Softball team splits another doubleheader

The Chadron State softball team split a pair of games Friday at Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, winning the first game 3-2.

The Eagles hit three runs in the final three innings to snag the come-from-behind win over the Cougars, who scored five runs in the first inning of Friday’s other game to cruise to an 8-0 victory in five innings.

After Friday’s games, Chadron State has an 11-15 overall record, 8-6 in the RMAC. The two teams were set to square off in another double-header Saturday beginning at 11 a.m., but the games were cancelled due to bad weather conditions.

In the first game, the Eagles got down 2-0 before shortstop Courtney Lecher, freshman of Fort Collins, Colo., hit an RBI double scoring infielder Taylor Bauer, freshman of Rapid City, S.D.

After a scoreless sixth inning, Lecher hit another single in the seventh to plate infielder Caroline Johnson, sophomore of Firestone, Colo. With the bases loaded, outfielder Shea Graham, sophomore Colorado Springs, scored to give CSC a 3-2 advantage after outfielder Rebecca Wetsch, junior of Erie, Colo., was hit by a pitch.

CSC pitcher Kylee Polsley, senior of Omaha, allowed a walk in the seventh inning but forced three fly-outs to secure the win. Polsley scattered nine hits throughout the game, striking out seven and improving her record to 7-5.

Lecher, Katie Londo, senior of Colorado Springs, and Casey Polk, junior of Golden, Colo., had two hits apiece.

Bauer and Caity Pelayo, sophomore of Parker, Colo., both added singles to contribute to the win.

In the second game, Colorado Christian hit a grand slam in the first inning followed by a solo shot in the third on their way to an easy 8-0 victory.

In the loss, the Eagles were held to just three hits, delivered by Bauer, Wetsch, and infielder Rebeka Prokaski, freshman of Broomfield, Colo.