BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--CSU Bakersfield dropped a pair of matches to nationally ranked opponents on the final day of the Roadrunner Inviational I.

No. 3 Arizona State defeated CSUB 15-8 in the first home MPSF match for the Roadrunner program Sunday morning. CSUB led 2-0 early in the first period, but the Sun Devils would take a 4-2 lead into the first break. Janelle Shelby's (So., San Diego, Calif., Grossmont HS) third goal of the match got the Roadrunners to within one at the 5:38 mark of the second.

ASU scored the next four goals to lead 8-3 at halftime. The Sun Devils outscored CSUB 3-1 in the third. The teams both scored four in the final stanza. Alicia Brightwell led all scorers with five goals. Jessica Browning (Sr., Lake Forest, Calif., El Toro HS) added two for the Roadrunners. Alex Bayer (So., Alta Loma, Calif., Los Oso HS) charted 10 saves. ASU goalie E.B. Keeve posted 11 saves over the first three quarters before giving way to Ianeta Hutchinson in the fourth.

CSUB dropped a 10-9 overtime decision to No. 20 Pacific Sunday afternoon. The match was tied six times and saw the Roadrunners comeback from a two-goal deficit to send the match into overtime on a Shelby goal with 20 seconds remaining in regulations.

Turnovers were the problem for CSUB in the two overtime sessions. The Roadrunners misfired on six of seven offensive opportunities in the extra periods. Grace Smith would score the gamewinner at 2:03 of the first OT.

Nicola Barrett (Fr., Cape Town, South Africa, Rustenburg HS) posted a hat trick while Niki De Leon (Fr., Montebello, Calif., Montebello HS) had two goals. Bayer tallied 15 saves.

CSUB returns to action next Sunday when the Roadrunners travel to UC Santa Barbara for matches against Iona College (11:40 a.m.) and Marist College (3:45 p.m.).

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