho to score from third base. Moore also scored on the sequence as the throw from sophomore catcher Susanne Morris to Heyward covering at home went awry to provide Cal State Fullerton a 2-0 lead.

Held to a solitary hit in the first and retired in order to close the second, Cal Poly halved Cal State Fullerton's lead in the third. With two down and Heyward on second base following a sacrifice bunt from sophomore center fielder Amanda Sandoval, junior designated player Sierra Hyland (top) lined a run-scoring single up the middle.

Heyward (0-4) and Chalmers combined to strand nine Titan baserunners during the game and Cal Poly's best chance to tie the matchup occurred in the bottom of the fifth. With two down, Heyward laced a triple over the head of Cal State Fullerton right fielder Delynn Rippy. Sandoval, however, belted a full-count pitch that was chased down in center field by Courtney Rodriguez.

The Mustangs were held hitless the remainder of the day.

Cal Poly (16-17, 0-6) returns to action with a three-game April 16-17 series at Long Beach State.