Sunday, February 19
Long Beach, Calif.
10 a.m.

Long Beach State University

4-6

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Louisiana-Monore

7-4

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Kim Sowder
Photo by: John Fajardo

Kim Sowder Captures 500th Career Win As Softball Closes Wilson Invitational

2/19/2023 3:31:00 PM | Softball

Shannon Haddad struck out six in a complete game effort for Long Beach State.

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Shannon Haddad went the distance and Long Beach State got key RBIs from Emily Salazar and Mikayla Ceballos to finish the Wilson Invitational, the team's first home tournament, with a 2-1 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.
 
                Lousiana-Monroe (7-4) took an early lead after capitalizing on a pair of early mistakes from Long Beach Sate (4-6). After a leadoff walk, a stolen base and an error pushed Lourdes Bacon to third base, where she then scored following the second error of the inning to give ULM an early 1-0 lead on an unearned run.
 
                Shannon Haddad settled in from there, however, picking up two outs to close the first and allowing just three hits total in the contest. The sophomore struck out a season-high six batters and scattered three singles on the way to her third complete game of the season.
 
                Long Beach State was able to push through into the lead on their own in the fifth inning. Senior Teah Thies started the inning with a single, and after getting pushed to second, a single from Carly Robbins put runners on the corners. An RBI single from Emily Salazar then tied the game while keeping runners on first and third. That would be critical as pinch hitter Mikayla Ceballos lifted a sac fly to left that allowed Robbins to score what ultimately would be the winning run.
 
                Kim Sowder, in her 17th season as head coach of Long Beach State, becomes just the fourth coach in Big West history to reach the 500 win plateau, joining Pete Kolze, Judi Garman and LBSU legend Pete Manarino.
 
                Long Beach State is back on the road next weekend, continuing tournament play at one of the nation's premier non-conference tournaments, the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. The Beach open up their time at the tournament on Friday against No. 14 Washington while also facing Utah Valley, BYU, Missouri and Arizona State from Cathedral City, Calif.
 

Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Haddad, Shannon (3-1)

L: Chavarria, Adrianna (3-1)

Batting:

SH: Chavez, Alexis 1 ; Selman, Campbell 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Bacon, Lourdes 1

SB: Bacon, Lourdes 1

HBP: Fletcher, Madelyn 1

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Batting:

3B: Olson, Sara 1

RBI: Salazar, Emily 1 ; Ceballos, Mikayla 1

SH: Camou, Cassie 1

SF: Ceballos, Mikayla 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Thies, Teah 1 ; Robbins, Carly 1

SB: Salazar, Emily 1

CS: Cecil, Cam 1

Game Leaders

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Players Mentioned

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