SAN BERNARDINO (Feb. 24, 2017) — The Coyotes celebrated its home opener in perhaps no greater style in school history, sweeping No. 16 UC San Diego with two walk-off victories on a day the athletic department celebrated with its facilities' friends at newly renovated Coyote Park.
 
Junior Kaylee Gemmell came through with a two-out, game-ending RBI single to right for the Coyotes' 6-5 victory in the opener, and then junior Jessica Brown ripped a 2-2 offering over the left-field wall for a three-run home run in the nightcap for the sweep in CSUSB's 4-1 victory.
 
CSUSB (8-4 overall, 3-1 CCAA) and the Tritons (9-3, 4-2) complete their weekend series Saturday. First pitch is 12 p.m.
 
Game 1: Coyotes 6, UC San Diego 5
Trailing 5-2 heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Coyotes rallied big-time for the victory.
 
The Coyotes took advantage of three Tritons' errors in the inning with Gemmell providing the crescendo.
 
Ratliff connected on an infield grounder to second that was overthrown at the plate and two runs came in to draw the Coyotes to within one runs of the lead.
 
Then, Jessica Angulo tied the game at 5-5 when she earned a ground-out to second that scored pinch-runner Brooke Thomas. That brought up Gemmell, who laced her single that split between the right fielder and center fielder and the Coyotes had their come-from-behind win.
 
Sophomore RHP Amanda Ramirez (3-0) was steady in her seven innings of work, giving up just seven hits, five runs (three earned) with one strikeout.
 
Brown homered in the fourth and Taylor Ancona added a sacrifice fly in the inning that tied the game at 2-2.
 
Angulo had two hits.
 
Game 2: Coyotes 4, UC San Diego 1
Both pitchers — UCSD's Lizzy Beutter and CSUSB's Cassandra Williams — battled from the beginning, but the game belonged to Brown and her bat.
 
Caitlyn Olan broke a 0-0 tie with a sacrifice fly in the sixth that scored Amanda Fitzgerald, who pinch-ran for Brown (double to center).
 
The game appeared safely in the Coyotes' hands in the seventh, but UCSD's Maddy Lewis crushed a one-out solo homer to left that tied the game at 1-1.
 
In the home half of the seventh, Isabel Frias came in to pinch run for Caelan Smith, who walked to open the inning. One out later, Ratliff also walked to put runners at first and second for Brown.
 
Brown took a 2-2 delivery from Lauren Brown, and promptly launched a towering, no-doubter well over the left-field wall for the victory.
 
Brown now has seven home runs with just 14 hits on the season. She is hitting .412 through 12 games.
 
Williams improved to 5-4 with six strikeouts, two walks and four hits allowed.