NOTE: Sonoma State has earned the number one seed in the Gold Bracket and will face Hawaii Pacific in the semifinals on Sunday at 12:15 p.m. The winner of the SSU/HPU game will face the winner of the Chico State/Western Washington game at 2:30 p.m. for the Gold Bracket championship.

Box Scores:
Sonoma State 4, Chaminade 2
Sonoma State 7, Dixie State 0
Notre Dame de Namur 3, Sonoma State 2 (8 innings)

TURLOCK, Calif- Freshman pitcher Ciara Becerril earned victories against Chaminade and Dixie State in relief in Saturday's first two games, but Sonoma State suffered a 3-2 setback in extra innings to Notre Dame de Namur in the third, falling in its first game in pool play at the Tournament of Champions, Presented by Mizuno, at Pedretti Park in Turlock. 

Going two for three in Saturday's games, the Seawolves move to 23-11 this season and snapped an eight-game win streak in the TOC, dating back to last season when SSU won the Gold Bracket title. Sonoma State will await word on if they will make a return trip to the Gold Bracket for a chance to defend its title. Sunday's schedule will be released Saturday night following the conclusion of other tournament games. Stay tuned to sonomaseawolves.com for the latest updates.

Sonoma State 4, Chaminade 2

Brittany Martinez delivered a bases clearing double with two outs in the first inning, giving Sonoma State the 3-0 lead over Chaminade in the top of the first inning. The three-run cushion didn't last long though, as Chaminade scored two runs, one of which was scored on three straight illegal pitches by Julianne Martinez. A RBI single accounted for the other run as the Silverswords cut the lead to 3-2.

After the three illegal pitches by J. Martinez, Becerril came in to pitch the rest of the way and gave up five hits, keeping Chaminade off the scoreboard. She allowed five hits and struck out two.

Meanwhile, Chaminade pitcher Kelly Korras kept Sonoma State off the board until the seventh inning when Rochelle Vanyi smashed a solo shot over the left field fence to put the Seawolves up 4-2. Becerril gave up two hits in the Silverswords' final at bat, but was able to get out of the jam and earn the victory.

B. Martinez went 2 for 4 in the win with the aforementioned three RBI. Seven other Seawolves got base hits to account for nine against Korras. Korras (2-11) walked five and struckout one.

Sonoma State 7, Dixie State 0

After two scoreless innings to start the game, Sonoma State finally broke through with four runs in the third on RBI singles by Danielle D'Eccliss and Skylynn Myers, followed by a RBI double by Vanyi. The Seawolves tacked on three more runs in the fourth to take a comforting 7-0 lead via a two-run double by Kayla Ledford and a bases loaded walk to Danielle Lowe.

In the pitching circle, Samantha Lipperd tossed the first three innings and didn't allow a hit before being relieved by Becerril. The freshman came in and allowed just one hit in the ball game, an infield single tapped down the third base line in front of Brittanie Verissimo. Like J. Martinez, Lipperd struggled with illegal pitches and ended up walking five batters, but struckout seven of the 14 batters she faced. Becerril struck out one in earning her second victory of the day.

Ledford, D'Eccliss and Vanessa Currie had two hits each to lead the Seawolf offense.

Notre Dame de Namur 3, Sonoma State 2 (8 innings)

Like in the first two games of the day, the Seawolves drew first blood, scoring a run on a bases loaded walk to Verissimo, but it would be all Sonoma State would get in the first, leaving all three runners on base. D'Eccliss tacked on a run in the second with a RBI single to lead 2-0.

Notre Dame de Namur got a run back in the third when they scored on a wild pitch by Lipperd. The Argonauts looked to have taken a 3-2 lead on a home run by Emily Castro, but left fielder Currie robbed the sure home run end the inning and keep the Seawolves up 2-1.

Both teams remained scoreless despite several scoring chances, but the Argonauts finally knotted the game in their last at bat to force extra innings and the implementation of the international tie breaking rule.

Sonoma State had a shot to take the lead in the eighth with runners on first and second with no one out, but NDNU pitcher Sammy McConvey (7-7) pitched herself out of the jam.

It was in the bottom of the eighth when Robin Araujo singled to bring home the game winner off Becerril (3-3), her first loss in three games on the day. She replaced Lipperd in the fourth.

D'Eccliss and Ledford had two hits apiece, accounting for four of the six Sonoma State hits in the ballgame.