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Eagles swing past No. 21 Regis

Preston Goehring
Shea Graham (2), senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado, takes a cut this weekend during a game against Regis University, Denver. The Eagles won the series 3-1. —Photo by Shane Carney/Regis University
Shea Graham (2), senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado, takes a cut this weekend during a game against Regis University, Denver. The Eagles won the series 3-1. —Photo by Shane Carney/Regis University

Solid pitching and hot bats led the Eagles to win the 4-game series with Regis University, Denver, 3-1. Regis was ranked No. 21 at the time. CSC is now 8-6-1, 3-1 in conference play.

The Eagles dropped the conference opener, 11-3, only managing four hits while the Rangers produced 14. The Eagles fared better during the second game, scoring nine runs of 15 hits, eventually winning, 9-7.

In the next day’s first game, Cierra Cosslett, graduate student of Grand Junction, Colorado, pitched five innings, only giving up two hits and recording four strikeouts. The Eagles scored 10 runs on 10 hits, shutting out the Rangers, 10-0. In the second game of the day, pitcher Tayler Hall, senior of Windsor, Colorado, recorded her third win of the season with a nail-biting victory, 9-8.

“Winning the series was such a team effort,” Hall said. “ It was one of the best feelings ever. There is no better way to open conference.”

In the loss, the Eagles gave up seven runs in the bottom half of the second inning. Regis’ Carlie Sexton, junior of Littleton, Colorado, hit a 3-run home run to help boost the Rangers to a win. Shea Graham, senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado, led the Eagles with a 2-run homer in the fifth inning. Zoe Humphries, junior of Arvada, Colorado, notched the only other run for the Eagles, with a home run of her own.

The second game, Graham hit two more home runs, adding five RBIs, batting .750. Aspen Eubanks, sophomore of Broomfield, Colorado, also recorded three hits in four attempts, adding an RBI, and scored two runs.

During the final game of the series, CSC scored five runs in the third inning, which led to the 9-8 grind-out victory. Two Eagles hit 4 of 5, Katelyn Kruger, senior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and Graham. Kruger recorded three RBIs while Graham added two RBIs and scored a run. Graham also grabbed a stolen base in the win.

CSC will battle against two teams on the road this weekend, Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, and Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction. First pitch is set for noon Saturday against CCU then at 2 p.m. against CMU. Game time is 9 a.m. Sunday against CMU and 11 a.m. against CCU again.

“They are both talented teams,” Hall said. “But we are playing very sound softball right now. If we bring our ‘A’ game, we shouldn’t have any issues competing with both teams.”