GAME ONE
Score: UC Santa Barbara 8, UC Davis 2
Location: Davis, Calif. (La Rue Field)
Winning Pitcher: Camryn Snyder (6-6)
Losing Pitcher: Ashley Sawai (4-4)
GAME TWO
Score: UC Santa Barbara 8, UC Davis 5
Location: Davis, Calif. (La Rue Field)
Winning Pitcher: Malaya Johnson (3-7)
Losing Pitcher: Sarah Reineman (2-4)
Records: UC Davis (17-26, 8-12 Big West) | UC Santa Barbara (16-25, 10-10 Big West)
The short story: After winning back-to-back Big West series, UC Davis' hot streak came to an end when UC Santa Barbara came into La Rue Field and swept the series-opening doubleheader. The Gauchos cruised to the 8-2 win in game one before prevailing in a back-and-forth thriller in the second half of the doubleheader on Friday afternoon.
LEADING OFF
- Libbie McMahan enjoyed her first three-hit game of the season and finished with four hits on the afternoon.
- Sarah Starks furnished a noteworthy performance at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two RBI.
- UCSB was led by sophomore Jazzy Santos, who went 5-for-8 with two home runs and three RBI across the two contests.
- Camryn Snyder led the Gauchos pitching staff, throwing seven innings of two-run ball to earn the complete game victory in the series opener.
- Maddie Grissom launched her first UC Davis home run, a solo shot in the second game of the day.
- Eight of the nine UC Davis starters recorded a hit in game two.
THE RUNDOWN (GAME ONE)
- Leah Polson worked a walk to become the Aggies' first base runner of the game and came around to score the first run of the ballgame when Sarah Nakahara legged out an infield hit.
- The visitors answered with a four-run rally in the top of the second. UC Santa Barbara banged five hits - including a pair of doubles - to take a 4-1 lead.
- Sawai was chased out of the game after 1.2 innings of work and Erin Thrope would hand the ball over to Sarah Reineman.
- The Gauchos tacked on two more runs in the top of the third to extend the lead to 6-1.
- Reineman was relieved in the fourth and Caroline Grimes was the next Aggie to toe the rubber.
- Grimes worked out of the jam, inducing two ground outs and a fly ball to hang a zero.
- Sarah Starks ripped a base hit up the middle to plate Nakahara in the home half of the fourth, cutting the lead to four.
- Jazzy Santos' solo shot in the fifth restored the Gauchos' five-run advantage.
- UCSB pushed one more run across in the seventh to solidify the final score line of 8-2.
THE RUNDOWN (GAME TWO)
- Santos mashed her second home run of the day in the top of the first, giving her team an early 1-0 lead.
- The Aggies snatched the lead with two runs in the home half of the second, using base hits from Sydney Polli, Grace Kilday, Dethlefson, and Polson to spark the rally.
- Maddie Grissom added to the lead when she hit a rocket over the center field wall for a solo home run to extend the lead to 3-1.
- UCSB replied with a solo homer of its own in the top of the fourth when Ashley Donaldson left the yard.
- The Gauchos ultimately scored twice in the fourth to knot things up at 3-3.
- Two hits and a UC Davis error allowed the visitors to post another two-run inning, chasing Brown out of the game in the process.
- Reineman - making her second appearance of the day - ended the threat with a pair of strikeouts.
- The back-and-forth contest continued in the bottom half of the fifth when Tatum Wentworth lifted a sacrifice fly to score Polson – who led off the inning with an infield single. Starks delivered with two outs, flaring a base hit to right to bring Bri Weekes and tie the game at 5-5.
- UCSB regained the lead in the sixth and went on to score two more insurance runs in the top of the seventh to earn the 8-5 victory.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Nakahara was caught stealing for the first time this season. She was 17-for-17 on stolen base attempts before today.
- Camryn Snyder and Mayala Johnson each pitched a complete game for UCSB.
ON DECK
The Ags will play the series finale against UC Santa Barbara tomorrow afternoon. First pitch of the series is schedule for 12 p.m.
