May 17, 2014
FINAL STATS | 
SDSU 8, DARTMOUTH 0 (6 INN.) | 
HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPE, Ariz. - The San Diego State softball team run-ruled Dartmouth, 8-0, in six innings in an elimination game Saturday at the NCAA Tempe Regional in Tempe, Ariz. The Aztecs (40-18) will now play No. 13/13 Michigan (43-13) at 8 p.m. PT in another elimination game.
Senior Dominique Dinner (Monterey, Calif.) and sophomore Monica Downey (San Diego/Madison HS) got things going for SDSU in the bottom of the third inning with back-to-back singles. Sophomore Leia Ruiz (Chino, Calif.) reached on a fielder's choice to Dartmouth second baseman Kara Curosh, who tagged Downey while Dinner got to third. Junior Kayla Jordan (San Diego/Bonita Vista HS) then cleared the bases with a home run over the center field fence. It was Jordan's third homer of the season and 10th of her career.
In the fourth, freshman Sydnee Cable (Huntington Beach, Calif.) led off with a walk and was replaced by sophomore Victoria Kobold (Concord, Calif.). Freshman Jaylene Ignacio (Oceanside/El Camino HS) moved Kobold to second on a groundout before junior Hayley Miles (Antelope, Calif.) homered to right to put San Diego State up, 5-0.
Dinner then tripled down the right field line and scored on a passed ball. Ruiz later scored on a fielding error after a single by senior Katie Mathis (Grass Valley, Calif.) to give the Aztecs a 7-0 lead.
SDSU completed the run-rule victory in the sixth inning as Downey singled and Ruiz followed with a double to advance San Diego State onto another meeting with the Wolverines.
The bottom three of the Aztec lineup - Dinner (2-for-3, 2 R, 3B), Downey (2-for-3, R) and Ruiz (2-for-3, RBI, 2 R, 2 2B, SB) each had six of SDSU's 10 hits in the game. Miles was 1-for-2 with the two-run homer and a walk, while Jordan had a three-run home run and a walk.
Sophomore Danielle O'Toole (Upland, Calif.) got the win after allowing two hits and no walks over four scoreless innings, while striking out five. The left-hander improved to 31-9 on the season, giving her the single-season win record at San Diego State.
Freshman Erica Romero (Corona, Calif.) tossed the final two innings, giving up three hits, while striking out three.
2014 NCAA Division I Softball Championship
Regionals - Double-Elimination
Alberta B. Farrington Stadium - Tempe, Ariz.
All Games on ESPNU
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Game 4: San Diego State 8, Dartmouth 0 (6 innings)
Dartmouth (31-19) 000 000 -- 0 5 1
San Diego State (40-18) 003 401 -- 8 10 1
Rumley, McCalmon (4), Sissel (5) and St. Romain; O'Toole, Romero (5) and Dinner, Orlando (4)
W - O'Toole, 31-9; L - Rumley, 18-9
HR: San Diego State, Kayla Jordan (3), Hayley Miles (6)
Game 5: 8 p.m. PT - No. 13/13 Michigan vs. San Diego State
Game 3: No. 4/4 Arizona State 4, No. 13/13 Michigan 1
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Game 6: 2:30 p.m. PT - No. 4/4 Arizona State vs. and Winner of Game 5
Game 7: 5 p.m. PT - *if necessary
Friday, May 16, 2014
Game 1: No. 3/3 Michigan 8, San Diego State 7 (9 innings)
Game 2: No. 4/4 Arizona State 8, Dartmouth 0 (5 innings)