RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside finished off a three-games series with Sunday's rubber match against CSUN, falling 1-0.
The Matadors went ahead early in the second, but Kat Montuya's third extra-base hit in her last four games had UCR knocking on the door in the fourth with no luck pushing the tying run across.
Montuya reached base once more in the seventh, this time on a fielding error, before Gigi Araki walked to put runners on first and second. Again though, the Highlanders had no luck with the tying run.
Jackie Alday's hitting streak reached sixth games with a leadoff single in the fifth while Gigi Araki collected UCR's other hit.
UC Riverside will host Saint Mary's on Tuesday, April 25 at 12:00 p.m. before heading to UC San Diego for the weekend.