The Sacramento State softball team looks to end a two-game losing streak as it enters the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas. The Hornets will play Seton Hall and Northwestern on Friday, in the first day of the three-day tourney.

The Hornets began the first two days of the season with a 2-0 start. The last time the Hornets started off 2-0 was in 1995, when they finished with a record 40 wins, marking the last season the Hornets advanced to the NCAA Regionals.

The Hornets began tournament play in the Cal Poly Invitational. The Hornets swept Santa Clara in a doubleheader on Friday, 9-3 and 3-0. Due to weather conditions, the games scheduled on Saturday were canceled. Sac State fell to No. 11 Washington and Cal Poly, 0-4, 0-4, on Sunday.

Four Hornets finished tournament play batting .400 or better: Amy Tompkins (.500, 5 for 10), Meeks (.500, 3 for 6), Schloredt (.462, 6 for 13 with two home runs and three RBIs) and Rachel Miles (.417, 5 for 12).

Sherry Clark led all Hornets with 5 RBIs.

Senior pitcher Michele Bochenski (1-0) picked up one win in relief on Friday against Santa Clara. Sophomore pitcher Kayla Meeks (1-0) tossed a shutout later on that day against the same Santa Clara team.The Hornets played the Stanford Cardinal on Tuesday.

The Cardinal began the season ranked ninth in the national preseason polls, and to finish first in the Pac-10. The Cardinal came off a season where they finished 42-18 and advanced to the NCAA Super Regional.

Stanford might be fighting fatigue as the Cardinal just wrapped up playing in the Kajikawa Classic in Phoenix.

Like the Hornets, the Cardinal began 2-0 then dropped two games in a row before wrapping up the tournament with an 8-0 win over Northwestern State.