THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – The University of Redlands softball team (10-3, 1-0) began Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) play Friday afternoon at California Lutheran University (CLU) where they won 6-1.
After falling behind 1-0, Avery Provenzano tied the game at one in the third and Natalie Lowthers had the game-winning hit to make it 2-1. Leila Gomez and Provenzano each scored.
In the fourth Brooklyn Bard singled home Maya Holshoe for their third run. She then stole second which was her second of the game and 104th of her career, placing her one behind the program record holder Allyson Leslie (2004-07) who has 105.
In the fifth Adyson Kim plated Jenay Scott and Holshoe singled in Kim for a 5-1 lead.
The sixth and final run came in the seventh when Holshoe beat out a double play and allowed Scott to take the final 60 feet.
Bard, Lowthers, and Holshoe each had a pair of hits. Scott reached safely four times with two hits and two walks. Katlyn Gandara got her sixth win after six innings with only one run and five hits allowed. Caitlynn Griffith threw a scoreless seventh.
The two sides play a doubleheader at The Field of Dreams tomorrow with first pitch of game one at 12 p.m. (noon).
