TEMPE ? The No. 20 Arizona State University softball team fell behind early in the first game of its three-games series against No. 12 Washington, ultimately falling 7-2 on Friday night.
After nearly a two hour field maintenance delay, the Sun Devils and Huskies finally got things underway. Jenn Soria put ASU on the board with her team leading 11th homer, and her fifth in four games.
ASU (27-11) fell behind after UW (24-8) scored three runs in the first inning. The Sun Devils got two back in the bottom of the first to trim the deficit to one run, before Husky pitcher Taran Alvelo took control of the game.
Kelsey Kessler (13-6) took the loss, giving up seven runs off eight hits, four walks and two strikeouts. Breanna Macha came on in relief and did a solid job to contain the Husky bats. The sophomore allowed just one hit, one walk and struck out two in 2.2 innings of work.
UW’s Kimberlee Souza hit a three-run home run for a 3-0 lead in the top of the first to put the Huskies up early.
The Sun Devils came fighting back in the bottom half of the inning as Soria hit a two-run homer after Taylor Becerra led off with a walk.
E1 | Devils get back a pair in the bottom of the first on @jennsoria5's bomb! 3-2 UW after one inning. https://t.co/tDPupTd9Ni
? Sun Devil Softball (@ASUSoftball) April 9, 2016
The rest of the game was all UW, however, as Alvelo limited the Sun Devils to just two hits and the Husky offense tagged on a pair of runs in the third and fifth innings for the final, 7-2 score.
The Sun Devils and Huskies will play game two tomorrow at 7 p.m. PT at Farrington Stadium in the team’s annual StrikeOut Cancer game.