FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: March 14, 2008

CONTACT: San Francisco State University Sports Information Office

PHONE: 415-338-1579

SOFTBALL

GATORS IMPROVE TO 8-0 AT HOME

San Francisco, Calif..--- SF State’s softball team improved to 15-11 overall and 5-7 in the CCAA including a perfect 8-0 at home with a doubleheader sweep of CCAA opponent, CSU San Bernardino this afternoon at SF State’s Softball Field. The two teams will return to the diamond tomorrow at noon for another conference doubleheader at SF State’s Softball Field.

Jordanna Freemer (Sr, 1B, Oakley, Calif/Freedom HS) drove in the only run that freshman pitcher Ashley Jackson (Vallejo, Calif/St. Patrick’s-St. Vincent HS) needed with a RBI single that scored Karolyn Gubbine (So, OF, Richmond, Calif/Pinole Valley HS) in the bottom of the third inning.

The Coyotes had a chance to score in the fifth with the bases loaded, but Jackson got the Coyotes to line into a double play. Jackson (7-4) pitched a complete game seven-hit shutout while striking out five and walking two in picking up the win in game one. Debbie Shisler (3-3) took the loss for the Coyotes (18-16-1, 9-7 CCAA) pitching six innings, giving up seven hits and one run while striking out two. Freemer and Gubbine each had two hits a piece to lead the Gator hitting attack.

Then in game two, the Gators took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on RBI single to left field by Freemer that drove in Gubbine with the game’s first run. The Coyotes tied the game at 1-1, when Jordan Dahl scored on a double steal attempt by CSU San Bernardino. Freemer broke the tie in the Gators’ half of the third with a solo home run to center field, her fourth of the season.

SF State added two more runs in the sixth on a two-out two-run double by Alyssa Esquibel (Fr, O, San Jose, Calif/Archbishop Mitty HS). Dahl cut the Gator lead in half with a RBI double in the seventh with two outs that scored Debbie Shisler, but Kendra Wood (Fr, P, San Jose, Calif/Lynbrook HS) got the final Coyote to fly out to left field for the final out of the game.

Wood (5-1) picked up the win, pitching seven innings, giving up four hits and two runs (one earned) while striking three and walking two. Tawni Baker (6-5) picked up the loss for the Coyotes, pitching six innings, giving up seven hits and four runs while striking out 9 and walking one. Gubbine and Freemer each had two hits a piece to lead the way for SF State.

Game One Box Score

Game Two Box Score