Combined Shutout Guides No. 23 Duke Past CSU Bakersfield, 9-0

Sunday, February 8

Orlando, Fla.

9 a.m.

Duke University

4-1

CSU Bakersfield

0-6

CSU Bakersfield

Duke

Cassidy Curd pitching vs. CSUB Game Two at UCF Invitational

Combined Shutout Guides No. 23 Duke Past CSU Bakersfield, 9-0

2/8/2026 2:12:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – A combined shutout from senior Cassidy Curd and junior Larissa Jacquez helped guide No. 23 Duke past CSU Bakersfield, 9-0 in five innings, Sunday morning to conclude action in the UCF Invitational. The Blue Devils improve to 4-1 while the Roadrunners fall to 0-6 overall.

Curd earned the start and the win in the circle, working 3.0 innings and surrendering just two hits while fanning five. Jacquez maintained the shutout with her 2.0 hitless innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts.

Senior D'Auna Jennings and graduate student Tyrina Jones led the Blue Devils at the plate throughout the invitational, finishing 10-for-15 and 7-for-16, respectively, during the season-opening weekend. Jones also recorded two home runs and eight RBI in the five-game stretch.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Blue Devils sparked their offense immediately, using three straight singles to push the first run across the plate in the opening inning. Duke added four additional runs in the first, using a groundout and RBI-doubles from sophomore Layla Lamar and senior Aleyah Terrell to take a 5-0 lead in the opening frame.
Junior Aminah Vega went yard in the bottom of the second with a solo blast to left. Jones followed with a double before moving up on a fly out. She then came home on a squeeze bunt laid down by redshirt junior Kairi Rodriguez to put Duke in front 7-0.
Lamar drew a walk to open the third before advancing to third on a CSUB throwing error. Graduate student Jada Baker slipped a base hit into the center field gap in the ensuing at bat to plate Lamar and extend the gap to 8-0.
Freshman Brookelyn Grayson tallied her first career hit and RBI after sending the first pitch she saw to the left center field wall, plating Duke's ninth and final run in the bottom of the fourth.

NOTES

Grayson made her Blue Devil debut, pinch hitting in the bottom of the fourth inning.
With the win, Curd improves to 2-0 on the year.
- She tossed a total of 10.0 innings on the weekend, allowing just two runs with a team-high 12 strikeouts in her two appearances.
Vega sent out her 37th career home run in the bottom of the second.
Lamar recorded the third multi-RBI outing of her career and first as a Blue Devil.
Jones registered at least one RBI in each of the five games this weekend.
Duke moves to 29-13 all-time in season-opening weekend games.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils remain in the Sunshine State, traveling to Clearwater, Feb. 13-15 to play five games in the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational. Duke will face No. 11 Texas A&M (Feb. 13), No. 16 LSU (Feb. 13), No. 24 Oklahoma State (Feb. 14), No. 20 Georgia (Feb. 14) and Missouri (Feb. 15) during the three-day event.

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