SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento State sophomore Marissa Bertuccio tossed a two-hit shutout in the nightcap, highlighting a doubleheader split with Santa Clara on the second day of the Capital Classic Softball Tournament at Shea Stadium. After the Broncos won the first game, 7-2, the Hornets bounced back to win the second game, 3-0.

Bertuccio was incredible in the nightcap, allowing just two hits with one walk and seven strikeouts over seven inning. She needed just 80 pitches to complete her third shutout of the season, did not allow a runner past second base, and faced four batters over the minimum. In addition, Bertuccio, the staff ace, lowered her ERA to 2.61 and opponents batting average to .214.

Sacramento State is hosting six games as part of the Capital Classic, which included a doubleheader split yesterday with UC Davis. The Hornets will take tomorrow off and resume tournament play on Sunday vs. Pacific at 11:30 a.m. With today's split, the Hornets are now 5-10 while Santa Clara moved its record to 2-3.

Offensively for Sacramento State, Alondra Mejia combined for four hits over two games, Samantha Parish had three hits, and Kennedy Echols, Alexis Parish and Lewa Day each had two hits.

In the nightcap, Bertuccio and Santa Clara starter Regan Dias were locked in a scoreless tie through five innings before the Hornets finally broke through for three runs in the sixth inning. In fact, both pitchers were so locked in, they combined to throw just 160 pitches the entire way in a game that lasted a swift hour and 34 minutes.

In that sixth inning, with one out, the Hornets recorded four straight hits, including a single from Day followed by an RBI-triple from Mejia, an infield single from Samantha Parish, and a two-run double from Amber Rodriguez. Four of the Hornets' seven hits came that inning, and the three runs were more than enough support for Bertuccio who improved to 4-5 with the win. Dias (1-3) allowed three runs and seven hits without a strikeout in six innings. Day was the only player from either team to finish with multiple hits (2-for-3).

In the opener, Santa Clara led from start to finish, collecting single runs in the first, second, fourth and sixth innings, followed by three more in the seventh off three Sacramento State pitchers. The Hornets plated two runs, but had plenty more opportunities to score. In fact, the team left 11 runners on base, which included stranding the bases loaded on three occasions.

The Hornets got their runs in the second (RBI-double from Alexis Parish scoring Echols) and fifth (error allowing Haley Hanson to score). Seven of the team's nine hits came from three players as Mejia was 3-for-4, Alexis Parish 2-for-3 and Samantha Parish 2-for-4.

Carley Morfey (2.0 ip), Kelsey Alcantara (4.1 ip) and Skylar Mitchell (0.2 ip) each threw for the Hornets. Three different Broncos pitched as well, and Lauren Anderson got the win in relief while Dias earned her first save.