TURLOCK — Three different Cal State Dominguez Hills softball players went yard to open the 16th annual Tournament of Champions, hosted by Stanislaus State, but the Toros couldn't recover from large deficits in the two defeats Friday. Chaminade went on to clinch the morning contest by mercy rule 14-4  and its fellow PacWest Conference member Holy Names took the afternoon game over the Toros 10-3.

Madison Murphy and Jazmyne Cortinas each hit solo shots in the first inning against the Silverswords while Jasmine Ruiz drove in all three runs in game two on a blast to left center against the Hawks.

Game 1 - Chaminade 14, CSUDH 4 (5 Innings)
After the Toros got two runs on solo homers in the first, the Swordsman used a pair of long balls in the second inning, only those drove in a combined five runs to take a 5-2 lead.

Jamie Duran (5-14) tossed four innings allowing nine runs, eight earned. Although the Swordsman got runners on base using 10 hits and three walks, Duran did strike out five.

The Toros did get two more runs in the fifth inning. Pinch-hitter Lyzette Reveles drew a one-out walk and Jazmin Guzman's two-out single put runners at the corners to setup back-to-back RBI hits by Cortinas and Analisa Nicholson. 

Chaminade completed the mercy rule with a two-out grand slam. Luana Moreno had a rough first inning but settled down and held the Toros scoreless for four innings.

Game 2 - Holy Names 10, CSUDH 3
The Hawks jumped up front 1-0 on a RBI double in the first inning and added five more, including two being forced in with the bases loaded, in the second to take a 6-0 lead.

Although it wasn't until the fifth inning when CSUDH got on the board with Ruiz's three-run home run, the Toros did lead seven total baserunners within the first four frames. A Toro had reached as far as second base in each of those innings against Kristina Carbajal, who tossed a complete-game despite surrendering six hits and walks each along with two hit-by-pitches.

Alyssa Valinches pitched herself through four innings, allowing six earned runs, on eight hits and four walks but did fan six. Duran took over in the fifth and went the rest of the way allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks. She did strike out four batters.

The Toros return to the Tournament of Champions Saturday, facing Notre Dame de Namur at 10 a.m. followed by Hawaii at Hilo at 12:30 p.m.