{"id":168941,"date":"2026-02-08T06:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/168941\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:08:09","slug":"softball-stays-hot-with-5-2-win-over-cal-poly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/168941\/","title":{"rendered":"SOFTBALL STAYS HOT WITH 5-2 WIN OVER CAL POLY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CSU-Ram-357-617.png\" alt=\"Colorado State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Colorado State<\/p>\n<p>2\/8\/2026 | 9:30 am<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 08 (Sun) \/ 9:30 am&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CSU-Ram-357-617.png\" alt=\"Colorado State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Colorado State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/colorado-state\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Behind a pair of hits from <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/lafulafu-malepeai\/10049\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10049\" target=\"_blank\">Lafulafu Malepeai<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/shannon-garcia\/10052\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10052\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Garcia<\/a> the Sacramento State softball team remained undefeated with a 5-2 win over Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon at Shea Stadium.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Hornets improved to 4-0 for the fourth time in the school&#8217;s Div. I era and the first time since 2020. During this run, the team has yet to trail in a game and has outscored the opposition, 19-3. Cal Poly dropped to 0-4.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSacramento State jumped on the board early, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/katie-marsh\/10050\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10050\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Marsh<\/a> singled to shortstop and the ensuing throw got away allowing Malepeai to score from second base. Saskia Robb later doubled down the left field line to plate Marsh.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCal Poly threatened in the top of the second only to see starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/ella-ferguson\/10592\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10592\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Ferguson<\/a> work her way out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam. Ferguson, who was making her collegiate debut, fanned Ava Lyons for the first out of the inning and then induced a double play to escape the frame without any damage.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Hornets put the game out of reach in the bottom of the fourth. Melissa George lead off with a walk and was moved to second after a single from Garcia. With one out, <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mariah-avalos\/10059\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10059\" target=\"_blank\">Mariah Avalos<\/a> tripled off the wall in right center to clear the bases on her first collegiate hit. After a pitching change, Malepeai doubled to left to put the Hornets on top, 5-0.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFerguson pitched four innings where she scattered five hits, walked one and had three strikeouts on her way to her first collegiate victory. She gave way to <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/danyelle-leone\/10064\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10064\" target=\"_blank\">Danyelle Leone<\/a> who picked up a three-inning save.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCal Poly&#8217;s only runs of the game came in the sixth inning on an RBI double from A&#8217;Niyla Byrd who later on a throwing error.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSacramento State will be back in action on Sunday, facing Colorado State at 9:30 a.m. The NorCal Kickoff will conclude at noon when San Diego plays Cal Poly.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tMalepeai&#8217;s leadoff single to start the game extended her hit streak to 16 games dating back to last season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSacramento State has a team ERA of 0.50 and a WHIP of 0.68 through the first 28 innings of the season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tTen Hornets have at least one hit in the first four games.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFifteen of the team&#8217;s 29 total hits have been for extra bases.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Colorado State 2\/8\/2026 | 9:30 am &#13; Feb. 08 (Sun) \/ 9:30 am&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-168941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}