BIG WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME SIX
Score:Â UC Davis 1, Long Beach State 6
Winning Pitcher: Kate Barnett (7-5)
Losing Pitcher:Â Ashley Sawai (13-5)
Location:Â Fullerton, Calif. (Anderson Family Field)
Records: UC Davis 29-25, Long Beach State 31-22
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The short story: UC Davis softball had its historic 2026 season come to an end in a close battle against Long Beach State, ending the Aggie run at the Big West Championships in their final game as a member of the Big West.
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LEADING OFF
- The Aggie season comes to an end after dropping a pair of games on the second day of the Big West Championships
- Rylee Reeves and Alyssa Dethlefson led the Aggies with two hits each, with Dethlefson adding an RBI
- Gia Felice, Claire Shelton and Kayla Macias each smacked a double in the game
- Caroline Grimes ended her stellar career throwing the final 1.2 innings, keeping Long Beach State off the board and allowing just one walk
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Long Beach State opened the game with three runs in the first to take an early 3-0 lead
- From the second to fifth innings the Aggie starter, Ashley Sawai, locked in to keep Long Beach State off the board, which including sitting down the Beach in order in the third and fifth frames
- The Beach scored three more in the sixth to add to its lead and took a 6-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth
- Dethlefson knocked in a run during the Aggie bottom of the sixth, putting UC Davis on the board but it would be the only run the Aggies would get as the season came to an end in the 6-1 loss.Â
ABOUT UC DAVIS ATHLETICS: UC Davis, ranked No. 2 among public universities by the Wall Street Journal in the value of a college degree, is home to 40,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 employees. Ranked top in the United States in agriculture and forestry as well as No. 1 in veterinary medicine, UC Davis is located in a true California college town nestled between world-class destinations such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe. Over 650 Aggie student-athletes compete in 25 Division I varsity sports, with 16 sports transitioning to the Mountain West Conference beginning in 2026–27.
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