Burdick Lifts Beach

Burdick's Blast Helps LBSU Complete Sweep
Torres Improves to 13-2 in Circle

May 2, 2004

LONG BEACH, CA -- Colleen Burdick's solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning lifted the Long Beach State softball team to a 1-0 victory over Pacific on Sunday at the 49er Complex. With the victory, LBSU took all three games from the Tigers.

Burdick, who hit the solo blast over the left field wall with two outs, finished the afternoon 2-for-3. Arleigh Thorp and Jamie Farnworth both went 1-for-3. Pitcher, Marcel Torres collected the victory, improving her record to 13-2 and lowering her ERA to a league-low 0.77. Torres went 7.0 innings, scattering just two hits and striking out seven. Torres has pitched 23 consecutive scoreless innings and has only allowed seven hits since April 10.

Long Beach State (43-10, 13-2 Big West) faces UC Santa Barbara for a three-game series, May 7-8 at the 49er Softball Complex.

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