Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SAN BERNARDINO (April 11, 2015) -- A shoestring catch that turned into a game-ending double play highlighted the Coyotes' 5-4 victory over visiting Cal State Stanislaus in the teams' CCAA softball doubleheader Saturday at Coyote Park.

CSUSB, which lost the second game 4-3, take its 23-21 overall record and fourth-place CCAA 15-12 slate into next week's series at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The Coyotes own a one-half game lead over Chico State with eight conference games remaining.

CSUSB honored its four seniors -- Victoria Lievanos, Mary Menicucci, Nicole Nobbe and Alyssa Ramos -- in their final home game.

Game 1: Coyotes 5, Warriors 4
Consecutive solo home runs by Thalia Ortiz and All-American Nicole Nobbe put the Coyotes up 3-0 in the third, and when Kaylee Gemmell scored on a wild pitch one inning later, it seemed the Coyotes would breeze past the Warriors.

Not quite so.

The Warriors rallied with a four-run sixth, keyed by Natalie Dorsey's three-run home that tied the game at 4-4.

Gemmell ripped a one-out double to right center in the sixth, and Ortiz answered with a double of her own and the Coyotes led 5-4 heading into the seventh.

The Warriors had runners at second and first with one out and Deenah San Luis up. She hit a sinking line drive to left that Coyotes LF Monica Maddox shoe-string caught. She then fired a strike to second to double up Cassidy Duke and the Coyotes had their victory.

Ortiz was the only Coyote with more than one hit. Alyssa Ramos had the only other extra-base hit for CSUSB.

Reliever Jamie Nelson threw 2 innings and earned the win with a strikeout. Starter Cassandra Williams had five strikeouts in five innings.

Game 2: Warriors 4, Coyotes 3
Down 1-0 entering their half of the first, the Coyotes scored three runs, keyed by Mary Menicucci's two-out double to left.

But CSUSB was shutout the rest of the way with only four hits over the final six innings.

Duke went 3-for-4 with a home and Holly Mooring and San Luis each had 3-for-3 games for the Warriors (14-28, 6-22).

Maddox had two hits to pace CSUSB's efforts.

Williams had five strikeouts in relief of Nelson (10-9) and became CSUSB's all-time strikeout leader. She now has 289 in less than two full seasons. Holly Bradford (1997-00) held the record of 286.