Cyclones Fall To UC Davis, 4-1

SUNNYVALE, Calif. ? Ariel Coburn hit her first career home run but Iowa State was unable to overcome three first inning runs by UC Davis and fell, 4-1, to the Aggies Saturday afternoon at the National Invitational Softball Tournament, which is being hosted by San Jose State.

Coburn connected for her first homer as a Cyclone in the seventh inning but it was to little to late as the Cyclones (8-18) dropped their second game of the day. UC Davis improved to 13-8-1 with the win.

The Aggies got on the board in the first, roughing up Iowa State hurler Amie Ford, who was hurt by two errors with two-outs. UC Davis' shortstop Mandi Salcido took advantage of the extra outs, blasting a three-run homer to give the Aggies the 3-0 lead.

Ford and UC Davis pitcher Lindsay Tognetti kept their opponents off the board until the sixth inning when the Aggies tacked on another run on a Erin Emde single that scored Salcido.

Coburn's homer in the bottom of the seventh with two outs cut into the Aggie lead, but Tognetti ended the threat getting Jennifer Bigbee to strike out and end the game.

Ford (3-5) got the loss, allowing four runs on eight hits while striking out six over 5.1 innings. Only one of the runs Ford allowed was earned.

Tognetti (6-3) kept the Cyclones off balance all game, striking out 19 in the game while allowing just five hits.

The Cyclones will conclude tournament play with a 1:30 p.m. game Sunday against UC Riverside. Following the conclusion of that game, ISU will face Eastern Illinois in a non-tournament game.

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