SAN DIEGO, CA – The FGCU softball team (7-8) suffered a 2-0 loss to BYU (7-9) and a 5-1 defeat to San Diego (7-9) to finish day one of the San Diego Classic Tournament.
"We squandered another gem thrown by Riley," head coach
David Deiros said. "We're slumping right now but we will get better soon."
FGCU 0 | BYU 2
Sophomore
Haley Morrell (Tampa, FL./Academy of Holy Names) accounted for FGCU's lone hit of the night which came in the bottom of the third with one out. Meanwhile, in the circle, senior pitcher
Riley Randolph (St. Petersburg, FL./Northeast HS
) continued her dominance in the circle, taking a perfect game into the six before a one-out walk ended the bid. After a fielding error and a fly out to make it two outs, BYU's Heide Vander tripled down the left field line for the 2-0 advantage – BYU's only hit of the night.
Randolph moves to 5-4 in the losing effort as the senior fanned four batters in the seven innings of work, tossing 94 pitches.
FGCU 1 | SAN DIEGO 5
The home side jumped on the board right away scoring three runs (one earned) in the bottom half of the first. FGCU though responded right away in the next frame with two away. Facing a 2-2 pitch, Morrell launched her second home run of the season over the left field wall to cut the deficit down to 3-1.
San Diego bumped its lead to four scratching one run across in its bottom half and tacked on one more to make it 5-1 on a bases-load walk en route to the final.
In total, the FGCU offense registered four hits, stranding four runners on the bags. Sophomore
Marissa Mesiemore (Bushnell, FL./South Sumter HS) gets hit with the loss moving to 2-3 this season after surrendering four runs (two earned) in 1.2 IP.
Up Next
FGCU will face San Jose State Saturday afternoon at 2:30 pm (11:30 am PST) followed by Long Beach State at 5 pm (2 pm PST).
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COACH DEIROS
The founding father of FGCU softball, David Deiros is in his 17th season as head coach. Hired in 2001 to build the program from the dirt up, Deiros has since guided the Eagles to a 619-322-3 (.665) overall mark, 13 seasons with a winning record, and nine campaigns with 35 wins. Deiros is a former head coach at the 1998 Florida State Runner-up Lely High School in Naples and is the founding head coach of the 1999 District Champion/2001 Regional Runner-up Gulf Coast High School in Naples.
