LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Toledo softball team played an extra-inning game for the first time this season but came up on the short end of a 2-1 (8 inn.) decision against defending Big West Champion Long Beach State.  

Toledo had a chance to score the go-ahead run in the eighth when Lexi Eckman advanced to third base following a sacrifice bunt but couldn't capitalize. The Beach's Carly Robbins singled to left field in the bottom of the frame to score the game-winning run.

Junior Sophia Knight (5-4) yielded just five hits in 7.1 innings with both of the runs she allowed being unearned in the loss. 

Six different Rockets registered a hit with junior Eli Enriquez accounting for UT's lone run with a sacrifice fly. 

Toledo (6-8) will face Fairfield and Cal. State Fullerton on Thursday in the opening day of the CSF/LBSU Tournament in Fullerton, Calif.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Long Beach State threatened but couldn't score after loading the bases in the second.
• Lexi Eckman tripled to right field and was brought home on a sacrifice fly from Eli Enriquez to give UT a 1-0 lead in the third.
• Makayla Medellin evened the game for LBSU with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
• The Rockets and Beach stranded a single runner in both the sixth and seventh frames to force the game into extra innings.
• Carly Robbins hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth to end the game 2-1.