SANTA CLARA, Calif. – UC San Diego baseball fell to Santa Clara, 6-2, on Saturday afternoon at Schott Stadium. With the loss the Tritons (6-6) move to 0-2 in the weekend series.
 
Crew Robinson led the way for UC San Diego, finishing 2-for-4 with an RBI single. Anthony Lucchetti was credited with bringing in the only other run for the Tritons, while Michael Fuhrman, Marc Filia and Ryan McNally tallied extra-base hits on the day.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Broncos (6-4) got on the board quickly, platting a run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single. 
 
UC San Diego got a great opportunity in the sixth, loading the bases with one out but a pop-up and a ground ball to the first baseman kept the Tritons off the board. SCU did most of its damage later that inning, adding three more runs to the board to take a 4-0 lead.
 
The Tritons finally broke through in the seventh, with a two-out RBI single from Robinson to score Jalen Smith from second. A walk put runners in scoring position again but a strikeout ended the inning and UC San Diego trailed 4-1.
 
Santa Clara tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the seventh, before UC San Diego could shift the momentum.
 
UC San Diego would get one more run in the eighth after Filia tripled to left field and Lucchetti brought him home with a ground-out, but the Tritons would still trail 6-2.
 
The Tritons rallied one final time in the ninth, with two runners on and one out, but a foul-out and a pop-up ended the comeback.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Starting pitcher Noah Conlon (Sr., RHP) was credited with the loss, pitching 5.0 innings and allowing three runs on six hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
• Crew Robinson and Anthony Lucchetti recorded the RBI in the contest, while Robinson and Michael Fuhrman recorded multi-hit performances for the Tritons.
• With the loss, the Tritons move to 4-6 in the all-time series with Santa Clara and 0-2 in the weekend series. 

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will finish up the series with Santa Clara on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT. A free live stream and live statistics will be available via UCSDTritons.com.
 
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.