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Seawolves Sweep Gators; Clinch Final Spot In CCAA Tournament

Sophomore ace Amanda Llerena allowed just three hits in 12 innings of shutout softball on Saturday.
BOX SCORE 1 | BOX SCORE 2 GAME 1:  Sonoma State 8, San Francisco State 0 (5 innings) -- Box Score
GAME 2:  Sonoma State 6, San Francisco State 0 -- Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO --
Amanda Llerena earned two complete-game shutout wins and allowed just three hits in 12 innings of work while Amanda Rossetta, Hayley Condon and Holli Brown supplied the fireworks on offense as the Sonoma State softball team cruised to 8-0 and 6-0 victories over host San Francisco State on Saturday, clinching the fourth and final spot in next weekend's California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Softball Championships in Stockton.  The Seawolves end the regular season with a 35-19 record and a 19-17 mark in conference play.  The Gators see their 2014 campaign come to an end with a 19-36 mark overall (10-26 CCAA).

In the first game Megan Clark once again took the ball for the Gators, and once again she squared off against Sonoma State ace Amanda Llerena.  This time Llerena got the better of the match up, going five complete, scattering two hits, with a walk and four strike outs.

Clark (9-13) had a rough outing, lasting just 2.1 innings, surrendering seven hits, five runs, three earned, with three walks.  She escaped trouble in both the first and second inning before the Seawolves offense finally broke through for six runs in the top of the third.

The game winning run in the first game was a two-run home run to start the top of the third inning off the bat of first baseman Amanda Rossetta.  A walk, a single and a double ended the day for Clark. 

Emily Gibson took the ball for the Gators the rest of the way and pitched 2.2 innings, allowing seven hits, three runs, two earned with a strike out.

In the nightcap things did not improve for SF State.  Llerena (22-11) once again came back out to pitch for the Seawolves and was just as dominate in game two, throwing her second complete game shutout of the day.  Llerena did not give up hit until Murakami led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a double to left center field. 

Megan Clark was the only other Gator to reach base, as she was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the third.

Jenny Obbema (2-6) took the ball for the Gators in game two and started the game with promise, getting through the first two innings with relative ease.  In the bottom of the third things unraveled quickly.  Leadoff hitter Ancia Purdy started the rally with a single up the middle; she then stole second and third, the first two of her five steals on the day.  The theft would not be necessary as third baseman Hayley Condon hit the first of two Seawolves home runs in the game; Holli Brown had the other.

Obbema was pulled after the home run, going just 2.1 innings, allowing seven hits, three runs, all earned with no walks and two strike outs.  Courtney Dunkel took the ball for the Gators and finished the game, going 4.2 innings, allowing six hits, three runs, with two walks and two strike outs.
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