{"id":189922,"date":"2026-02-23T12:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189922\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:35:12","slug":"zermeno-hits-two-home-runs-in-final-day-of-mustang-classic-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189922\/","title":{"rendered":"Zermeno Hits Two Home Runs In Final Day of Mustang Classic &#8211; SJSU Athletics &#8211; Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/reina-zermeno\" title=\"Reina Zermeno\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reina Zermeno<\/a> hit two home runs against Pacific (4-11, 0-0 WCC) to lead the San Jos\u00e9 State softball team (4-11, 0-0 MW) in a 10-1 win and a 10-4 loss to Cal Poly (2-8, 0-0 Big West) in the final day of the Mustang Classic on Sunday from Bob Janssen Field.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Game 1: San Jos\u00e9 State 10, Pacific 1 <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The Spartans unleashed a 14-hit barrage to overwhelm Pacific. Zermeno led the charge, launching two home runs\u2014a three-run shot in the fourth and a solo blast in the sixth\u2014finishing the game with 4 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">SJSU set the tone early with a run in the first inning and added two more in the second, capitalizing on Pacific errors. <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/delaney-faus\" title=\"Delaney Faus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delaney Faus<\/a> earned the win in the circle, tossing a complete-game three-hitter and allowing only one unearned run while striking out two.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\">Key Performers:<\/p>\n<p>Zermeno: 2-for-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI<br \/>\nAhmiya Noriega: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/carly-cummings\" title=\"Carly Cummings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carly Cummings<\/a>: 3-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI<br \/>\nFaus: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 K<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Game 2: Cal Poly 10, San Jos\u00e9 State 4\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">In the second game, San Jos\u00e9 State jumped out to an early 3-1 lead. <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/samantha-blachly\" title=\"Samantha Blachly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Blachly<\/a> provided the spark in the third inning with a two-run double that scored <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/shay-mcdowell\" title=\"Shay McDowell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shay McDowell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/player\/sophia-burdick\" title=\"Sophia Burdick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Burdick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">However, the Mustangs responded with a decisive six-run fourth inning, fueled by three Spartan errors. Despite a late push that included an unearned run in the fifth, SJSU could not overcome the deficit.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\">Key Performers:<\/p>\n<p>Blachly: 1-for-2, 2B, 2 RBI<br \/>\nMcDowell: 1-for-2, 2B, 2 runs<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT: The Spartans will next participate in the Capital Classic in both Sacramento, Calif., and Davis, Calif., from Friday, Feb. 27 to Sunday, March 1.<\/p>\n<p>#AllSpartans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. &#8211; Reina Zermeno hit two home runs against Pacific (4-11, 0-0 WCC) to lead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-189922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189922","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=189922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}