2008 Woodie Awards
Long Beach State strikes gold in sweep
Amy Hessick--Mustang Daily (California Poly State U.)
Issue date: 4/16/03 Section: Sports
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(U-WIRE) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Cal Poly softball dropped both games in a doubleheader against Long Beach State on Saturday at Bob Janssen Field. The 49ers took the first game 3-2 and the second 4-1.
"We battled, but someone's got to win in the end and we just couldn't make it happen," said Eva Nelson, the Mustang pitcher in the first game.
Both teams were scoreless in the first game until the fourth inning, when the 49ers took advantage of two Cal Poly errors and scored two runs. But the bottom of the fourth, a walk and a wild pitch placed two Mustangs on base. Natalie Carrillo of Cal Poly answered the 49er runs with a triple, sending in both runners and tying up the game.
"It was good that we came back; we didn't just lie down and die after they scored in the first game," Nelson said.
As the game went into extra innings, the score remained tied at two until the top of the ninth, when Long Beach's Colleen Burdick clinched the game with a solo home run to right field that the Mustangs were unable to answer.
The Mustangs, who lead the conference in errors, committed four in game one while the 49ers committed none.
"Our mistakes definitely cost us in the first game," said Mustang head coach Lisa Boyer.
The second game also began with the 49ers scoring in the second inning, and despite three errors, the 49ers continued to dominate throughout the rest of the game.
Mustang losing pitcher Jamie Gelbart (7-9) was relieved by Cassie Vanderbeek after two RBIs by Long Beach's Arleigh Thorp and Jamie Farnworth in the fifth inning. Long Beach pitcher Meredith Cervenka (5-8) had five strikeouts and allowed six hits for only one run in a winning effort.
The 49ers finished off the game in the seventh inning when Thorp hit a double and sent Colleen Burdick home for Long Beach's fourth run.
The Mustangs have never won a season series against the 49ers. Last season, the 49ers took two out of three games in the series against the Mustangs.
"We battled, but someone's got to win in the end and we just couldn't make it happen," said Eva Nelson, the Mustang pitcher in the first game.
Both teams were scoreless in the first game until the fourth inning, when the 49ers took advantage of two Cal Poly errors and scored two runs. But the bottom of the fourth, a walk and a wild pitch placed two Mustangs on base. Natalie Carrillo of Cal Poly answered the 49er runs with a triple, sending in both runners and tying up the game.
"It was good that we came back; we didn't just lie down and die after they scored in the first game," Nelson said.
As the game went into extra innings, the score remained tied at two until the top of the ninth, when Long Beach's Colleen Burdick clinched the game with a solo home run to right field that the Mustangs were unable to answer.
The Mustangs, who lead the conference in errors, committed four in game one while the 49ers committed none.
"Our mistakes definitely cost us in the first game," said Mustang head coach Lisa Boyer.
The second game also began with the 49ers scoring in the second inning, and despite three errors, the 49ers continued to dominate throughout the rest of the game.
Mustang losing pitcher Jamie Gelbart (7-9) was relieved by Cassie Vanderbeek after two RBIs by Long Beach's Arleigh Thorp and Jamie Farnworth in the fifth inning. Long Beach pitcher Meredith Cervenka (5-8) had five strikeouts and allowed six hits for only one run in a winning effort.
The 49ers finished off the game in the seventh inning when Thorp hit a double and sent Colleen Burdick home for Long Beach's fourth run.
The Mustangs have never won a season series against the 49ers. Last season, the 49ers took two out of three games in the series against the Mustangs.