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Softball team splits doubleheaders vs Grizzlies

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The Chadron State College softball team went 2-2 in its two doubleheaders against Adams State University, Alamosa, Colo., at the CSC Softball Field Sunday and Monday.

The Eagles, 10-14 overall and 7-5 in RMAC play, return to the field this Friday in Lakewood, Colo., to take on Colorado Christian University in a doubleheader. The first pitch is set for noon.

In the opening game on Sunday, Adams State was first on the board, scoring in the first inning. The Eagles then responded in the second inning when Katie Londo, senior of Colorado Springs, homered over the left field fence, tying the game 1-1.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Eagles seized control of the game after Sarah Knudsen, senior of Parker, Colo., drove in Taylor Bauer, freshman of Rapid City, S.D., with a two-run home run to center field. The Eagles went on to defeat the Grizzlies, 3-1.

In the second game of the doubleheader Sunday, the Eagles again found themselves in a hole, down 4-0 after two innings.

However, Bauer and Courtney Lecher, freshman of Fort Collins, Colo., quickly pushed the Eagles into the lead in the fifth inning. First, Bauer homered driving in Londo and Caroline Johnson, sophomore of Firestone, Colo. Then, Lecher went deep over the left center-field fence to drive in Shea Graham, sophomore of Colorado Springs, and gave the Eagles a 5-4 lead.

The lead changed hands again in the third inning when Adams State scored two runs, but the Eagles quickly took back control in the bottom half of the third taking a 7-6 lead en route to an 11-8 win.

Monday’s games were a different story.

The Grizzlies took a 6-0 lead behind two three-run home runs in the first and fifth innings.

The Eagles never overcame the deficit, managing five runs in the final three innings losing by a final of 7-5.

Lecher, Knudsen, and Jessica Eatmon, junior of Broomfield, Colo., carried the Eagles offensively, collecting two hits apiece.

In the second game of the day, the Eagles again found themselves in a hole that they could not overcome as they were down 7-2 after two innings. The Grizzlies’ powerful offense was too much for the Eagles to handle. Adams State scored 10 runs on 13 hits.

Katelyn Kruger, sophomore of Highlands Ranch, Colo., led the Eagles with two hits and one RBI.