LOS ANGELES – The Tritons faced another double header on Saturday during their opening weekend. They fell to #16 Oregon in the morning, 10-2, but bounced back in the afternoon to top host LMU, 3-2. After two short days of the new season, the Tritons are 2-2.
 
GAME ONE: #16 OREGON 10, UC SAN DIEGO 2
The Ducks scored 10 runs, spread evenly across all seven innings. The Tritons rallied in the fourth with a solo home run from Gabby Williams and a double from Clarissa Reynoso allowed Isabel Lavrov to score.
 
GAME TWO: UC SAN DIEGO 3, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 2
In the first, Keila Bosinger stole second to get into scoring position and was brought in on single by Williams. Deena Pederson singled to get on, then stole second, and scored on a double by Sophia Real. Williams was able to score on a sacrificed fly ball by Reynoso.
 
Jada Cecil threw all seven innings and is currently 2-0 in her UC San Diego career.

QUOTABLE
"We competed well today," said coach Patti Gerckens, "we have been playing as a team this weekend and it showed today." While the score was 10-2, Gerckens felt that it didn't reflect how hard the team was working since the Tritons had nine hits against Oregon. In 2021, only four teams were able to get nine hits off the Ducks' pitchers.
 
"Shelby Thompson came in and her confidence on the mound was evident. It was exactly what we wanted to see," Gerckens said.
 
"We started out hot," Gerckens said about LMU, "but we need more runs over the course of the game. We hit the ball well, but left seven on the base." The Lions had 10 hits today, but left nine runners on base, "Jada Cecil pitched a phenomenal game, she kept LMU off balance and our defense was solid." The Triton defense had zero errors for the day.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Keila Bosinger currently leads the team in RBIs for the weekend with five.
• In the 2021 opening weekend, the Tritons had 19 hits and currently have 29 hits in the 2022 opening weekend.
• Today's games were the first times that UC San Diego faced either the Oregon Ducks or the Loyola Marymount Lions. 

UP NEXT
The Tritons head to Irvine, Calif. tomorrow to compete in the Mark Campbell Invitational. They face the defending national champions, the Oklahoma Sooners, at 11 am PT at Bill Barber Park.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.