TUCSON, Ariz. – No. 8 Arizona improved to 16-4 with a 5-1 win over Yale (2-5) on the opening day of the Bear Down Fiesta.
 
Allie Skaggs hit her seventh home run of the season – a three-RBI shot – and three Wildcats had two or more hits.
 
Jasmine Perezchica went 3-for-4 to extend her hitting streak to 13 games to lead the team. Giulia Koutsoyanopulos went 2-for-3 and Skaggs went 2-for-3 with three RBI.
 
Yale struck first with a solo homer in the first inning, but the Cats scored five unanswered runs to push Arizona past the Bulldogs. With Perezchica and Skaggs in scoring position, Carlie Scupin hit a two-RBI single to give Arizona a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning.
 
In the sixth, Skaggs hit a three-RBI home run to centerfield to secure the 5-1 win for Arizona.
 
Following the first-inning home run, Devyn Netz (7-0) retired 14-straight Bulldogs with a career-high eight strikeouts to keep Yale scoreless the rest of the game.
 
Up Next:
The Wildcats will continue the Bear Down Fiesta as they take on UNLV at 4 p.m. and Marist at 6 p.m. MST on Saturday, March 12.