The San Jose State softball team won two of three games against Colorado State University this weekend at the Spartan Softball Stadium.
On Thursday, the Spartans won a hard fought game 5-4.
On Friday, SJSU lost in five innings 10-2.
On the final day of the three-game series, the Spartans won their final game of the series on Saturday 6-2.
This is the second Mountain West three-game series SJSU has won at home this season and the 17th game it has won so far.
Although they lost on Friday, the Spartans started off strong in the first inning.
Freshman infielder Reina Zermeno hit an RBI single, allowing her to go to first base, and senior infielder Alyssa Graham was at third base and reached home, scoring one run for SJSU.
CSU led the game by the second inning with a score of 3-1.
After no runs were scored for both teams, the Rams managed to score runs with five consecutive hits and three consecutive extra-base hits, setting the score at 7-1.
The Spartans didn’t score again until the fifth inning despite their efforts.
Graham hit one for three, allowing outfielder and junior utility Ashley Rico to run home and score the second and final point for SJSU.
Graham stole her sixth base of the season in Friday’s game and currently has 24 RBIs, which is the best on the team.
Sophomore outfielder Jules Ronquillo stole her third base this season during Friday’s game.
Graham said she was disappointed with the final score of 10-2 after the game ended.
“I think we came out of the game pretty flat, letting them score those home runs,” she said. “We tried to bounce back, but we never fully got all of our energy or momentum back.”
Graham said the Spartans needed to come together more and have fun on the field in game three of the series.
“It’s something that we can bounce back from,” Graham said.
Head softball coach Tammy Lohmann said she had high hopes for the team in Saturday’s game.
“You know, I hope they can take this game and flush it in the next 24 hours and come out tomorrow and be more competitive in every aspect of the game and just fight every inning and really just challenge them to every inning, doesn’t matter what the other team does, it’s how we respond back and what we do,” Lohmann said.
She said that SJSU lost momentum in the third inning, when both the Spartans and the Rams did not score points for their teams.
“They started gaining [the momentum] back a little bit. And then, when Colorado State turned around and had that big fifth inning, I think we just kinda lost,” Lohmann said.
The Spartans are scheduled to play a doubleheader against Fresno State in Fresno on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
