LOS ANGELES – No. 10 Arizona beat LMU 7-6 on Wednesday night in Los Angeles to improve to 16-2.
The Cats recorded 12 hits – led by
Paige Dimler who went 3-for-4 – and
Kaiah Altmeyer led the team with three RBI.
Regan Shockey,
Jenna Sniffen, and
Sydney Stewart all tallied two hits each.
LMU struck first with a three-run home run in the first inning. The Wildcats answered back with three runs in the top of the second to tie the game.
Tayler Biehl drove in the first run with a single up the middle and Altmeyer doubled to score Biehl and Sniffen.
After two scoreless innings, the Lions took a 6-3 lead on pair of RBI groundouts and an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth.
The Wildcats cut into LMU's lead in the top of the fifth to make it 6-5.Stewart hit a solo homer to lead off the inning and Sniffen drove in Arizona's second run of the inning with an RBI single.
In the top of the seventh, Arizona plated two to take a 7-6 lead. Altmeyer drove in her third run of the game with a sacrifice fly and
Regan Shockey singled to send Biehl home from second base to take the lead.
Devyn Netz picked up her seventh win of the season in the circle, pitching 3.1 innings in relief and striking out four batter to keep LMU scoreless after the fourth inning.
Miranda Stoddard pitched the first 3.2 innings before Netz entered the circle.
Up next
Arizona will head to Cal State Fullerton for the Judi Garman Classic beginning Friday, February 28. The Wildcats will face Weber State, Fullerton, Notre Dame, UCLA, and San Diego State in the three-day tournament.
