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Turlock, Calif.— The Cal State San Marcos softball team picked up two big wins over NCAA Division II opponents Sunday in the final day of the Best of the West Invitational defeating Cal State Monterey Bay 9-3 and tournament host Cal State Stanislaus 3-2. The NAIA's top ranked Cougars closed out the tournament with a 4-1 record for the third consecutive season, despite being the only NAIA team in the field.

Game 1: CSUSM 9 – CSU Monterey Bay 3
CSUSM grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on the back end of a double-steal as Kaitlin McGinley sneaked home while Becka Schneider grabbed second base, and the Cougars proceeded to score in each of the first six innings en route to a runaway victory over the Otters.

Shortstop Sarah Quiambao went 3-for-5 with a run scored and 2 RBI, and the Cougars pounded out 10 hits and eight walks—including three by Kaitlin McGinley, who scored twice and had an RBI.

In the circle, Cortney Allen (3-0) was sharp once again, pitching six innings of 5-hit baseball to pick up the win. Allen allowed three runs, struck out two, and generated 14 groundouts. Jourdan Lamoureux finished off the final inning with a scoreless frame.

Game 2: CSUSM 3 – Cal State Stanislaus 2
The Cougars and Warriors played to scoreless draw through the bottom of the fourth inning until Stanislaus scored on an RBI single to take a 1-0 lead. CSUSM responded back immediately in the fifth when Melyssa Bellamy crossed the plate on an error to tie the score at one apiece.

The Warriors pushed another run across in the bottom of the fifth to retake the lead 2-1, but the Cougars pieced together a seventh inning rally, ignited by Brogan Hoesnisch's leadoff single. Freshman catcher Tayler Ybarra tied the game by bringing home pinch runner Breanna Fulton-Stiles with a sac fly to left, and Alex Miller knocked a clutch two-out RBI single to give the Cougars a 3-2 lead heading into the bottom of the final frame.

Starting pitcher Cortney Allen went 5 innings, allowing just the two runs, but sophomore Jourdan Lamoureux (1-0) kept the Cougars close with a scoreless sixth and then pitched a perfect seventh inning to close out the victory and pick up her first win of the season.

Cal State San Marcos (4-1) will play next on Saturday, February 9 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps before returning to San Marcos for their home opener Sunday, February 10 against La Sierra. Both Saturday's and Sunday's games are doubleheaders and will start at noon.