SJSU's softball team made its sixth appearance in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in Las Cruces, New Mexico last week.
SJSU finished with a 1-2 record after playing University of Nevada Wolfpack, University of Hawaii Warriors and the Fresno State Bulldogs.
The Spartans entered the tournament as the fourth-seed, and faced off fifth-seed University of Nevada Wolfpack in their first match-up.
The Wolfpack took an early lead in the game after scoring six runs in three innings.
SJSU solidified a win in the seventh inning, with senior catcher Breanna Lopez hitting a three-run walk-off homer to bring in freshman outfielder Michelle Cox and sophomore outfielder Britney Helm, who pinch-ran for sophomore infielder Jessica Garcia.
Lopez hit two home runs in this year's tournament, placing her third in school's all-time history of home runs with a career total of 16.
She hit her 10th home run in the Spartans' match up against Hawaii in their second game of the tournament, but it was the only run the Spartans scored out of their three total hits, losing to the Warriors 5-1.
In the final game, the Spartans put up a fight against the Fresno State Bulldogs, sending the game into an extra inning.
After trailing 3-1, the Spartans started the bottom of the sixth inning with junior outfielder Markesha Collins, Cox and Garcia drawing walks.
Junior outfielder Vanessa House brought Cox home and sophomore infielder Annica Wolfe hit a single out to right field to bring in the Spartans' second run.
Junior infielder Cheryl Freitas hit a fly out to right field, but pinch runner Helm was called for leaving the base too early, and ended the seventh with a score of 3-3.
The Spartans had a chance to win the game with Garcia on base, but the Spartans weren't able to score following a fly out and two strike outs.
Two Spartans were named to 2012 WAC all-tournament teams: Junior pitcher Amanda Pridmore was named to the first all-tournament team, and outfielder Cox was named to the second all-tournament team.
Pridmore pitched 21 innings at the tournament and recorded 26 strikeouts, with 13 of those strikeouts recorded in SJSU's first tournament win over Nevada.
Pridmore finished the season with an overall 18-15 in 209 innings pitched, and is the second pitcher in school history to strikeout 200 or more batters in a season with 201 recorded strikeouts.
Cox held a .228 batting average this season, recorded 15 hits, scored 12 runs and led the conference with nine stolen bases as the Spartans went 9-10 this season.
Overall, Cox has a career .366 batting average, 56 hits, 34 runs scored and 26 stolen bases.
In addition to Pridmore and Cox, House, Garcia and Madison Fish were honored in the WAC tournament banquet on Wednesday as WAC Players of the Week for the 2012 season.
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