TURLOCK, Calif.—Coming back after playing the late game on Saturday, the Western Oregon University softball team defeated San Francisco State, 8-1, before falling to No. 3-ranked Chico State, 2-0, to close out action at the Tournament of Champions.

Western Oregon (15-14, 3-4 GNAC) closed out the three-day tournament with a 2-3 record. The Wolves will return to GNAC competition this week with road doubleheaders at Central Washington (March 30) and at Saint Martin's (March 31).

Game 1: Western Oregon def. San Francisco State, 8-1
The Wolves broke open a tight contest with a 5-run 4th inning en route to an 8-1 win in the early action on Sunday at the Tournament of Champions.

Western Oregon tallied single runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings before batting all nine positions in the decisive 4th frame. Zoe Clark opened the 4th with a triple to left while Cheyanne Rimer drove Clark home with a double to start the onslaught.

Before the Gators could escape the inning, Tyler Creach, Ryanne Huffman and Jenna Kelly continued the attack with RBI hits with Kelly driving home a pair of runs with a 2-out single.

Pitching with the sizable advantage, Lizzet Dominguez allowed four hits in a complete game performance in the circle. Dominguez (8-4) walked four with the lone score an unearned variation scored by SFSU in the 5th. Dominguez forced the Gators into a ground out double play in both the 6th and 7th innings.

Huffman drove in WOU's final run with a triple in the 6th to plate Ayanna Arceneaux.

Game 2: No. 3 Chico State def. Western Oregon, 2-0
Shut out for just the third time this season, Western Oregon fell to No. 3-ranked Chico State, 2-0, in the Tournament of Champions finale on Sunday.

The Wildcats scraped together single scores in the 3rd and 5th innings while starter Haley Gilham scattered five hits for the win.

Gilham faced just two batters over the minimum through five innings before getting into trouble in the bottom of the 6th.

Western Oregon threatened to not only end the shutout run but to take the lead in the inning as the Wolves loaded the bases by way of singles by Sydney Bowers and Ayanna Arceneaux and a walk drawn by Mariah Deleon. The effort proved fruitless, however, as Chico State avoided damage by persuading a grounder back to the pitcher.

The Wolves returned in the 7th to once again load the bases, this time via an error, a single by Cheyanne Rimer and a walk by Bowers, but Gilham closed out the contest with her eighth strikeout.

Chico State finished with a 7-to-6 edge in total hits while both teams committed a single error.