FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Are you ready for postseason softball?<\/p>\n
The Fresno State Bulldogs clinched the No. 5 seed in the 2026 Mountain West softball tournament, then strung together a 2-out rally to force extra innings, defeating San Diego State on Senior Day, 4-2.<\/p>\n
Fresno State (23-23, 12-13 MW) secured its tourney spot when Colorado State lost to Grand Canyon earlier Saturday.<\/p>\n
Even if the Aztecs held onto their 2-0 lead, the Bulldogs would have triumphed in a 3-way tiebreaker with Boise State and Colorado State, due to them holding the better head-to-head record.<\/p>\n
Head coach Charlotte Morgan found this out mid-game. Not wanting her players distracted from the action at Margie Wright Diamond, she said nothing.<\/p>\n
Instead, Morgan watched the Bulldogs claw back as if their season depended on it. In some of their minds, it did.<\/p>\n
“We heard some rumors,” said sophomore Rylee Bocchini. “We knew for sure that if we won this game, we were going [to the tournament]. Then some people were saying we could make it even if we lost.<\/p>\n
“We needed to win this game to put the nail in the coffin.”<\/p>\n
Young fans cheer on the Fresno State softball team on Senior Day. Head coach Charlotte Morgan explains what made this class special.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Natalie Elias and Emma Martinez ripped back-to-back triples with 2 outs in the 7th inning, followed by a game-tying single from Alyssa Rebolledo. <\/p>\n
All of those players were seniors playing their final home game.<\/p>\n
Bocchini capped off the warm May afternoon with her first career home run, a 2-run walk-off shot to center field.<\/p>\n
Fresno State takes on No. 4 seed New Mexico in an elimination game on Wednesday at 3 p.m. The tournament is being held at Hixson Softball Park in Reno, NV.<\/p>\n
If the Bulldogs win Wednesday, then they enter a double-elimination bracket and face No. 1 seed Grand Canyon at 3 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Are you ready for postseason softball? The Fresno State Bulldogs clinched the No. 5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-297658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297658","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=297658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}