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HILLSBORO, Ore. – The Portland State softball team dropped a close, 3-2, game to the Sacramento State Hornets on the final day of the season.
 
Sacramento State scored on a run on a bases loaded walk in the top of the first inning with nobody out. Portland State starter senior Raya Johnson struck out the next batter, looking for the first out. Johnson got out of the inning after the next batter lined into an inning-ending double play.
 
Senior Brittany Hendrickson walked in the bottom of the first inning to tie the Portland State career walks record with 84. She would be the only base runner for the Vikings until Lexi Goranson singled to center field in the bottom of the third.
 
The Hornets threatened to add to their run total in each of the next few innings but Johnson held them at bay.
 
Mackenzie Bourbanis walked with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. Goranson picked up her second hit of the game off Hornets' starting pitcher Caitlin Brooks.
 
Ashley Smith came to the plate and drove a shot to deep center field, over the center fielder's head, and off the base of the wall for a two-run triple. Smith's two-RBI triple gave the Vikings the lead at 2-1 through five innings.
 
The Vikings' lead did not last long as the Hornets plated two runs in the top of the sixth to go up 3-2.
 
Portland State had two runners in scoring position in the bottom of the sixth but was unable to plate a run to tie the game. The Vikings could got get a rally going in the seventh and fell 3-2.
 
The Vikings end their season 16-34 overall and 8-12 in Big Sky Conference play after doubling their totals in both from a year ago.
 
Hendrickson finished the season with a .393 batting average, eight home runs, and 45 runs batted in.