The Fresno State softball team defeated New Mexico State 7-6 in 10 innings early today to stay alive in the Western Athletic Conference tournament at Honolulu.

Earlier Thursday, Fresno State lost to Louisiana Tech to fall into the losers bracket. With the victory over New Mexico State, the Bulldogs have four more games to win if they are to win the tournament.

In the 10th inning against NMSU, Caitlin Stiglich and Aja Scheuber led off with singles. Then Andrea Ortega reached on an error that allowed Stiglich to score the game-winning run.

Later today, the Bulldogs will face tournament-host Hawaii in another elimination game at 7:30 p.m. PDT. The winner of that game plays the loser of an earlier game between Nevada and Louisiana Tech, neither of which has lost a game yet.