Eagles lose 1, tie 1 before 2 game cancellations

Colorado School of Mines defeated the Chadron State Eagle’s softball team, 11-3, in the first conference game for both teams on Saturday in Sterling, Colo.

The 3-team pod, originally set to be played in Chadron, was moved to Sterling, Colo., because of poor weather conditions. However, only two games were finished on Saturday and Sunday’s were cancelled.

The Eagles, who are 3-8 overall and 0-1 in the RMAC, scored first when Rebekah Anthony, sophomore of Monument, Colo., was moved home on a bases loaded walk from Katelyn Kruger, sophomore of Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Mines, 5-6 overall and 1-1 RMAC, answered behind 14 total hits with two runs in the third, two more runs in the fifth, and seven runs in the sixth and final inning taking control of the game.

Chadron State’s Courtney Lecher, freshman of Fort Collins, Colo., homered in the bottom of the sixth scoring two runs, but the spark was not enough to close the gap on the Orediggers.

Sarah Knudsen, senior of Parker, Colo., Breeze Phillips, sophomore of Evergreen, Colo., Shea Graham, sophomore of Colorado Springs, and Casey Polk, junior of Golden, Colo., also recorded hits during the game.

The Eagle’s second game of the day against the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs was stopped in the third inning due to bad weather. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.

Chadron State plays next this Saturday in Denver against Metro State University. The first game of the double header is set to start at noon.