Griz fall 3-1 to Highlanders

Sunday, March 1

Riverside, Calif.

12:30 PM (MT)

Montana

9-10

UC Riverside

8-11

Montana

UC Riverside

3/1/2020 4:39:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

By: Montana Sports Information

The Montana softball team dropped its final game of the Amy S. Harrison Classic on Sunday, losing 3-1 to host UC Riverside.

The Grizzlies, who finished the tournament 3-1, including a shutout victory over Michigan State on Saturday, were limited to three hits by a pair of UCR pitchers.

The Highlanders scored the only runs they would need in the bottom of the first, on a two-out infield single that scored two off Montana starter Tristin Achenbach.

That was enough support for Caitlyn Rivera and Megan Casper.

The Grizzlies had a runner on third in both the first and second innings, but they would be held to two hits through five innings, a Cami Sellers double in the first and a Kendall Curtis single in the second.

Michaela Hood relieved Achenbach after she gave up back-to-back doubles to lead off the fourth. Hood would allow just one hit over the final three innings.

After a rain delay of nearly 90 minutes, Montana scored in the top of the sixth. Kylie Becker led off with a walk and Sellers followed with a double down the right-field line that scored Becker.

The Grizzlies would bring the tying run to the plate in the top of the seventh after Ashley Ward drew a two-out walk, but the game ended on a fly out to right.

Sellers, from Los Alamitos, Calif., had a pair of doubles on Sunday and batted .467 in four games in Riverside, with seven hits in 15 at-bats.

Despite a quiet Sunday at the plate, Montana still batted .324 at the tournament, with 11 extra-base hits. Achenbach and Hood finished with an ERA of 2.33.

Montana will play five games against Saint Joseph's, UNLV and Grand Canyon next weekend at the Lopes Up Classic in Phoenix.