California Baptist University
19-26, 6-7
Utah Valley
12-24, 4-9
Baber Earns 300th Victory at CBU
4/19/2019 8:05:00 PM | Softball
Coach Baber has been at the helm since the summer of 2011, posting a 301-110 (.732) overall record. Under his direction, CBU made five-straight NCAA Division II postseason runs and won three PacWest Conference Championships. The Lancers won the NCCAA national title in 2012.
The Lancers showed power at the plate with six home runs tonight, marking the first time that CBU hit three homers in back-to-back games this season. Entering the doubleheader, CBU had hit three dingers in a single game only three times this year. The Lancers are now 5-0 in those contests.
In tonight's opener, the Lancer offense exploded for five runs in the first inning. A leadoff double by Brittany Galvez led to a two-run homer by Caitlyn Lloyd to put the Lancers up. Mackenzie Budinger reached base on an error and Cheyann Tucker walked to put two on base and set up a two-out, three-run shot by Shelby Arbeiter.
Caitlyn Lloyd with a 2⃣-run 💣 in the first inning to give the Lancers a 2-0 lead. Her fifth HR of the season!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/YQstbyrt9i
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Make it 5⃣-0⃣ Lancers!
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Shelby Arbeiter with a three-run blast! Her fourth homer of the season!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/qWUOsZrkwm
With a 5-0 lead in the second inning, Tucker added another run with a RBI single, as Deanna Alarcon scored on the play to make it 6-0.
Utah Valley was held to just one hit through the first three innings. The Wolverines ended the shutout bid in the top of the fourth with a leadoff home run by Lyndsay Steverson. UVU would score a pair of runs in the inning to make it 6-2.
In the bottom half of the fourth inning, a double by Budinger and walk by Tucker set the table for Arbeiter once again. Arbeiter smashed her second three-run homer of the game to extend the Lancer lead to 9-2.
UVU cut into the lead in the top of the fifth, making it 9-4 with a two-run homer by Basia Query. The Wolverines added two more runs in the seventh as the Lancers held on for the 9-6 victory.She did it again‼️
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Shelby Arbeiter crushed her second 3⃣-run home run of the game! #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/PiXeUChNFy
In the second game, the contest started in a familiar fashion with Lloyd hitting a two-run homer to put the Lancers up 2-0 early.
The Wolverines evened the score in the third inning with a two-run dinger by Abby Doughty. In the bottom half of the fourth, the Lancers looked to have regained the lead as Arbeiter launched a ball down the left field line that was caught at the wall by UVU's Brianna Moeller.I think we have seen this already today. 😉#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/G9Bi6GWPuD
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With two outs in the fourth, a single by Molly Kolander and a full-count walk by Makenna Stram brought Galvez to the plate. Galvez stroked the ball the opposite way for a three-run homer to give the Lancers a 5-2 lead.She was robbed! Shelby Arbeiter just missed giving the Lancers the lead with her third HR of the night as Utah Valley's Brianna Moeller snagged the ball at the wall.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/Tn01jEiLpb
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UVU added a run in the top of the fifth, but the Lancers quickly got the run back with a laser home run by Tucker in the bottom half of the inning. The insurance run pushed the score to its final margin, securing a 6-3 victory.🎉🥳🎉
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Brittany Galvez joins the party with a three-run homer, giving the Lancers a 5-2 lead! CBU has two HRs this game and five on the day!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/PJivRZPt4M
The Lancers will resume play against Utah Valley in the series finale on Saturday at noon. CBU will recognize seniors Anise Avalos, Sophia Perea, Halle Rosario, Soraya Shahbazian, Spingstead, Hannah Thieroff, Tucker and Manoa Weijgertse after the game as part of Senior Day festivities.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Springstead, Kellye (17-14)
L: Hammond, P (1-4)
Batting:
2B: Doughty, A 1
3B: Moeller, B 1
HR: Steverson, L 2 ; Query, B 1
RBI: Prigge, P 1 ; Steverson, L 3 ; Query, B 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Doughty, A 1 ; Moeller, B 1 ; Steverson, L 2 ; Query, B 2
Batting:
2B: Budinger, Mackenzie 1 ; Tucker, Cheyann 1 ; Kolander, Molly 1
HR: Lloyd, Caitlyn 1 ; Arbeiter, Shelby 2
RBI: Lloyd, Caitlyn 2 ; Tucker, Cheyann 1 ; Arbeiter, Shelby 6
SH: Johnson, Alley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Galvez, Brittany 1 ; Alarcon, Deanna 1 ; Lloyd, Caitlyn 1 ; Budinger, Mackenzie 1 ; Perea, Sophia 1 ; Tucker, Cheyann 1 ; Avalos, Anise 1 ; Arbeiter, Shelby 2
