RIVERSIDE, Calif. – UC Riverside (10-21, 4-7 Big West) brought the dramatics to Amy S. Harrison Field in its return to the Inland Empire on Saturday, sweeping UC Davis (12-20, 3-8 Big West) with 3-1 and 3-2 wins over the Aggies.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UCR threatened in game one with two runners on in the third inning but came up big defensively in the fourth. Maddie Heinlin turned away the Aggies on a 2-2 pitch to record her second strikeout of the game and leave the bases loaded.
- UC Davis went ahead in the sixth following a leadoff double but the Highlanders countered in their own right in the bottom half of the frame.
- Nadia Witt led off the sixth with a double and UCR soon put runners 60 and 120 feet from home after a single and steal of second
- Kat Montuya drove Witt in with a single and came home along with Garewal on a Gigi Araki double.
- Montuya belted her fifth home run of the year and second of Big West play to tie game two at one apiece in the third inning.
- UCR entered the bottom of the seventh down a run but put together a two-out rally. Elise Nishimura delivered the game-winning hit in the form of a two-run single that gave UCR the doubleheader sweep.
HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS
- UCR's game one win snapped a four-game skid to the Aggies. The Highlanders have now clinched back-to-back home series wins over UC Davis.
- Saturday marked the Highlanders' second doubleheader sweep of the season, first in Big West play and first over UC Davis since 2017.
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