FRESNO, Calif. – Softball jumped out to early leads in both games of its day one Bulldog Classic games against Fresno State but faltered in the fifth inning to ultimately fall to FS 5-2 and 8-5 Saturday evening at the Margie Wright Diamond.

GAME 1
Junior Amanda Bricker and Delaney Scully drove in Pacific's (9-10) two runs on back-to-back hits in the form of a single for Bricker and double for Scully. Following that breakthrough, the Tigers would only manage one hit over the next six frames and just two other runners via an error and hit by pitch.

That other hit belonged to junior Olivia Silvestre who upped her hitting streak to five games (later six) and has only not recorded a hit in three of Pacific's twenty games this season. In those three hitless games, she still managed to reach via a walk in two of them. Of all of Pacific's qualified hitters, she leads the team in both batting average (.443) and on base percentage (.541).

Pacific's pitching effort was solid as starting pitcher sophomore Justice Alcaraz gave up only one run in her two innings starting and only two of the four runs conceded by senior Hannah Glad were earned over the other four innings.

With that loss, Glad moves to 0-2 on the season.

GAME 2
The Tigers again struck in the first inning, this time for three runs. Senior Emma Dazell forced a Bulldog (10-10) error to score Bricker and then senior Nina Davis plated two more with a single a few batters later.

Freshman Alyssa Garcia tallied her first collegiate RBI in the third inning and later her first collegiate hit in the seventh on a double.
Fellow freshman Peyton Clifford a batter later brought in Pacific's fifth run of the contest. As a team the Tigers hit much better, tallying 12 hits.

Freshman Alexa Lewis took the loss however pitching for Pacific, as she gave up seven runs in 4.2 innings but got charged for one more when her replacement, senior Desiree Smith, took the circle for a final line of 4.2 innings pitched, seven hits, eight runs allowed, six earned, five walks and two strikeouts.

Smith in relief gave up one hit and two walks over the final four outs to stem the tide.

Lewis drops to 1-2 on the season.

UP NEXT
Pacific rounds out its weekend in Fresno with a doubleheader against Nevada on Sunday. The first game starts at 9:30 a.m. with game two immediately following.
Neither contest will be streamed, but fans can keep up with the action with live stats.

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