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Softball

Softball swings into action

Jordyn Hulinsky

CSC’s softball team came out of its first tournament 1-4. The team traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the MSU-Billings Desert Stinger last weekend.

The Eagles competed against Central Washington University, Ellensburg, losing 3-1; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, winning 13-6; Azusa Pacific University, Calif., losing 4-1; California Baptist University, Riverside, Calif., losing 8-0; and finally St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, losing 3-2.

The Eagle’s single run against Central Washington came in the second inning. Rebecca Wetsch, junior of Erie, Colo., had a single-run homerun.

Against Simon Fraser, CSC started off right with a 2-run homerun by Katie Londo, senior of Colorado Springs, who also scored Shea Grahman, sophomore of Colorado Springs. Londo also batted in Sarah Knudsen, senior of Parker, Colo., during the third inning. Grahman scored again in the third off a single to left field by Jessica Eatmon, junior of Broomfield, Colo. Londo crossed home after a single by Wetsch in the fifth. Eatmon and Caroline Johnson, sophomore of Firestone, Colo., also scored in the fifth. Katelyn Kruger, sophomore of Highlands Ranch, Colo., earned a grand slam in the sixth scoring four more for CSC. To finish off the 13 runs scored, Sarah Knudsen, senior of Parker, Colo., and Grahman crossed the plate.

The single run against Azusa Pacific came in the first inning by Grahman who sent one over the center field fence.

CSC didn’t score against California Baptist.

Only two Eagles crossed home against St. Mary’s. Kruger doubled in the first scoring Eatmon and Londo.

The team will travel to Austin, Texas, to play five more games this weekend. The first game against St. Edward’s University, Austin, will be at 9 a.m., Friday. They will take on Texas Woman’s University, Denton, at 1:30 p.m., Friday. St. Edward’s will compete against the Eagles again at 3:45 p.m., Saturday. The final day of the tournament will face Texas A&M International University, Laredo, and CSC at 11:15 a.m., Sunday. The final game of the tournament will be Texas Woman’s University again at 1:30 p.m., Sunday.