SAN DIEGO — Saint Mary's Softball opened up the 2022 West Coast Conference portion of their schedule on Saturday with a doubleheader at San Diego. The Gaels are looking to improve on their fourth-place finish from last season, while San Diego is looking to shake off a rough start to the 2022 season. The Gaels came out and took control in game one, taking the conference opener 7-1 before falling 10-2 in the second game of the afternoon. SMC is now 13-19 before Sunday's series finale.
Game 1: Saint Mary's 7, San Diego 1
BUILDING IT UP
Saint Mary's got the lead in the top of the third inning and never looked back, scoring four times to build enough of a cushion for Sofia Earle in the circle.