SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - On a night in which most in Santa Barbara were celebrating UCSB men's basketball return to the NCAA Tournament, the CSUB softball team celebrated a sweep of the Gauchos, 4-3 and 5-0, on UCSB's Campus Diamond.

Roadrunner pitching did not allow an earned run Saturday. Game one starter Sammy Rodriguez (Salinas HS) fanned five Gauchos against no walks while pitching around six CSUB errors. In the nightcap Shawna Truan (McArthur/Fall River HS) threw her second shutout of the season.

CSUB (9-9 overall) used one big inning to overcome some shaky defense in the opener. The Roadrunners put up four runs in the fourth inning, and that turned out to be just enough. Jamiey Kleinsmith's (Santa Maria/College of the Sequoias) two-run double was the big blow.

But the 'Runner defense committed three errors in the sixth inning to allow three unearned runs as UCSB (7-16) scratched its way back into the game. They made two more errors in the seventh as UCSB put the tying and winning runs into scoring position before Rodriguez induced a comebacker to end the game.

Senior first baseman Ryane Petersen (Fresno/Fresno State) swung the big bat in game two, driving in all five runs. Her five RBIs were a career high and one off the CSUB single game record of six set twice previously.

Petersen opened the CSUB ledger with a two-run single in the bottom of the first. Following a Karleee Rodgers (Clovis West HS) double and a Heather Veitch (Simi Valley/Royal HS) single in the fifth, Petersen cleared the bases with her fourth homerun of the season.

UCSB threatened early against Truan, loading the bases with one out in the first inning. But Truan made two big pitches, first getting a comebacker from Gaucho catcher Lainey DePompa, allowing her to throw out Brooke Putich. She then got Katie McWhirter on a second consecutive comebacker to end the threat.

The Gauchos had one last chance to get into the game in the fifth, loading the bases with nobody out. This time, Truan got Putich to ground into a force play at the plate before coaxing No. 3 hitter Keilani Jennings to hit into a 4-3 double play.

For the day, senior third baseman Kelli Bailey (Rodeo/John Swett HS) went 2-for-3 in both games. Veitch had one hit in each game to raise her current hitting streak to a career-high 12 games. Senior second baseman Kristin Archuleta (Hollister/San Benito HS) had a single in game one to raise her hitting streak to 15 games before going 0-for-3 in the nightcap.