SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento State was limited to a combined 10 hits over 14 innings, and the Hornets were swept in a Big Sky Conference softball doubleheader against Idaho State on Friday afternoon at Shea Stadium. The Bengals won the first game, 6-4, in eight innings before taking the nightcap by a 4-1 score.

The Hornets combined to hit just .185 (10-for-54) against Idaho State's Ashlyn Ames, Mariah Mulcahy and Harley Wells. It was Ames that got the victory in the first game while Mulcahy earned the win in the second game and Wells picked up the save.

Sacramento State, which opened the Big Sky portion of the season last week by splitting a home doubleheader with Weber State, dropped to 11-17-1 overall and 1-3 in the conference. The Hornets already have three home losses against conference competition after going a perfect 9-0 at home in Big Sky play last season.

The Hornets continue to have a tough time against Idaho State. Sacramento State is now 7-15 all-time against ISU, and the Hornets sit at .500 or above all-time against every team in the eight-member Big Sky except the Bengals. In addition, the Hornets are just 1-8 at home against Idaho State, and have dropped each of the last seven meetings between the two teams at Shea Stadium.

The victories allowed Idaho State (11-14, 4-1) to take over sole possession of first place in the conference standings. The Hornets and Bengals will conclude their three-game series tomorrow at noon.

Sacramento State's pitching staff of Celina Matthias, Taylor Tessier, Danielle Sperry and Savanna Corr allowed just seven earned runs during today's doubleheader. All 10 Idaho State runs spanning both games were scored after the second out of the inning had been recorded.

Sacramento State senior first baseman Jessica Ravetti, who has six home runs and 18 RBIs, did not play in today's doubleheader because of injury.

GAME 1

Sacramento State dropped to 0-3-1 in extra inning games this year after Idaho State broke a 4-4 tie with two runs in the eighth. The Bengals scored twice in the fourth, sixth and eighth innings. Sacramento State had erased a four-run deficit by scoring four times in the bottom of the sixth.

The Bengals opened the game's scoring against Hornet starter Matthias with a pair of unearned runs in the fourth inning. What should have been a 1-2-3 inning for Matthias turned into two runs after a Hornet error opened the door. After the two-out miscue, the Bengals got a walk and back-to-back RBI-singles from Emma Bordenkecher and Alex Portesi to take a 2-0 lead.

ISU tacked on two more in the top of the sixth to take a 4-0 lead. However, the Hornets opened the bottom of the sixth with a single from Zamari Hinton and three straight ISU errors preceded by a three-run homer from freshman Mo Spieth to tie the game at 4-4. Spieth, a true freshman, continues to come through in clutch at-bats as she iow leads the team with 24 RBIs and is batting a team-best .393 (11-for-28) with runners in scoring position.

After both teams were held scoreless in the seventh, Idaho State got a two-out, two-run single from Bordenkecher in the eighth inning to take a 6-4 lead. Sacramento State got a one-out single from Spieth in the bottom of the eighth, but nothing more.

Ames (4-7) got the win, allowing seven hits and four runs (two earned) while walking one and striking out four batters. Sperry (2-6) took the loss, allowing two runs in 2.1 innings of relief. Matthias worked the first 5.2 innings, allowing five hits and four runs (two earned) with four strikeouts.

Spieth finished the game 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs while Hinton went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Spieth and Hinton combined for five of Sacramento State's seven hits.

GAME 2

The Bengals' Mulcahy and Wells combined to allow Sacramento State just three singles and one run over seven innings. In fact, Sacramento State had just one hit and got only one runner past first base during the first five innings against Mulcahy.

Idaho State, which never trailed at any point during today's doubleheader, took a 2-0 lead in the second inning after Sarah Hayes blooped a two-out, two-run single scoring both Bordenkecher and Aubrey Creekmore. The Bengals tacked on another run in the top of the sixth after Creekmore's sacrifice fly scored Kacie Burnett from third base.

Sacramento State mounted its first rally of the game in the bottom of the sixth, as a Jade Arslanian walk, Shelby Johnston single and an ISU error loaded the bases with no out. However, the Hornets would score just once in the inning on a sacrifice fly from Suzy Brookshire to cut the deficit to 3-1.

After the Bengals tacked on an insurance run in the top of the seventh to take a 4-1 lead, the Hornets, once again, loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom half of the inning. Wells, who entered the game with two aboard and no outs, retired Arslanian (shallow fly ball to center), Johnston (pop-up to short) and Hinton (grounder to short) to end the game.

Mulcahy (5-4) earned the win, allowing just three hits and one unearned run in six-plus innings. Wells, who hit the first batter she faced to load the bases, retired three straight batters to notch her second save of the season. Tessier got the loss for Sacramento State, allowing three hits and three runs with four strikeouts in six innings. Corr allowed an unearned run in her relief appearance in the seventh.

Marissa Maligad, Jessica Scott and Johnston accounted for the Hornets' hits. Sacramento State started five freshmen in the game comprised of Brookshire, Spieth, Scott, Arslanian and Rylee Sager.