Eagles swat Yellow Jackets

A snow day won’t slow down the Eagles.

Despite only having two games over the weekend, the Eagles were victorious in their two games, Sunday, against Black Hills State University, following a one-hit game for CSC’s pitcher. 

In the second game, Peyton Propp, sophomore of Lakewood, Colorado, pitched the full second game, only pitching one hit through the five innings. With 103 pitches, she struck out five times, facing 24 batters. 

“I felt very confident and proud of myself,” Propp said in a message to The Eagle. “I have worked very hard to get to the position that I am in, and it is very fun and exciting to be succeeding.” 

In the first game, The Eagles came away with the win against the Yellow Jackets in seven innings, 10-7. 

In the second inning, Angelica Maples, senior of Marysville, California, started the scoring for the Eagles, singling through the left side of the field, batting in Jessie Henchenski, freshman of Fort Collins, Colorado. 

Bailey Marvel, sophomore of Lakewood, Colorado, doubled, advancing Maples to third, and eventually home following a fielding error.

Sloane Quijas, freshman of Erie, Colorado, was the next to score for the Eagles in the third inning, Ellie Owens, senior of Longmont, Colorado, batting her in. Owens followed home after Mackenzi Kroll, freshman of Brighton, Colorado, doubled to right field. 

Maples stole second, causing a throw down to second from the Yellow Jacket’s catcher. From third, Kroll stole home after the throw. Finishing out the third inning, Bailey Rominger, senior of Vail, Arizona singled to right field, bringing Maples around the rest of the bases. 

In the fourth, Gabby Russell, junior of Oceanside, California, singled, bringing Quijas home. Kroll hit a pitch to left field, moving herself to second, advancing Henchenski to third, and sending Owens home.  

Maples sacrificed a fly to center, moving runners on the bases, bringing Henchenski in for a run. Rominger doubled to left field, allowing Kroll to score, finishing out the Eagles scoring for the first game. 

Russell started out on the mound and pitched five innings. She pitched 93 times, facing 30 batters and the batters earning 10 hits. Russell pitched four strikeouts and two walks. 

Propp closed for the Eagles, pitching 27 pitches, earning three strikeouts against five batters. 

“I thought that we performed very well yesterday,” Propp said. “Our defense and offense all came together and it was a fun day being able to come out with two wins.” 

In the second game, the Eagles earned eight runs, bringing the game to a close after five innings. 

In the second inning, Maples brought Owens home after batting a single. 

The rest of the scoring happened in the third inning, starting off with a single from Quijas who made it to second after the throw to home, and Marvel scored anyway. 

Russell followed with a single to right field, bringing Quijas home. Russell scored next following a sacrifice fly from Henchenski. 

A series of doubles finished out the game from Maples, Rominger and Marvel. Owens was brought home by Maples. Rominger batted in both Maples and Kroll, and Rominger was the last Eagle to be brought home for the day. 

Propp said she hopes the team takes the energy from their wins into these next weekends, and to build their confidence and motivation for future wins. 

Following the games, the Eagles sit at ninth in the RMAC rankings with a record of 10-16 in the RMAC and a 10-20 overall record. 

The Eagles will continue to their next series of games against Colorado School of Mines, Saturday.