LOGAN, Utah—Taylor Squires drove in three, and Jillian Figueroa scored the winning run on a Malia Luna sacrifice fly to right field as the San José State softball team needed eight innings for a 9-8 win at Utah State Friday afternoon at Johnson Field.
Hear from a victorious head coach Tammy Lohmann after the 9-8 win over Utah State in 8 innings. #SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/t9XEON3QHh
— San José State Softball (@SanJoseStateSB) May 14, 2022
- Karizma Bergesen got San José State on the board with her team-best ninth home run of the season to right field.
T3 - @brrizzzle gets the Spartans on the board w/her 9th home run of the season!
— San José State Softball (@SanJoseStateSB) May 13, 2022
SJSU 1, USU 2#SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/whmFAnZJVF
- San José State scored seven runs in the fourth inning, the third time this season SJSU has scored seven or more in the fourth. The team has scored 51 runs in the fourth inning this season.
- Squires drove in three of the Spartans seven runs in the fourth inning with a bases-clearing double to left center.
T4 - Spartans take the 6-5 lead on a Taylor Squires double to left center that cleared the bases of Spartans.
— San José State Softball (@SanJoseStateSB) May 13, 2022
SJSU 6, USU 5#SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/SBmD6TLPWU
- Luna and Aneesa Almaguer each drove in runs earlier in the fourth before they and Alyssa Graham scored on the Squires double.
- Jenessa Ullegue drove in the final two runs of the fourth inning with a two-run homer to left field, her fifth of the season.
- Figueroa walked to start the 8th inning, advanced to second on a passed ball, went to third on a Jocylyn Vidal groundout and scored on Luna's sacrifice fly to right field.
T8 - Spartans take the 9-8 lead on a @Luna08Malia sac fly to right scoring Jillian Figueroa from third.#SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/pGxhnLLYJ9
— San José State Softball (@SanJoseStateSB) May 14, 2022
- Ullegue pitched the final two innings in the circle to improve her record to 16-9 on the season.
Final out for the Spartans to seal the win
— San José State Softball (@SanJoseStateSB) May 14, 2022
SJSU 9, USU 8, 8 innings#SpartanUp pic.twitter.com/qD5flMhlQA
The Spartans and Aggies play the final game of the regular season on Saturday, May 14, beginning at 11 a.m. MT/10 a.m. PT.
San José State 9 Utah State 8
San José State (22-28, 7-16 MW) 001 700 01 -- 9 6 0
Utah State (27-28, 12-11 MW) 203 012 00 -- 8 9 1
WP – Ullegue (16-9); L – Millemon (0-3).
#SpartanUp