ORANGE, Calif. - Limited to just six hits on the day, the Puget Sound Loggers dropped a pair of games at the Sun West Tournament in Orange, Calif., falling to Hastings, 2-1, before losing 10-1 to Cal State San Marcos on Thursday at Hart Park in Orange, Calif.

In the first game, the Broncos struck first with a lead-off home run and another tally off a Logger error as Hastings took the early 2-0 lead and never looked back as neither team allowed a run the rest of the way.  The game turned into a pitchers' dual as Auriel Sperberg (Spanaway, Wash./Graham-Kapowsin) went six innings, allowing just five hits and striking out three.  Senior Chelsey Woodside starred for the Broncos, striking out 11 and allowing just three hits but walking five to earn the complete game shutout.

In the second game of the day, the CSUSM Cougars struck right off the bat, scoring two runs on four hits in the top of the first and Brenna Sandberg shut down the Loggers in the circle.  After the Cougars added four more runs in the top of the second, the Loggers got a run across when Megan Janes (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) was hit by a pitch with bases loaded to score Christina Demuelenaere (Lake Stevens, Wash./Shoreline CC) from third.  

CSUSM added two more runs in the sixth and a pair in the seventh as they collected the big 10-1 win.  Sperberg pitched well for the Loggers in relief, striking out five in five and one-third innings pitched.  Sandberg earned the win for the Cougars, striking out 14 but walking seven to earn the win.

The Loggers will wrap up play at the Sun West Tournament on Friday, taking on St. Mary's (Minn.) at Noon, followed by La Sierra at 2:00 p.m.