LONG BEACH, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara softball team was defeated by Long Beach State in Saturday's doubleheader at the LBSU Softball Complex, falling just short in a 2-1 defeat before losing 8-0. The Gauchos move to 11-29 overall and 3-12 in Big West Play.

Game 1:

On the Stat Sheet
• Lexy Mills (2-8) earned the start tossing 6.0 innings of two-hit, two-run ball to go along with three strikeouts and six walks. She also notched her 11th RBI.
• Madelyn McNally registered the sixth double of her sophomore campaign, stretching her hit-streak to 13-straight. McNally was responsible for the lone run from UCSB.
• Senior Maci Fines went 2-for-3 at the plate - half of the Gauchos' hits for this game.

How It Happened
• Shortstop Madelyn McNally was the first up to bat for Santa Barbara and was able to reach first safely after beating out a late throw by The Beach that was recorded as an error. McNally advanced to second after a single from Fines and would come home to score after a fly ball from Mills was dropped by LBSU's right fielder.
• LBSU responded in the bottom of the first with a run of their own, tying the game. Both teams kept tight defense for the next four innings, resulting in blanks.
• Entering the bottom of the sixth tied at 1-1, The Beach was able to get three runners aboard before a wild pitch by Mills made it so that Jacquelyn Bickar could give LBSU their first lead.

Game 2:

On the Stat Sheet
• The Gauchos recorded six hits in the second game, including Fines who now has 43 on the season - good for second on her team and sixth in the Big West.
• Ilona Sullivan tossed four full innings, registering a strikeout and three walks.

How It Happened
• The Beach broke the scoring open in the bottom of the first, scoring six runs off of six hits.
• Two Gauchos were left on base in the first, second, and fourth inning, along with one more in the fifth.
• Both teams were held scoreless from the second through the fourth, but LBSU found two more runs in the fifth, effectively run-ruling the Gauchos to end the game at 8-0.

Next Up
Santa Barbara will make its way back home to host Cal State Fullerton at Campus Diamond next weekend for a three-game series.