RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside put an emphatic start on its home Big West season on a rainy Friday at Amy S. Harrison Field with 2-1 and 18-2 victories over Cal State Bakersfield. 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• UCR started scoring early on Friday with a two-out RBI single from Haley Saole in the first inning of game one. Bakersfield immediately retaliated with a run in the second. 
• UC Riverside finished the game one scoring with an RBI single from Kamryn Davis in the third.  
• Leilani Juan kicked off game two with a two-run homer to left field before the Highlanders loaded the bases with two hit batters and a four pitch walk.  
• UCR added to the lead with back-to-back walks, ultimately putting up five runs in the first.  
• UC Riverside continued to put the hurt on Bakersfield in the second inning with three runs, both on a pair of homers. UCR piled on the offense with a three-run double to left from Eta Lauti.  
• Bakersfield erased the goose egg in the third with a bloop single into left field and added one more a little later. 
• Brooke Perez tossed UCR's second complete game of the day with four strikeouts.  

NOTABLES 

• UC Riverside set a Division I single-game record with 18 runs in game two. 
• Maddie Heinlin recorded her fourth complete game in her last five outings in game one, tallying four strikeouts while dropping her ERA to a season-low 3.15.  
• UCR posted 15 runs against the Roadrunners for the second game in their last three. The Highlanders' 10-run second inning in game two was the program's largest inning since 2022 in a 16-0 win at Cal Poly. 
• UC Riverside's four home runs in game two was one shy of a single-game record.  

UP NEXT 

• UC Riverside will go for the sweep on Saturday, March 15 with a 10:00 a.m. first pitch at Amy S. Harrison Field.