The Cal State Fullerton women’s softball team saw their three-game win streak end Tuesday night as the Houston Cougars shutout the Titans 1-0.
Pitcher Sophie Frost got the start in the circle for CSUF, allowing one run on eight hits and striking out four in seven innings. This marked Frost’s third straight start pitching a complete game.
Senior pitcher Savannah Heebner got the win for Houston, pitching a complete game shutout, her first of the year. Heebner allowed four hits and striking out nine Titans.
Outfielder Lindsey Stewart got the game going for the Cougars, hitting a leadoff single in the top of the first and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Frost then proceeded to strike out Abby Odneal.
Sarah Barker then hit a line drive to second baseman Alexa Neil that she was able to throw to shortstop Sam Kennedy for a double play and get Frost out of the early jam.
First baseman Daisy Munoz was able to get Fullerton their first hit of the game on a leadoff single in the bottom of the second inning, making it six hits in her last six games.
“It feels good, I feel like I have a different mindset since the previous weekend,” said Munoz.
Frost and Heebner went back and forth, not allowing a run through the first 3 innings.
The score remained tied in the bottom of the fifth inning when the game had its first extra-base hit of the night, courtesy of a double from CSUF’s designated player Janelle Rodriguez.
Jasmyn Vigilante came in for Rodriguez as a pinch runner.
After the leadoff double from Rodriguez, Heebner was able to get two outs for Houston before giving up a walk to Kelsie Whitmore, but was able to get out of the jam by striking out Neil to bring her tally to eight strikeouts through five innings.
Houston was able to to get on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth after Heebner hit a bases-loaded single to give the Cougars the one-run lead. This tally would stand as the game’s only run.
Frost limited the damage to one run for the Titans as she was able to get Aspen Howie to pop out in foul territory on the first base side.
Despite giving up the only run of the game, Frost came back out for Fullerton to get the final three outs and was glad head coach Kelly Ford kept her in the game. Coach Kelly Ford was pleased with the performance of the third-year pitcher.
“It’s amazing what (Coach Ford) does with every single person on this team; she puts her faith in all of us and it shows on the field. We gotta keep working for her and all of our teammates, ” said Frost.
Coach Kelly Ford was pleased with the performance of the third-year pitcher.
“Nobody works harder and she (Frost) is a force. She’s a leader out there and the players play hard behind her, the defense steps up we just got to get the offense to catch up,” Ford said.
The Titans were not able to make anything happen and they ended up going down in order to end the game.
The Titans kick off the Easton Invitational on Thursday against Boston University at 6 p.m. at Anderson Family Field.
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