Game 2: Santa Clara 9 - Utah State 3
Ashley Trierweiler hit a leadoff home run and Santa Clara never looked back, scoring in five of the six innings in the 9-3 victory over Utah State (7-10) to sweep the doubleheader.
In the bottom of the first, Trierweiler deposited the 3-2 offering by Tess Bumiller over the right center wall for her sixth home run of the season. Lauren LaHood added a 2-RBI single in the frame to give SCU an early 3-0 lead.
Santa Clara (11-12) added a pair of runs in the second and third innings to give Broncos starter Hannah Edwards a 7-0 cushion heading to the fourth.
Edwards had a slight hiccup in the fourth, giving up three runs on four hits, in the only inning she gave up hits. She exited after throwing 4 1/3 innings and picked up the win to move to 2-3 on the year.
Bumiller (2-4) was knocked out in the first after only getting one out and was saddled with the loss.
All but one hitter in the starting lineup had a hit for SCU who had 12 hits total. Emma Bickford, Sammy Needham, Abigail Charpentier and Regan Dias each collected two hits. Trierweiler and LaHood drove in two runs apiece.
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Santa Clara is scheduled to play two games on Saturday in the second day of the SVC II tournament at 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Check out the SVC II Tournament Central page for the latest updates on schedule with inclement weather in the weekend forecast.