LOS ANGELES – Santa Clara softball earned a split against league leading LMU taking the first game of the twin bill, 5-2, before falling 10-2 in the second game, setting up Saturday's rubber game.
GAME 1: Santa Clara 5 - LMU 2
Santa Clara was in command throughout the game behind stellar pitching by Hannah Edwards and timely hitting to take down LMU, 5-2, to lock up third place in the West Coast Conference standings.
The loss was just the second in league play for LMU (34-15, 11-2 WCC), who entered the day a game ahead of second-place BYU in the WCC standings.