RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Middle Tennessee Softball opened the season against UC Riverside in their first game of the tournament at Amy S. Harrison Field, falling 5-3 on Thursday.
After UC Riverside opened the game with two first-inning runs, a sacrifice fly by put MTSU on the scoreboard, scoring .
then drove in a pair with a triple in the fourth inning to give the Blue Raiders their first lead of the game.
started in the circle for the Blue Raiders where she pitched 4.1 innings and gave up three runs on six hits.