SEASIDE (March 31, 2018) — A seventh-inning rally secured a split for CSUSB against Cal State Monterey Bay, losing 8-0 and winning 6-4 in CCAA softball Saturday.
 
The records
CSUSB split its four-game series against the Otters, and now sits at 20-12 overall and 11-11 in the CCAA. The Otters are 18-19, 11-12.
 
The opener
Monica Maddox and Samantha Vacko accounted for the Coyotes' two hits as CSUMB won in five innings.
 
Earning a split
Trailing 4-2 through six innings, the Coyotes took control with a four-run, five-hit seventh. Senior Caitlyn Olan's two-run double scored Taylor Ancona and Gabriella Bracamonte to tie the game at 4. Morgan Ratliff followed with a single up the middle, and pinch-runner Maddox scored. After Vacko flied out, Jessica Brown earned the game-winning run on an RBI-double that brought in Ratliff.
 
On the mound
Junior RHP Amanda Ramirez went the distance and improved her record to 13-7. She scattered nine hits and struck out one.