San Diego State softball lost 5-1 to No. 18 University of Kentucky Thursday night in its first home game of 2016.
The game was part of the 26th annual Campbell/Cartier Classic at SDSU Softball Stadium, which features six teams this weekend: SDSU, Kentucky, UC Berkeley, University of San Diego, South Dakota State and Texas Tech. The six teams will play a combined 15 games over the four days of the tournament.
The tournament is named after Susanne Campbell and Karin Cartier, who lost their lives during the 1991 softball season in a car accident. The Aztec softball team renamed the SDSU Spring Classic in 1994 to honor the memory of their teammates’ friendship and athletic ability.