Cal State San Bernardino parlayed a pair of Cougar errors into 4 unearned run and won the first game 4-1 to spoil first-year coach Lori Kwiatkowski's collegiate coaching debut. With Azusa Pacific up 1-0, the Coyotes took advantage of a Rachel Yoshizu error at third base to keep the fourth inning alive. Lindsey Calderon's 2-out double scored 2 runs to put the Coyotes up 2-1, and Crystal Fraijo followed with a run-scoring single to plate another run. San Bernardino scored again on an errant Cougar throw to complete the scoring.

Azusa Pacific scored an unearned run in the third inning when Jessica Mikesell lined a sharp single to score Lori Shimasaki. However, that was the only time the Cougars took advantage on their opportunities. Azusa Pacific stranded 9 runners in the game, including 5 in scoring position. Junior pitcher Kris Franks, who retired the first 10 Coyotes of the game, suffered the defeat.

In the second game, San Bernardino attacked Cougar pitcher Michelle Coleman, getting 3 runs in the first inning and scooting out to a 5-2 lead after 4 innings. However, that's when Cougar bats came alive. Five hits pushed across 6 runs in the fifth inning, with the big blow being freshman Megan Zimmerer's first collegiate hit, a 2-run double that scored Mikesell and Cassi Sweeney to tie the game at 5-5. Shimasaki followed with a single to push across the go-ahead run in the form of Bailey Blazek. Courtney Cleaves finished the onslaught with another 2-run double.

Azusa Pacific added 4 more runs in the sixth to run away from San Bernardino before the game was called because of darkness. Zimmerer had another run-scoring single and finished the game 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs. Cleaves was 4-for-5 with 3 RBIs, and Sweeney was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Coleman settled down finished the game by retiring 10 of the final 12 batters she faced.

On the day, in which winds reached gusts of 40 MPH, Sweeney went 3-for-5 with 2 runs and 2 RBIS while Mikesell was 4-for-7 with 2 runs and an RBI.